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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

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Making homes affordable while cutting emissions in Canada

Two plumes of black smoke and fire rise from an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates.

War in the Gulf will only accelerate oil’s long-term decline

Dozens of people stand around the mechanical room.

Ontario’s nuclear push risks another costly policy failure

Dozens of ministers stand in a family photo while a dozen photographers jockey for the shot in the foreground.

Can a U.S.-led critical minerals strategy deliver for climate and Canada?

An American flag hangs on a wall of the metal structure.

Canada’s rising oil exports to U.S. refineries have become a risk

Person at a laptop handling a stylus while a caption overlaying the image says "buy sell carbon credit."

One simple fix for Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems

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

Defining fossil fuel projects by climate impact is critical

Ottawa must think carefully about subsidies for oil and gas emission reductions

Cash-flow modeling shows carbon capture and storage can help meet climate goals

Governments more ambitious than Canadians on electrification

High in the air on a cloudy day, two men in orange uniforms and hardhats work on the fixtures at the top of a power pole connected to high-tension wires. Each man is standing in a mechanical bucket that’s been raised from a hydro truck. A few stray wires are dangling.

Four conditions for the new Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit

How to mandate clean heat in our buildings

Finding pathways out of Ontario’s hydro and climate mess

Metal tubes and vents and steel supports form a structure several storeys high, with sunlight streaming in through the gaps.

Energy productivity first. Then focus on production

Fire blazes brightly on a tree-covered hill at night.

The banking meltdown is an omen for an even bigger risk: climate chaos

A worker guides the placement of a huge steel girder suspended by a crane. He is standing on a smaller length of steel high in the sky.

Canada must speed up decarbonization to keep up with the U.S.

Canada’s chemical and fertilizer makers are escaping carbon scrutiny

Budget 2023’s clean economy initiatives need greater future clarity and certainty

Un puits de pétrole dans un champ couvert de neige, vu à travers une rangée de barbelés.

Down to the last barrel?

Just transition or smart transition?

Too soon to celebrate progress in reducing methane gas emissions

Rising electricity demand will complicate electrification and decarbonization

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