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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

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

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

G7 leaders including Justin Truddeau and Joe Biden lined up for a photo at the G& meeting hosted in Italy in 2024.

Canada’s G7 presidency in 2025 a chance to address two critical areas

Seen from the side of a length of rail line, the locomotive is yellow with an illustration of a waving American flag painted on its side.

A new trade policy for the “geopolitical turn”

How Canada can better adapt to extreme weather

A two-lane highway leads down a hill toward a flat area surrounded by snow-peaked mountains. In the foreground is covered in dense patches of evergreens. Alongside the road is yellowing brush.

Is Canada’s critical-minerals strategy a green shift or greenwashing?

Three trucks with cargo containers drive into an area with stacks of containers.

The problem with low-carbon fuels for road freight

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