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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

The span is painted turquoise and is surrounded by a rock wall.

Why Canada’s northern energy infrastructure is failing

A data centre with rows of servers and floating figures representing digital data streams.

Canada needs to develop its own AI computing power

Saskatchewan power line Alt text: Power line runs through the flat Prairie landscape.

Saskatchewan needs a framework for Crown infrastructure deals

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station stretches along the shore of Lake Ontario, with several dome-shaped reactor buildings under a cloudy sky, viewed from a rocky foreground by the water.

To enrich or not to enrich nuclear fuel: Canada’s dilemma

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

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

Evaluating Canada’s pledge to triple nuclear capacity

Canada needs an immediate strategy for Africa

Illustrations of a key lock and sign-in fields hover over the keys of a laptop.

Siloed climate data needs to be opened up and shared

The unit is white and tan and is mounted on a bracket sitting several feet off the ground. The building has light grey wooden siding, and a single narrow window sits above the unit.

Financial incentives alone are not enough to get more heat pumps in homes

Eight lanes of traffic are shown. Most lanes are bumper to bumper. The green-and-white commuter train passes on tracks running parallel to the highway.

Out of thick air: Converting carbon emissions to fuel

A two-lane highway leads down a hill toward a flat area surrounded by snow-peaked mountains. In the foreground is covered in dense patches of evergreens. Alongside the road is yellowing brush.

Is Canada’s critical-minerals strategy a green shift or greenwashing?

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