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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

Sanctions against Russia can be a dangerously inflexible instrument

Le marché québécois de l’électricité doit s’ouvrir

Le Québec n’est pas prêt pour la transition énergétique

Vladimir Putin scratches his chin and looks to the side while he stands at a podium with the flags of both countries hanging behind him.

Could Putin unleash a nuclear weapon?

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

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

An airplane wing frames the scene of Trudeau airport terminal below, with dozens of aircraft parked at the gates of the terminal.

The shocking rise of aviation emissions

Europe, energy security, and a new role for Canada

Retraining workers will be essential for our net-zero goals

Putin’s war on Ukraine dictates new priorities for energy security

Carbon offsets are no fix for aviation’s climate problem

Decolonizing energy and the nuclear narrative of small modular reactors

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World safety depends on engagement with China

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