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A splash of paint, a flood of warnings: climate protest in a time of acceleration

On June 19, shortly after opening time at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, a young man named Marcel walked up to Pablo Picasso’s "L'hétaïre" and...

yesterday 30

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Chris Hatch

Clothes with colours that marry science, nature and design

These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity.   Roya Aghighi...

yesterday 9

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Patricia Lane

Mark Carney is reviving the oilsands discussion — and it's giving me whiplash

Mark Carney is reviving the oilsands discussion — and it's giving me whiplash

Mark Carney has certainly  changed the dial on the oilsands discussion . Ottawa has all but abandoned the idea of a cap on oilsands emissions — and...

27.06.2025 10

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Ross Belot

What really is a UN Ocean Summit?

From June 9 to the 13, I joined the official Canadian delegation in Nice, France, at the third United Nations Ocean Summit. I was likely the...

27.06.2025 4

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Jaden Braves

Danielle Smith is putting out a fire with gasoline

Danielle Smith is putting out a fire with gasoline

Here we go again. Faced with another surge in separatist sentiment in Alberta, the UCP government has decided to strike a panel in an attempt to...

26.06.2025 4

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Max Fawcett

If oil giants are reluctant to invest in carbon capture, why should taxpayers?

If oil giants are reluctant to invest in carbon capture, why should taxpayers?

When Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that the feds would be interested in pipeline projects for “ decarbonized oil ,” the folks at the...

26.06.2025 2

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Adrienne Tanner

Why we built the Climate Backtracker: Canada’s quiet climate retreat

Why we built the Climate Backtracker: Canada’s quiet climate retreat

Those of us concerned about climate change can be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief when Mark Carney was elected prime minister. We might not...

26.06.2025 3

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Imre Szeman

Conservative influencers have gone silent on Pierre Poilievre

Conservative influencers have gone silent on Pierre Poilievre

A month after losing the election, Pierre Poilievre made personal phone calls to a number of right-wing influencers who’d helped fuel his campaign....

25.06.2025 3

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Arno Kopecky

Now is the time for Canada to strengthen its diplomatic ties with Greenland

Now is the time for Canada to strengthen its diplomatic ties with Greenland

One of the most topographically interesting regions in the world, Greenland flaunts an impressive seven-kilometre-deep ice sheet that is said to be...

25.06.2025 1

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Lisa Byers

Canada’s hidden heat: why regulatory harmonization is key to a geothermal breakthrough

Canada’s hidden heat: why regulatory harmonization is key to a geothermal breakthrough

As the world races toward a clean energy future, Canada stands on the brink of a geothermal breakthrough. Beneath our feet lies a vast, untapped...

24.06.2025 2

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Emily Smejkal