Please help! Every time I visit the toilet for a 'sitting down procedure' - which is, hmmm, at least once or twice a day - I become consumed by guilt. You see, I have NO CHOICE but to use soft, chemicalised, sometimes fragranced paper to clean myself.

Scientists studying the number of marine "dead zones" say the oxygen-starved waters have proliferated since the 1960s and now rank as one of the world's most pressing environmental problems

The Blackout Day Challenge invites people in municipalities, businesses and communities to power down on August 14th, the anniversary of the Blackout that affected South-Eastern Canada and North-Eastern U.S.

Let the Government know you want a long-term plan to protect the quality of water in the Great Lakes Basin - Sign the petition.

A treasure trove of untapped northern resources could be up for grabs later this year when a temporary ban on development in one of Canada's most rugged and beautiful national reserves expires, an environmental group says

the construction of an industrial zone over a 17 km2 area. This will be linked to a new airport (another 7 km2), a port and a railroad. The government has now confirmed that the project will be expanded by a further 90 km2. is part of the nature conserv

Celebrate Canada's Parks Day July 19, 2008! Special events will be held in parks and historical sites in every province and territory. This national event started in 1990 and is held on the third Saturday of July each year.

Haze not only contributes to environmental damage, it also hinders our enjoyment of mountain views. The Environmental Protection Agency, however, has been dragging its feet in cleaning up the haze in parks and other protected areas.

This is the official 2008 Sea Shepherd Conservation Society request to the Greenpeace Foundation to work in cooperation with each other to defend the whales of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary for the 2008 and 2009 Antarctic summer.

CBC News has learned that 16 Canadian lakes are slated to be officially but quietly "reclassified" as toxic dump sites for mines. The lakes include prime wilderness fishing lakes from B.C. to Newfoundland.