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Ottawa River continues to rise as flood contamination concerns grow
Thousands who live along the Ottawa River continue to watch floodwaters as they wait to find out whether their defences against the rising waters will hold. This as water contamination concerns add to the burdens already being faced by...
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Oil companies going bankrupt must clean up before paying debts: Supreme Court of Canada
Oil companies that go bankrupt in this country must fulfil their environmental obligations before paying back creditors, says a ruling by Canada's Supreme Court.
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Sen. Warren Take Aim at Wells Fargo's CEO
The Massachusetts Senator has urged the Fed once again to put pressure on Wells Fargo for its fake bank account scandal. Pete Schroeder, a financial correspondent at Reuters, said this rhetoric is in line with Warren's politics and does...
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Rehtaeh Parsons' death changed the conversation about sexual assault and consent
When Rehtaeh Parsons died following a suicide attempt, a national conversation was sparked on how people address sexual assault and consent. The outrage over her death, and what led to it, is still felt five years later, especially in...
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Rachel Notley says Albertans need to be protected, as she discusses the Redwater case
Alberta's premier says as much as possible has to be collected from bankrupt companies to cleanup abandoned wells.
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Do fracking activities cause earthquakes?
Hydraulic fracking operations have now been linked to earthquakes, and nowhere is the problem worse than in oil-rich Oklahoma.
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Gaza water shortages: Israeli forces destroy all water wells in North Gaza
Israeli forces have destroyed all the water wells in northern Gaza.
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Palestinians in Gaza surviving on just 4 litres of water per day: UN
Not enough water means unsafe hygiene practices which help the spread of diseases.
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Saskatchewan First Nations want in on the latest resource 'gold rush'
Saskatchewan First Nations see a new 'gold rush' coming for critical minerals used in batteries and new technologies. Now, they're sending a message to industries and governments that they are willing partners, but must be included in...
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Dangerous arsenic levels lurking in Californian town's water
A Californian community is dealing with high concentrations of arsenic, where they want it least, in their water.
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Libya water crisis: Digging wells to access underground aquifers
Libya has been rocked by war and drought but now some communities are finding solutions to the water crisis.
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US: Disused oil and gas wells sealed to stop emissions
Disused oil and gas wells around the world have been a source of greenhouse gas emissions for decades.
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‘Historic injustice’: Biden makes lynching a US hate crime
Joe Biden signs anti-lynching law named after Emmett Till, a Black teen who was brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955.
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Iran's underground city: Unlocking the secrets of ancient Nushabad
How an ancient underground city could reveal what happened in Iran 1,500 years ago.
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Climate change creates a migration crisis southeastern Bangladesh
How climate change in southeastern Bangladesh is pushing thousands of indigenous people to leave their villages.
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First Nations call for share of orphan well clean-up funds
As western provinces dole out $1.5 billion in federal funding to tend to inactive oil and gas wells, Indigenous leaders are concerned none of the cash will be spent cleaning up their land.
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Geothermal discovery could launch green revolution for energy industry
A small company in Saskatchewan is building what could become Canada’s first geothermal power plant, which could launch a green revolution for the energy industry and the people who work in it.
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Trudeau announces support for the Energy industry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with reporters on Friday
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Trudeau announces aid for struggling energy sector
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will provide $1.7 billion to clean up orphan wells and to aid rural businesses and the cultural sector.
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Gas emergency in Wheatley ends — but questions and uncertainty remain
Officials have ended the emergency evacuation of a Wheatley neighbourhood around a library building. But the cause of the situation — indications of a dangerous gas in the area — has left members of the community nervous. CBC's Jacob...
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What drives a drunk driver? After 33 years sober, this Toronto woman explains
Experts tell CBC's Kirthana Sasitharan that there needs to be more education around how alcohol harms people in different ways.
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'It's a precaution right now,' resident says as another P.E.I. area reacts to news of PFAS in water
The Prince Edward Island government is supplying bottled water to nine homes in Hazelbrook, east of Charlottetown. Some wells have tested significantly above Health Canada benchmarks for PFAS, also known as forever chemicals. CBC's...
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Oil Jackpot In Andaman? Hardeep Puri Hints At India's 'Guyana Moment' In Indian Ocean
India is ramping up domestic fossil fuel output with a major focus on deep-sea exploration in the Andaman region. Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri highlighted that 1 million sq km of previously restricted sedimentary basin has...
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EPA tests well water for PFAS ‘forever chemical’ contamination in Washington Township
Coordinator Margaret Gregor says 50 families are now receiving bottled water from the agency after samples tested above federal levels for PFAS, PCBs and heavy metals.