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British Columbians who remember why the tanker ban and the court challenge mattered deserve to hear why Premier David Eby has given up opposing...
Alberta's premier might be the most Trump-friendly politician in Canada, but she still hasn't figured out what makes him tick — or why he's a far...
It says a lot about the politics and priorities of the feds that they chose to release a damning report on the future of Canada's climate at the most...
In the face of the Trump administration's sabre rattling, the Carney government has proposed to make Canada less militarily dependent on our southern...
Instead of middle-aged white folks piloting diesel trucks, this convoy — or caravan, as they call it — is composed of seniors in electric vehicles...
Ironically, gasoline and diesel prices in Canada today are higher, even with the tax break, than on April 19, before it came into effect. It seems...
We urge the Prime Minister to listen to the parents, grandparents and caregivers leading the fight for a prosperous future for our children and...
Both the Alberta and federal governments seem much more interested in how we’re going to build out data centres than they are in figuring out how to...
Pierre Poilievre practises a form of digital-first, anger-driven politics that nearly took him to the pinnacle of Canadian politics. Now it might be...
Kit Lister, a 28-year-old from Montreal, is coordinating social media for key climate events, worked with parents to enhance climate action and just...
Canada has a serious climate literacy problem. Only about half of Canadians correctly identify burning fossil fuels as the primary source of climate...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing up to Trump. I admire him for that. But something else is happening in the rush to protect ourselves: climate...
The overwhelming choice of data centre developers has been fossil gas-fired or even diesel-powered generation.
Our political leaders lack the courage to stop expanding the fossil fuel industry in the middle of a climate emergency.
The fact that centre-right MLAs are quitting the BC Conservatives, even though they don’t yet have an alternative home, shows a measure of principle...
None of the projects in the Ontario government's growing infrastructure portfolio has been subject to any meaningful form of public assessment or...
Hiba Shaikh Ansari, 21, was named a 2026 Starfish Canada Climate Fellow for her work founding and promoting EcoPatriot and inspiring projects and...
Prime Minister Mark Carney had, up until last weekend, been avoiding calling the US administration unreliable. Since then, he has been pointed in his...
The response of Canadians to the breakdown of trade talks with the US has been heartening, and Prime Minister Mark Carney's announcement of...
Churchill Falls is a major breakthrough for Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador and a promising beginning to a new era of clean electricity in...
While booze became a symbolic battle cry for sovereignty in the escalating and damaging Canada-US trade war, there is one commodity Canada is...
Along with well-founded environmental and health concerns, it's possible part of the growing resistance to data centers in Canada is a reaction to the...
The federal retrofit program will help thousands of Canadians lower their energy bills. Ottawa’s next step should be ensuring affordable energy for...
By warning the public about the dangers of climate change, climate scientists are promoting our human right to a healthy environment. That makes them...
Keith Cleland’s alchemy turns salt and water into affordable, scalable energy storage. This 31-year-old from Edmonton co-founded and runs Aqua-Cell...
Texas has concluded that before approving a wave of electricity-hungry data centres, the government should ask hard questions. Ontario should do the...
There are legitimate reasons to consider strengthening Canada’s capacity to respond to military threats. But climate disruption is already among the...
To any normal, reasonable person, it is objectively creepy and bizarre behaviour to send someone to spy on a political opponent during a vacation with...
The electrification of these critical fleets is creating a demand for new technical skills and supporting high-quality jobs across the country.
In light of the challenges Canada faces, it needs to rediscover something we once understood: national prosperity depends on national production. We...
Aaron Rosenberg engages the community to make transformative art. In March 2026, this young resident of Squamish, British Columbia, brought 30 people...
Long-term monitoring of our lakes allows us to act on environmental concerns, saving time and money in the process.
These sprinklings of cash will no doubt be welcome, but they seem a laughable pittance when you consider the government’s top priority:...
Perhaps what young people need isn’t another warning that the world is ending, but a new reason to believe that we are capable of saving it.
The discontinuation of the Environment and Climate Change Youth Council shows that the environment ministry and Prime Minister’s Office no longer...
Canada’s conversation about why heatwaves are happening and the federal government's plans to address the crisis are both as quiet as they have been...
Gabby Doebeli works in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to organize tenants who live in old buildings so that they can advocate for themselves and push...
The UK’s Labour government seems afraid to talk about the climate emergency.
The Globe and Mail published a jarring editorial that lamented our smoky summers without once pointing toward their cause. For Canada's paper of...
While EV global sales increase, growth in North America has been underwhelming.
People living in the former epicentre of the gas industry in rural southwestern Ontario weren’t responsible for the pollution and didn’t profit...
Scrubbers allow ships to continue burning the dirtiest marine fuels by ‘scrubbing out’ the sulphur dioxide from its exhaust. However, that...
The gap between what Canadians believe about nature and how we relate to it in daily life grows wider with every passing year.
This summer’s disasters appear to have boosted climate multilateralism, at least within Europe, and underscored the need to tackle fossil fuels. But...
Canada's EV market is showing signs of renewal as federal incentives and infrastructure investments kick in against a backdrop of rising gas prices....
If we can’t have governments that push for education and agreement on the causes of climate change — and to be clear, we should have that, too —...
Alberta's premier is no stranger to creating, and using, political leverage — even if it creates the risk of blowback. So why is she so unwilling to...
Food insecurity is one of Canada’s most pressing social issues. In a world marked by escalating conflicts, climate shocks and volatile supply...
The 2025 Alberta–Carney agreement explicitly links pipeline construction to the Pathways project. Despite record profits — $37 billion for...
The next extreme weather disaster is already on its way. The decisions we make today will determine the cost, the speed of recovery and the number of...
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