Opinion

As all legacies are, Trudeau’s is mixed – but may be instructive for future governments as a guide for what to do and what not to do.

It’s easy, living in a large urban centre, to develop a false sense of imperviousness to disasters caused by extreme weather events.

Clean electricity saw big gains this year.

While Canada was supposedly “closed” for oil and gas business, the industry increased its oil production by more than a million barrels per day. Its biggest companies posted record profits in 2022, and then almost did it again in 2023.

Tony Clarke was a social justice and environmental activist. He was also my friend.

Every morning, I wake up to news about climate disasters, the housing crisis, a failing economy.

Amidst the gloom, renewable energy and electrification are among the many lights shining through the cracks of a decaying system.

In his nine-plus years as prime minister Justin Trudeau has unwittingly seeded a slow-moving national unity crisis. Now, it will be up to his successor to address it.

By quitting, Trudeau might just save the Liberals from an epic electoral disaster.

The idea of tapping into the heat trapped inside deeper reaches of the earth has been around for decades, and has been exploited in places like Iceland where it’s particularly close to the surface. But for most parts of the world, that heat — a free and potentially limitless source of energy — has remained out of reach until now.

As one of the world's most influential sectors, entertainment is uniquely positioned to shape global narratives and model the practical, low-carbon transition that pushes boundaries and shifts how we talk about sustainability and decarbonization.

Zaida Schneider is spending his retirement protecting a sliver of the Salish Sea — False Creek — near his home in downtown Vancouver.

Who will scrutinize climate promises in this crucial election year? Who will track the decisions shaping our planet's future?

There is a provision in the Reform Act that allows members of Parliament to call for a leadership review. At the outset of each parliament, government caucuses should vote to adopt the provision and exercise it in the case of a leader who won’t resign, leaving the party with no other option.

We can’t address climate change without decarbonizing sectors like steel, cement, aluminum and oil & gas. But decarbonizing production of these goods raises costs (at least for now), and in these heavily traded sectors that risks shifting emissions to countries that don’t have ambitious climate policies — a phenomenon known as carbon leakage.