Economic reconciliation means no green strings attached
The Indigenous loan guarantee program will have no green strings attached, opening opportunities for controversial development like oil, gas and nuclear projects.
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UCP documents confirm ‘years’ of talks with coal industry to open up Rockies to open-pit mines
Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative Party government was talking with the coal industry about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines long before making those plans public.
What does the federal NDP really think about the carbon tax?
But Jagmeet Singh refused to say explicitly whether he supports the consumer levy, and Canadians having to pay it on everyday items like gasoline.
Elizabeth Kolbert wants us to rethink the climate change stories we tell
In the environmental journalist's new book, "H Is for Hope," Kolbert explores the contradictions of a global problem, from A to Z.
Ford government wins highway tussle with feds
The Ontario government can move forward with the construction of a contentious highway after Ottawa gave up its lengthy battle Monday over a federal environmental assessment.
Sustainable jobs act heads to the Senate
The federal government’s Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act finally passed third reading after spending just shy of a year in the House of Commons, including 20 hours in committee and a 12-hour voting period due to Conservative efforts to delay the bill.
Alberta must release huge numbers of documents on coal after four-year court fight
The ruling comes in response to an attempt by the United Conservative government to block the release of the documents to a group of southern Alberta ranchers.
Lessons learned from the foreign interference inquiry
If one thing from the public inquiry into foreign interference is clear, it’s that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections.
B.C.'s toxic drug crisis rages on eight years after emergency declared
Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, and Graham said it's a sombre anniversary as she and others in public health reflect on the thousands of deaths.
Carbon rebates land in some Canadians' accounts today
The first instalment of the 2024 Canada carbon rebate will be delivered to some Canadians today as long as they filed their taxes by the middle of March.
The power of positive feedback
Glooscap First Nation has let its community members guide their move toward a net-zero future.
‘Green banks’ are getting billions to decarbonize disadvantaged communities
The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.
Making soil — and storing carbon — in the Greenbelt
A group of researchers and conservationists is trying to bolster the soil health of hundreds of farms in Ontario's Greenbelt to help alleviate climate change.
Conservative climate plan: Sound and fury signifying nothing?
Beyond their sustained campaign against the federal carbon price, it is unclear exactly what, if anything, the Conservative Party of Canada would do to address climate change. However, some hints were dropped this week at a major conservative networking conference in Ottawa.
Trudeau mystified by NDP backtrack on carbon price support
The NDP have long been proponents of the climate policy, and even campaigned on it in the 2019 election.