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Firm disclosed its private sector work, Guardian Australia is told, but it is not known which clients were listed

A coalition of cycling advocates has launched a court challenge against Ontario’s new provincial legislation mandating the removal of Toronto’s busiest protected bike lanes. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by Cycle Toronto and individual cyclists Eva Stanger-Ross and Narada Kiondo, argues the law violates Charter rights to life and security for cyclists and pedestrians.

In a net-zero by 2050 Canada, 700,000 more energy jobs will exist than today, according to a 2023 report by Clean Energy Canada. In the wind sector alone, the Global Wind Energy Council estimates that over half a million new wind technicians will be required worldwide by 2026.

The federal Conservative Party has spent years saying the carbon tax is fuelling inflation — but a new analysis has found these emissions-pricing policies only contributed about 0.5 per cent to the more than 19 per cent increase in consumer prices since 2019.

The government of Ontario is increasing energy procurement targets by 50 per cent, the province’s largest ever energy procurement expansion. The push is critical to keep up with the soaring demand for electricity.

TikTok is challenging the federal government’s order to shut down its operations in Canada, claiming it will eliminate hundreds of jobs and potentially terminate a quarter of a million contracts that it has with Canadian advertising clients.

Officials from both provinces have been working to negotiate a new deal surrounding the Churchill Falls hydroelectric plant in Labrador. The current agreement, signed in 1969, is widely seen as lopsided in Quebec's favour.

Vancouver mayor Ken Sim wants to transfer some of the city's financial reserves into Bitcoin cryptocurrency  — and says it will be good for the climate, too. His claim has some experts scratching their heads.

In documents filed with the provincial regulator, BP said it is “looking to expand to offer natural gas supply into the province of New Brunswick to commercial customers.”

The federal government is allocating over a billion dollars to help Saskatchewan and New Brunswick clean up their electricity production. A key priority for the money will be Indigenous-led initiatives that help provinces transition away from using fossil fuels.

The University of Toronto is ranked the world’s most sustainable university for the second consecutive year, in large part because of its work to decarbonize its campuses.

Wide Awake Media has built a huge following assailing what it calls the “climate hoax.”

Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Trudeau said that's because Trump's team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away than after his first election win in 2016.

Ottawa hasn't publicly specified the date by which TikTok has to comply, and while the company has pledged to fight the order in court, it's also talking to the government in hopes of finding a "solution."

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada says in a statement that the funding will be paid through its Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program for supporting costs linked with the 2022 and 2023 wildfires season as well as flooding last year.