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A bridge is in the foreground and a small passenger plane in the background amid an orange haze.

Canada’s buildings can do more than consume electricity

Water rushing through dam sluices.

Ontario’s new hydro rules give Indigenous equity real weight

Carney walks across the loading area in front of gantry cranes and a container ship alongside the port facilities.

Canada’s major-projects agenda has a carbon blind spot

Chart showing the volume of crude oil going to the Saint John refinery from other countries.

Getting Canadian oil to Atlantic Canada is in the national interest

Carney and Smith are in a warehouse with tall shelves and a tractor.

Financial markets can’t drive Canada’s climate transition alone

A crane operating in an open-pit mine against a grey sky with smoke billowing from a coal generating plant in the background.

Resilient communities need more than GDP growth

Three men sit, kneel or stand on the roof of a home covered in metal brackets.

Canada’s electricity strategy is overlooking its most powerful asset

Carney walks across a clearing in the forest. An excavator and roller sit nearby.

Canada’s industrial ambitions require robust environmental governance

Two men on a bike ride past a mountain of everyday articles piled high, stretching into the distance on a cloudy day. One man is driving the three-wheel bike, and the other is standing on one of eight or so bulging dirty sacks strapped to the back of the bike. Seagulls hover over the dump near a mechanical digger. The ground is covered in a slick of muddy water.

A just transition must include the world’s massive “invisible” workforce

Female and male scientists working on Computers In a modern laboratory with various shelves, beakers, chemicals and other equipment visible.

Science diplomacy should not just be part of trade promotion

B.C. will need a mix of direct electrification and renewable natural gas

A handful of people in winter jackets and snow pants walk among a dozen parked tractors. Canadian flags are attached to several of the vehicles, and one flag is carried by one person.

Canada’s national security institutions have fallen woefully behind

A red car drives on a winding road through a mountains.

The case for banning fossil fuel ads

Canada needs to change the focus of its education aid to South Asia

An orca whale breaches in view of snow-topped Mount Baker in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash.

Canada must commit to a nature and biodiversity accountability act

A plume of dense white smoke risks from dark green and brown hills and blows across the frame from right to left. Two valleys with bodies of water and buildings are visible in the distance.

Put out wildfires before they begin with Indigenous fire stewardship

Workforce development is the missing piece in the transition to net-zero

Energy density matters

Sur une mer calme et turquoise avec des îles au loin, un immense pétrolier portant quatre conteneurs ronds sur son pont avance au ralenti, avec un plus petit navire industriel attaché à ses côtés.

LNG boom or bust?

Charred tree stumps are pictured on blackened terrain in front of an escarpment.

What European wildfires tell us about our real climate challenge

Getting Canada’s proposed clean electricity regulations right to reverse our poor climate performance

Interregional planning is key to Canada’s hopes for successful energy transition

Canada needs to keep pace with the U.S. in the transition to electric vehicles

Ontario’s deepening hydro mess

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