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Mark Carney speaking at a podium, viewed from the side, with dark background.

Carney’s industrial bet: Building Canada’s future while cutting the public service

The metal structure is several storeys high with a metal ladder on one side leading to the top.

What is going on with Alberta’s climate-change strategy?

An aerial view of Jasper, with several sections of the town now gravel pads.

Canada’s economic success is at risk from weak climate adaptation

Vue panoramique d’un lac pollué par des déchets

From conflict to co-operation: Using mediation to fight the climate crisis 

A lake with rolling hills in the background on a sunny day. The leaves are just starting to change colours on the trees.

Canada’s $650M water plan risks repeating old mistakes

Two men walk in a vast parking lot of bulldozers, excavators, dump trucks and front-end loaders among many other pieces of equipment.

Bulldozer or bystander? Canada’s stakes in the new global economy 

Carney stands at a podium on the tarmac. Behind him is several hundred soldiers in olive-green uniforms, and behind them are two white jets. A row of media and cameras on tripods is facing Carney.

Greening the military: Why defence spending must align with climate action

The water has risen halfway up the basement window in the home, which is surrounded by a stand of trees. Pieces of wood swirl together in the water, which is brown.

Canada has “flood amnesia.” Lessons from the Dutch would help treat it

Interregional planning is key to Canada’s hopes for successful energy transition

Canada needs to keep pace with the U.S. in the transition to electric vehicles

Canada needs to correct course ahead of COP27

Canada needs to help farmers transition to low-carbon practices

Zero-emissions electricity by 2035 is possible

Ottawa’s climate strategy must be led by a coalition of the most trusted

Le marché québécois de l’électricité doit s’ouvrir

Inuit Nunangat needs a community public safety officer program

Le Québec n’est pas prêt pour la transition énergétique

Remodelling the ivory tower to help solve the climate crisis

Canada’s ineffective building energy regulations are the elephant in the warming room

Canada-Indonesia trade deal risks deepening global troubles

A gas plant near Cochrane Alberta is pictured in front of a snow-capped mountain range.

Canada should focus on green, not blue, hydrogen

A beige cluster of industrial buildings sits next to the water’s edge.

Time for Canada to commit to nuclear power

The Conservatives and carbon pricing

Five lanes of traffic on a road with dense stands of trees on both sides.

Slippery and steeper: the path to our 2030 emissions target

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