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If Albertans insist on playing the blame game, I have a suggestion for who they ought to be targeting: their provincial government.
Governments and institutions across Canada are cutting education budgets, selling public infrastructure and undervaluing nature-based outdoor learning...
Ahmad Chattha is passing on climate hope to the children who come next. This 18-year-old Toronto highschool student is determined to ensure that young...
Prior to being elected prime minister, Carney dubbed climate change “an existential threat.” This week, he was calling the plan to fight climate...
Alberta's premier requires an enemy in Ottawa. The prime minister keeps refusing to play that role.
The territory has a far more sophisticated and nuanced approach than the “economic zone” and fast-track development models now being advanced...
One of the benefits of Canada being a late-mover in the platform regulation space, compared to our peers like the UK, EU, and Australia, is that we...
Offloading infrastructure costs onto taxpayers won’t change the economics of falling Asian fossil fuel demand.
Like most countries, Canada has its problems. But if we find the courage and political will to actually address them, there's no telling how much...
Doug Ford's government is betting big on nuclear energy. Danielle Smith's government prefers natural gas. Neither seems to want to do the actual...
Across Canada, a coalition of approximately $3 billion worth of near-term carbon and clean-energy projects is effectively shovel-ready.
Coffee farms take a heavy toll on wildlife and the climate, as seen recently with deforestation in Vietnam. But the food you eat is causing even more...
Today’s heatwaves are bad enough, but far too few people realize that these are still the early days and there’s much worse to come. It will keep...
A recent column criticizing Elon Musk drew the ire of his fellow tech executives. Why they're missing the forest — surging opposition to AI and data...
Ashton Kerr connects and empowers people to take action for the environment. As acting director of partnerships and programs for Green Teams Canada,...
The prime minister has loudly touted Canada's latest commitments to its Arctic sovereignty. On the ground in Nunavut, aging infrastructure has long...
Bill C-30's authorization of the use of banned pesticides allows political and economic interests to override health and environmental evidence.
It's devastating to realize the tragedy of losing more than 600 lives in the 2021 Heat Dome in BC did not provoke a much-needed wake-up call, and that...
Canadians are in the dark about the Canada Strong Fund.
A warning from New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger: Big Tech is stealing the news media’s property and undermining democracy, and that the only...
Alberta's endless array of grievances are driving Canada's political agenda right now. British Columbia might want a turn at the wheel soon enough.
Batteries break the tyranny of time. They can absorb excess power at noon and discharge through the evening peak, all while stabilizing the grid in...
This Indigenous Peoples Day, we will take the time to honour the enduring spirit of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples in the face of climate...
LNG investments are particularly short-sighted for pension funds, which are mandated to invest for the long-term and are distinctly exposed to...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to pass on a slice of the province's recent gas tax windfall directly to residents smacks of a payoff, and...
By virtually every measure that matters to everyday people, Ontario is worse off today than it was when its premier took office.
The real battle going forward is between the axis of petrostates and China's clean energy ecosystem. Canada will have to choose its side sooner rather...
New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger recently implored the journalism industry to stop being so passive in the face of AI, a possible extinction...
Expanding cities outwards adds road development and maintenance costs, increases city spending on transit and other public services and hinders...
Science blames global warming, but will sports reporters make the climate connection?
The Liberal government is betting big on electricity as a tool of economic growth — and, yes, emissions reductions. Why it's going to use its...
Our opinions are conflicted. Physics is not.
Anne Liang, a 19-year-old Dawson College student in Montreal, organized and ran a thrift fashion show so successful that the college now plans to make...
The Alberta government still doesn't have a specific route or identified proponent for its much-ballyhooed pipeline to the west coast. And when it...
As Canada decouples its economy from the falling empire to the south, it should instead aim to support the growing trend of electrification among its...
Unfortunately, because it is focused primarily on increasing housing supply, the Canada-Ontario Partnership to Build is unlikely to end homelessness...
Cenovus CEO Jon McKenzie gave a big speech at the Global Energy Show in Calgary this week. Its message to both Carney and Smith was clear: the...
For renters, heatwaves are not just uncomfortable, but potentially intolerable and dangerous.
The proposed legislation to speed up infrastructure projects is designed to eliminate red tape. But environmental regulations are not red tape, they...
The Alberta separatist referendum gave the Conservative leader an opportunity to demonstrate some courage, reconnect with Canadians and improve his...
The most recent forecasts are, in a word, “insane,” according to one veteran meteorologist. Almost all of them now anticipate it could surpass any...
Veterinary medicine student Mikayla Astroff earned a Starfish Canada 2026 Climate 75 Fellowship for her work helping youth understand the impacts of...
The structural case against oil and gas expansion is not a case against Canadian resource expansion or economic ambition. It is a case for directing...
Danielle Smith has been able to bully, badger and blackmail her way to a pipeline deal with Ottawa. Now her big plan faces the real test: convincing...
Social conservatism aside, where things are really going to get ugly is BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s undisguised antagonism toward...
How much power data centres need is half the story. How they use electricity matters just as much.
Ottawa should align workforce planning, funding and training with the industries driving future growth.
At a time when political power is consolidating and major decisions are being accelerated, independent journalism depends on readers to remain...
Sorry, haters: Justin Trudeau is still right about the lack of a business case for east coast LNG exports. There might not be very good one for west...
The problem with federal clean economy tax credits isn’t merely the slow speed of approvals, it’s that the low application rate reveals a broken...
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