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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

Two cows photographed from below with a blue sky with puffy clouds in the background.

Food security needs to be part of Canada’s defence strategy

A windswept street corner with no sign of life.

When a major employer closes, the whole community feels it 

Rows of agricultural fields are partly submerged.

Why is climate adaptation so difficult for Canada?

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?

Aerial view of a waterside rural First Nations community.

Court rulings confirm duty to provide housing and safe water for First Nations. Now what?

A large red sun behind an overpass with traffic in the foreground.

Why new EVs alone won’t deliver Canada’s biggest health gains

Grandeurs et misères du porc du Québec

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 tale of two metropolitan regions

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

The eternal land shortage municipal planning departments can fix

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

Canada needs a new economic vision, and new policies to go with it

Preventing salmon extinction requires collaboration and long-term thinking

Canada has committed to protecting nature. Are we up to the challenge?

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?

One hand holds the earth while the other holds pieces of gold. In the background a dark sky is over drought-stricken land. 

Progressives, conservatives and climate change

An oil pump in the foreground with wind turbines in the background.

Optimizing Canada’s policy toolbox for clean growth

A critical look at critical minerals

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