Opinion

The relationship between the Ontario government and developers who benefited from having lands removed from the Greenbelt needs to be explored by an agency with criminal investigative powers in its quiver, writes Environmental Defence's Tim Gray.

Why fixing Canada's broken housing market begins and ends with purpose-built rentals and more social housing — and how the federal government can get more of both built.

On the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, energy transition is clearly ramping up, but political polarization in Canada is creating conditions that threaten to impede progress.

World leaders and decision-makers must understand the climate crisis is much more than an environmental challenge — it poses a formidable threat to the rights and well-being of children, particularly girls.

We advocate for nuclear power development in Canada because we are self-sufficient in uranium, and we can and should develop small modular reactors and exploit the technology and domestic resources.

Laura Sullivan’s research leads her to civil disobedience. This 24-year-old British Columbian engineer will break laws this summer to disrupt business as usual.

In Alberta, it used to be "skate to where the puck is going." Under Danielle Smith, it's "don't bother lacing up your skates at all." Why her "can't-do" attitude on climate and electricity is bound to backfire.

A coalition of news organizations formally called on Canada’s Competition Bureau to investigate Meta’s allegedly “anti-competitive conduct” by blocking access to news on its platforms and for its unwillingness to negotiate.

Alberta’s six-month moratorium on approvals for renewable energy projects is an example of foolish thinking rooted in political ideology and stoked by misinformation campaigns and political lobbyists sponsored by Big Oil.

Doug Ford's $8.3-billion Greenbelt grift is a litmus test for whether voters will actually stand up to political corruption. If they give him and his PCs a pass, it'll send a dangerous message to other politicians about just how far they can go.

Danielle Smith's decision to impose a moratorium on new wind and solar projects makes it clear that it has no interest in meeting Ottawa's net-zero electricity target by 2035. Why it's time for the Liberal government to fight fire with fire.

We need to collectively commit to building a regenerative economy — one that restores and rejuvenates natural resources, social systems and communities.

The International Energy Agency finds that heat pumps still reduce GHGs by at least 20 per cent compared to gas, even with emissions‐intensive electricity.

The increased food price volatility is likely to persist as long as Russia puts the global food supply under deliberate stress.