The carbon tax rollback will boost giant oil company profits
Many federal and provincial political critics claim carbon pricing should be replaced, but don’t say what it should be replaced with.
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The weighty costs of an electric truck
Is it possible to drive a big electric truck and be green at the same time? Chris Pollon test drives a Ford F-150 Lightning — the EV version of North America’s bestselling pickup — to find out.
Young people are still getting screwed
Whether it's the high cost of housing or the low level of our climate ambitions, young Canadians are getting a raw deal right now. Why that's showing up in the Liberal government's dreadful poll numbers, and how they could go about changing them.
Canada’s banks must get on the climate action train
While banks and pension plans manage Canadians’ money, the return on investment underperforms expectations when it comes to climate action.
New poll shows strong support for a Youth Climate Corps
The Youth Climate Corps campaign is calling on federal and provincial governments to launch and fund an ambitious new youth training and employment program, inviting young people to spend two years confronting the climate emergency.
Our food future depends on gender equity
When the food system is disrupted by climate change, women are disproportionately impacted.
Is David Eby the federal NDP’s next leader-in-waiting?
David Eby is a lot of things: the premier of British Columbia, the MLA for Point Grey, and Canada's last competent defender of carbon pricing. Is he also the federal NDP's leader-in-waiting and the person who can finish the work Jack Layton started?
Save the last dance for the trees
Amalia Schelhorn choreographed and organized community dance protests against old-growth logging.
True peace and justice is possible if the world transitions to clean energy
The climate crisis knows no borders and is intensifying at an alarming rate. As long as we’re dependent on fossil fuels, we will continue to live in a volatile global landscape worsened by climate change.
The death and life of a great Canadian climate policy
Canada's climate policy is built on the foundation of an economy-wide carbon tax. But as that continues to get eroded, it's worth asking if there's a better way forward — and if are there lessons we can learn from the ongoing attacks on the levy.
Hydro plan helps Quebec rise to the climate challenge and stay competitive
For the first time, a Canadian electric utility announced plans to ensure sufficient clean electricity will be made available to fully support legal climate objectives.
We need to flip the script on carbon pricing
A political consensus is emerging that climate policy is not compatible with a fair and prosperous economy, which puts Canada’s broader efforts to tackle the climate crisis at grave risk.
Can Mark Carney save Justin Trudeau?
In 1965, Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson brought Pierre Elliott Trudeau into politics in order to shore up his bench — and eventually take his job. Is it time for Justin Trudeau to do the same with Mark Carney?
In defence of the new carbon tax adjustments
We won’t apologize for fighting for vulnerable Canadians across the country, including the many who live in rural Canada and Atlantic Canada.
From a summertime of sadness to a symphony of actors
Health-care professionals say the climate crisis is a health emergency that perpetuates environmental injustice.
