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: Danielle Smith (left) and Mark Carney stand posing with copies of their memorandum of understanding with Alberta and Canadian flags in the background.

A weak carbon-price floor will not fix Alberta’s emissions market

A single Canada goose in a green field.

Canada’s nature strategy needs a farmer-led conservation pillar

Pothole in a Montreal's street.

Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money

A baseball diamond in the foreground with a chemical plant in the background.

Environmental racism: Canada must move from recognition to repair

A man in navy coveralls with reflective strips leans over a shiny sheet of steel.

A Canada-led clean trade pact would show that middle powers mean business

A wind turbine next to a coal-fired power plant with smokestacks belching smoke and power lines in the background.

Two uncomfortable climate truths

One of the signs held up says “help me now” and has a blue and green drawing of a crying planet earth.

Beyond carbon pricing: a fairer way to drive climate policy

White house in the background on a sloping lot covered with green grass and yellow flowers.

Making homes affordable while cutting emissions in Canada

A close-up view of the grill and fan of a heat pump.

A new deal for energy affordability and net-zero emissions

Danielle Smith speaks at a glass podium, speaking notes in one hand, with a stylized image of the Edmonton skyline filling the background.

The Alberta government must release analysis of the harm caused by federal government climate change policies

In a glass-walled room in the factory, a yellow and black robotic arm places a dozen or so small silver cylinders into a large, flat yellow surface with hundreds of holes that hold cylinders. Several dozen cylinders are already sitting in the holes.

What will happen when all those EV batteries reach their end of life?

The value of natural assets must be measured for truly sustainable development

To be a policy optimist, try some rose-coloured realism

A brick school several stories high has probably close to a hundred panels covering its flat roof. They glisten in the sun. A parking lot surrounds the school, and adjacent to it in the distance is a green field bordered with a small forest and a densely packed suburb of many homes.

Canada needs to accelerate its transition to renewable energy

Say no to a $15-billion slush fund for the oil and gas industry

A worker installs solar panels on the roof of a house in Scugog, Ontario.

Governments need to better reflect affordability concerns in climate policies

Addressing the climate crisis requires a diplomatic and global finance overhaul

Why green construction is needed to affordably increase housing supply

Focus on renewables, not nuclear, to fuel Canada’s electric needs

An overhead view of black oil sands.

Foreign-owned oil companies in Canada hold key to climate change

How to manage our growing pile of electronic waste

Canada is falling behind when it comes to excessive packaging of grocery products

A man wears a mask as he crosses an intersection. The sky is a haze of pale orange, with low visibility a few blocks away. The street is four lanes, filled with cars, trucks and people crossing at the crosswalk.

The U.K.’s approach to climate governance can instruct Canada’s ambitions

A woman holding her phone walks along a gravel rode with shattered trees and debris from homes and vehicles in the background.

The gender gap in disaster preparedness

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