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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

A lake with rolling hills in the background on a sunny day. The leaves are just starting to change colours on the trees.

Canada’s $650M water plan risks repeating old mistakes

Green smoke rises of a glob of molten copper.

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

Four people carry stuffed bags from the bus after being evacuated after the wildfire in Saskatchewan

A climate-responsive social safety net is needed for marginalized Canadians

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 

A dozen bundles of copper wire tied together with white string.

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

The water has risen halfway up the basement window in the home, which is surrounded by a stand of trees. Pieces of wood swirl together in the water, which is brown.

Canada has “flood amnesia.” Lessons from the Dutch would help treat it

Today’s supercharged wildfires require far more government planning and preparation

Integrating environmental considerations is key to Carney’s seven priorities

Using the courts to combat food waste

Three men in a small boat with the houses of a modern subdivision in the background. The water is about halfway up a stop sign and the garage doors.

Drowning in risk, Ottawa must fund a national flood insurance program

A verdant mountain valley with a numerous ponds and a stream winding stream running through it.

Canada must improve environmental reviews to speed major projects

An illustration with faces of people connected by a web of dotted lines. Everyone is wearing a mask.

The next leap forward: Clean air for Canadians

Access to nature shouldn’t be a privilege

Net-zero advisory body needs to sharpen its analysis

Floods, fires and mudslides: The climate-insurance crisis in real estate

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