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Nova Scotia released a wide-ranging plan Wednesday aimed at helping it meet climate goals enshrined in legislation last year.

Cutting and clearing has begun for a major housing development project in Dartmouth that has left many residents unhappy.

Environmentalists in Annapolis County say they have discovered several species at risk in a large wooded area of Crown land that's also scheduled for logging.

Some environmental groups are unhappy that Nova Scotia's minister of environment and climate change is fronting an anti-carbon tax campaign to raise funds for the PC Party of Nova Scotia.

Ottawa will impose a carbon tax on consumer fuels in Nova Scotia next year, after the provincial government refused to develop its own pricing scheme. But the federal government says rebate cheques will offset price increases for most people.

Nova Scotia PCs consolidate political power in whirlwind session at Province House.

The province has pledged to be net-zero by 2050—but is that too late?

As Nova Scotia confronts paying for pollution, a Dalhousie University professor thinks the province should be working with Ottawa, otherwise some consumers may end up spending more.

Nova Scotia tabled legislation on Tuesday for an emissions-reduction plan that would replace its cap-and-trade system for large industrial greenhouse gas emitters, but the new bill doesnt lay out how the province will meet its ambitious climate goals.

The proposed changes to the Environment Act would create a pricing system based on greenhouse gas output, Environment Minister Tim Halman told reporters, adding that the new plan would also include targets and performance standards to be set out in regulations.