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A bridge is in the foreground and a small passenger plane in the background amid an orange haze.

Canada’s buildings can do more than consume electricity

Water rushing through dam sluices.

Ontario’s new hydro rules give Indigenous equity real weight

Chart showing the volume of crude oil going to the Saint John refinery from other countries.

Getting Canadian oil to Atlantic Canada is in the national interest

Carney and Smith are in a warehouse with tall shelves and a tractor.

Financial markets can’t drive Canada’s climate transition alone

Three men sit, kneel or stand on the roof of a home covered in metal brackets.

Canada’s electricity strategy is overlooking its most powerful asset

A United Conservative Party of Alberta sign at a podium is shown in front of the Alberta flag.

Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?

Two workers in hard hats labour on the framing of a building.

Canada’s nuclear ambitions need fuel security, not just new reactors

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

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 

A dozen bundles of copper wire tied together with white string.

New approach needed in mining critical minerals

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

Net-zero advisory body needs to sharpen its analysis

How Carney can use policy to unite the country

Twin elbowed pipes with “natural gas” written on yellow signs.

Banking on LNG exports is a high-risk gamble for Canada’s future growth

The tanker is docked alongside another ship at a jetty. 

A day late and a dollar short: Exporting Canadian natural gas to the EU

The pellets are small and cylindrical. Nine of them sit in the palm of someone’s hand.

Nuclear-waste consultation phase comes later

Cranes position green-coloured pipes with mountains in the background.

There is an alternative to trying to pipeline our way out of Trump’s crisis

Rows of fuel bundles sit stacked under water. They are small metal cylinders. The water gives them a turquoise hue.

Ottawa needs to step in before nuclear waste project goes any further

The building has a long corridor with high ceilings, brick walls, two storeys of tall windows with many mullions, and a ceiling with metal pieces criss-crossing. Nine of the metal rotors fill the space. Each one is large and round, with green metal boxes lining the edge. They look like large spinning tops.  

The three-legged stool is the way to net zero by 2050

The global energy transition could disrupt 10 per cent of Canadians

Before we “axe the tax,” a quick lesson in history and physics

Two yachts are berthed at a marina at night. The water between the two hulls is lit up by lights from the waterline of the boat on the left, giving it a bright turquoise colour. Both boats are white fibreglass with several levels of decks. Pot lights on each boat cast a warm glow.

Mark Carney has given us a sensible next step after the carbon tax. We need to take it.

Three workers stand atop a large pylon with a cloudy sky in the background.

Priorities may change, but energy efficiency remains a solution

A crowd fills the street with some people holding signs. One large rectangular sheet of canvas is held up by three people. It says “Minister Freeland, stop funding climate chaos.” Yellow and orange flames are depicted as enveloping the last two words.

How to cut through the divisions hampering climate action

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