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Guardianship governance: representing future generations in decision-making

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Children’s rights: How to make justice truly accessible

Person at a laptop handling a stylus while a caption overlaying the image says "buy sell carbon credit."

One simple fix for Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems

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Carney’s industrial bet: Building Canada’s future while cutting the public service

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What 50 years of buried data tell us about Canada’s mining oversight

The metal structure is several storeys high with a metal ladder on one side leading to the top.

What is going on with Alberta’s climate-change strategy?

An overhead view of a tanker stopped in open water along the B.C. coast.

Rethinking Canada’s oil tanker ban for a new era of reconciliation

An aerial view of Jasper, with several sections of the town now gravel pads.

Canada’s economic success is at risk from weak climate adaptation

It’s time to index fuel taxes

A black and white photo of Mila and Brian Mulroney at a political convention surrounded by supporters with signs.

The Mulroney years: Transformation and tumult

Federal government must step up transit funding to cut emissions

A length of pipe hovers over snow-covered ground on the Prairie, held up by a strap held by a crane lift.

First Nations need equity to help drive a cleaner Canadian economy

Environ 35 personnes se tiennent derrière une longue pancarte qu'elles tiennent à la main. La plupart d'entre elles ont le poing levé et toutes sourient. Derrière eux se trouve une collection de mâts de drapeaux étroitement espacés, portant les drapeaux colorés de nombreux pays. Tous pendent mollement. Derrière les drapeaux se trouve une rangée de palmiers.

Without fairness and finance, the energy transition won’t be fast

When the economy becomes an obsession

An aerial photo of the town shows the street grid of the commercial and residential areas bordered by an inland waterway on one side and the harbor on the other, with eight jetties dotted with ships and sailing vessels. Some of the waterfront buildings are bright red or blue.

Why the carbon tax often costs more in Atlantic Canada

The man is standing a few feet from his bungalow with water blasting from a hose in his hands. He is aiming the water spray at the roof. The house is surrounded by a dense stand of tall trees on one side. In the distance, smoke fills the air, which has a warm-coloured haze.

Failure to communicate clearly to the public is hurting climate-change action

Cities can speed up climate action by slowing down traffic

A blue electric vehicle with a black cable attached to it.

Shaping the future of Canadian industry with zero-emission vehicles

Bolder action is needed from Canada to prevent global plastic waste dumping

A beige, stone bungalow is surrounded by brown-ish water that is about five feet high. The basement-level doors and windows are three-quarters under water. Mature trees surround the house.

Government leadership in flood protection is overdue

Two workers, both men, work on lines attached to two power poles. Each man is in his own bucket, the mechanical arm that reaches out from their power trucks. Both men are in orange jackets and white hardhats. A couple of evergreen trees are nearby. It’s a cloudy sky.

The practical approach to Canada’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations

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Carbon pricing is not to blame for Canada’s affordability challenges

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A new deal for energy affordability and net-zero emissions

Danielle Smith speaks at a glass podium, speaking notes in one hand, with a stylized image of the Edmonton skyline filling the background.

The Alberta government must release analysis of the harm caused by federal government climate change policies

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