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Saskatchewan power line Alt text: Power line runs through the flat Prairie landscape.

Saskatchewan needs a framework for Crown infrastructure deals

Six people are gathered around the rhino on the ground.

Where does Canada stand on international environmental crime?

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

An overhead view of a combine harvester cutting a swath through a field of brown plants, alongside a tractor towing a grain trailer.

Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security

White house in the background on a sloping lot covered with green grass and yellow flowers.

Making homes affordable while cutting emissions in Canada

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

A broken winding highway with a small marina with a boat sitting on land inside one of the highway curves. The ocean is in the background.

What can help save nature and increase climate resilience? Better accounting.

A crowd fills the street with some people holding signs. One large rectangular sheet of canvas is held up by three people. It says “Minister Freeland, stop funding climate chaos.” Yellow and orange flames are depicted as enveloping the last two words.

How to cut through the divisions hampering climate action

Evaluating Canada’s pledge to triple nuclear capacity

The tunnel vision of Doug Ford and François Legault

The highway curves to the right and is part of a network of curving highways surrounded by green grass, pockets of evergreens and low-rise buildings here and there.

Neither effective nor fair: it’s time to replace the federal carbon tax

Looking down a street lined with large apartment buildings on both sides. They are about seven storeys high, built of brick with concrete balconies. The street is quiet. No passing cars, no parked cars, no pedestrians. A cyclist is approaching. Several trees are growing from a series of concrete planters.

Community wealth building is a strategy for Canada’s transition to net zero

Poilievre smiles as he holds a white and red sign that says “axe the tax,” with a black sharpie in one hand. He’s seated at a table with a couple of flags draped behind him. He’s in a black t-shirt with the “axe the tax” slogan on it.

What should be in a plain-speaking Conservative climate plan

Climate policy is missing in action in Saskatchewan election

The river runs parallel to the highway. Its waters are brown and moving, spilling onto the lowest stretch of road. Traffic is stopped in several lanes, unable to proceed. The river is lined with some trees. In the distance are some downtown towers.

Inclusive approach to climate-change adaptation is needed in Canada

For Canada, the 15-minute city is made trickier by sprawl

Canada needs an immediate strategy for Africa

Illustrations of a key lock and sign-in fields hover over the keys of a laptop.

Siloed climate data needs to be opened up and shared

Hey Australia, Ontario is no model for energy and climate policy

A woman fishes in a small shallow channel cutting through a field as her granddaughter dozes off on her back.

Putting women and girls front and centre in climate leadership

The unit is white and tan and is mounted on a bracket sitting several feet off the ground. The building has light grey wooden siding, and a single narrow window sits above the unit.

Financial incentives alone are not enough to get more heat pumps in homes

Eight lanes of traffic are shown. Most lanes are bumper to bumper. The green-and-white commuter train passes on tracks running parallel to the highway.

Out of thick air: Converting carbon emissions to fuel

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