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One simple fix for Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems

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 overhead view of a tanker stopped in open water along the B.C. coast.

Rethinking Canada’s oil tanker ban for a new era of reconciliation

Seen from above, a combine passes diagonally through the field, which looks like a light-brown rug.

Reimagining the future Canadian economy in a changing world

Green smoke rises of a glob of molten copper.

Canadian critical mineral policy has evolved and now it’s time to level up

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 

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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

Making Greenland a full part of North America should be a priority for Canada

The rusted openings of dozens of rusting pipes stacked with a blue sky above.

Regulators should remain independent as Canada moves away from fossil fuels

It’s time to index fuel taxes

A length of pipe hovers over snow-covered ground on the Prairie, held up by a strap held by a crane lift.

First Nations need equity to help drive a cleaner Canadian economy

Environ 35 personnes se tiennent derrière une longue pancarte qu'elles tiennent à la main. La plupart d'entre elles ont le poing levé et toutes sourient. Derrière eux se trouve une collection de mâts de drapeaux étroitement espacés, portant les drapeaux colorés de nombreux pays. Tous pendent mollement. Derrière les drapeaux se trouve une rangée de palmiers.

Without fairness and finance, the energy transition won’t be fast

An aerial photo of the town shows the street grid of the commercial and residential areas bordered by an inland waterway on one side and the harbor on the other, with eight jetties dotted with ships and sailing vessels. Some of the waterfront buildings are bright red or blue.

Why the carbon tax often costs more in Atlantic Canada

The man is standing a few feet from his bungalow with water blasting from a hose in his hands. He is aiming the water spray at the roof. The house is surrounded by a dense stand of tall trees on one side. In the distance, smoke fills the air, which has a warm-coloured haze.

Failure to communicate clearly to the public is hurting climate-change action

Cities can speed up climate action by slowing down traffic

A blue electric vehicle with a black cable attached to it.

Shaping the future of Canadian industry with zero-emission vehicles

Two workers, both men, work on lines attached to two power poles. Each man is in his own bucket, the mechanical arm that reaches out from their power trucks. Both men are in orange jackets and white hardhats. A couple of evergreen trees are nearby. It’s a cloudy sky.

The practical approach to Canada’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations

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Carbon pricing is not to blame for Canada’s affordability challenges

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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?

Nuclear energy would be a clean win for remote and northern communities

Scale-up renewable energy co-operatives to energize the nation

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