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A United Conservative Party of Alberta sign at a podium is shown in front of the Alberta flag.

Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?

: Danielle Smith (left) and Mark Carney stand posing with copies of their memorandum of understanding with Alberta and Canadian flags in the background.

A weak carbon-price floor will not fix Alberta’s emissions market

Two workers in hard hats labour on the framing of a building.

Canada’s nuclear ambitions need fuel security, not just new reactors

A single Canada goose in a green field.

Canada’s nature strategy needs a farmer-led conservation pillar

Pothole in a Montreal's street.

Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money

A baseball diamond in the foreground with a chemical plant in the background.

Environmental racism: Canada must move from recognition to repair

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

Three men stand near the top of a metal tower, dressed in orange tops, black pants and hard hats.

A national grid should accelerate – not stifle – the energy transition

Three cyclists use the lane, which is painted in fading green. A white car passes them.

Ontario can’t lead on road safety without cycling infrastructure

A few people stroll along the wood walkway that winds through bodies of water among tall grasses in different shades of green. A dense forest of evergreens is in the distance.

Canada’s natural capital is a key in the Trump era but requires a new approach

How Carney can use policy to unite the country

Twin elbowed pipes with “natural gas” written on yellow signs.

Banking on LNG exports is a high-risk gamble for Canada’s future growth

A man works on a shiny large steel wheel more than twice his size.

A stronger Canadian economy starts with a circular economy in cities and regions

Smoke billows from three smokestacks against a blue sky with billowy clouds.

GHG emissions likely to rise if Conservatives win April 28 election

The sudden vacuum in the fight against environmental crime and corruption

The tanker is docked alongside another ship at a jetty. 

A day late and a dollar short: Exporting Canadian natural gas to the EU

The pellets are small and cylindrical. Nine of them sit in the palm of someone’s hand.

Nuclear-waste consultation phase comes later

Cranes position green-coloured pipes with mountains in the background.

There is an alternative to trying to pipeline our way out of Trump’s crisis

Rows of fuel bundles sit stacked under water. They are small metal cylinders. The water gives them a turquoise hue.

Ottawa needs to step in before nuclear waste project goes any further

A worker clad in a white jumpsuit and hardhat sprays their gloved hand. The burnt-out remains of several vehicles and a neighbourhood are in the background. A line of barbeque propane tanks are maked with white Xs.

The L.A. wildfires are a warning to Canada

The building has a long corridor with high ceilings, brick walls, two storeys of tall windows with many mullions, and a ceiling with metal pieces criss-crossing. Nine of the metal rotors fill the space. Each one is large and round, with green metal boxes lining the edge. They look like large spinning tops.  

The three-legged stool is the way to net zero by 2050

Signs held by protesters calling for financing of climate adaptation.

It’s time for climate policy to shift to adaptation and resilience

New models of shared rule can secure better infrastructure in Indigenous communities

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