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The man stands knee-deep in a clearing with tall grasses and an evergreen forest in the distance.

Why peatlands must be central to Canada’s climate and economic agendas

An American flag hangs on a wall of the metal structure.

Canada’s rising oil exports to U.S. refineries have become a risk

An immense dragline operates with a coal-powered generating station in the background. Smoke is coming out of a stack into a grey sky.

Canada missing opportunities to build community resilience amid global realignment

Hundreds of cars parked in a lot with containers and cranes in the background.

Why cheap Chinese EVs may cost Canada more in the long run

Canada can lead the world in sovereign, sustainable, responsible AI

Multiple generations of little multi-coloured animated blobs.

Guardianship governance: representing future generations in decision-making

Close-up shots of the group of young people and children standing in front of a stone building during an outdoor public gathering.

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

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

A close-up shot of a blue rubber glove holding a metal valve and nozzle.

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

A close-up view of the grill and fan of a heat pump.

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

In a glass-walled room in the factory, a yellow and black robotic arm places a dozen or so small silver cylinders into a large, flat yellow surface with hundreds of holes that hold cylinders. Several dozen cylinders are already sitting in the holes.

What will happen when all those EV batteries reach their end of life?

Towards regulating AI : A natural, labour and capital resources perspective

Hundreds of plants grow inside a white-walled, windowless room with mechanical equipment installed along the walls and ceiling.

A clean-cannabis manifesto

The value of natural assets must be measured for truly sustainable development

To be a policy optimist, try some rose-coloured realism

Nuclear energy would be a clean win for remote and northern communities

Scale-up renewable energy co-operatives to energize the nation

A brick school several stories high has probably close to a hundred panels covering its flat roof. They glisten in the sun. A parking lot surrounds the school, and adjacent to it in the distance is a green field bordered with a small forest and a densely packed suburb of many homes.

Canada needs to accelerate its transition to renewable energy

Say no to a $15-billion slush fund for the oil and gas industry

Public inquiry into foreign interference in elections should target Big Oil

A worker installs solar panels on the roof of a house in Scugog, Ontario.

Governments need to better reflect affordability concerns in climate policies

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