First Nations and Wildfires: Demand Action

First Nations communities across Canada are disproportionately affected by wildfires. In Northern Ontario and British Columbia, jurisdictional gaps, administrative delays and underfunded emergency ser...

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Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’

A study of fossilized leaves from 56 million years ago counters claims from some Trump administration members of the so-called 'benefits' of fossil-fuel pollution.

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Texas has hit pause on data centres. Why is Doug Ford racing ahead?

Texas has concluded that before approving a wave of electricity-hungry data centres, the government should ask hard questions. Ontario should do the same.

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Newfoundland-Quebec clean power deal charges up critical mineral rush in the Labrador Trough

A $70 billion agreement to expand Newfoundland and Labrador’s hydro and wind power fleet, and build the transmission lines to send it to the grid, also aims to boost the economics of electrified minin...

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Alberta moves to stop data centres from using renewable energy

Data centre developers in the province likely won't be able to use renewable energy like solar or wind to power their facilities — even if they want to.

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Keystone XL returns as Canada looks for oil buyers beyond the US

Keystone XL is back in the pipeline debate amid trade talks with the US. But is it a better option than a West Coast pipeline?

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Trump boasts Keystone XL as trade talk win. It's not clear it was ever off the table

Almost a year ago, Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the project, as part of a larger pitch to link energy co-operation and support for Canada’s steel and aluminum sectors. Ex...

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Study highlights a new blind spot in current climate models

A new study suggests climate models may be overestimating how much carbon forests will absorb in a warming world, raising the possibility that global temperatures could rise even more than current pro...

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As Canada burns, it’s time to rethink what national security means

There are legitimate reasons to consider strengthening Canada’s capacity to respond to military threats. But climate disruption is already among the most persistent and predictable threats that we fac...

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Marinvest Energy wants First Nations to lead development of its $30-billion LNG project

The Carney government and the company discussed potential funding for a project involving Indigenous communities.

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Ford’s data centre playbook leaves municipalities wary of government’s heavy hand

The Ontario government's proposal includes little detailed information and no indication of whether this new framework will complement the data regulations that municipalities have been working toward...

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Scientists Define a New Category of Heat Wave: ‘Snow Eaters’

Unseasonably warm weather that rapidly melts snowpack is becoming more widespread in the Western United States and happening earlier in the year.

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Competition Bureau Should Investigate Government for 'Greenwashing': NDP

NDP parliamentary leader Don Davies wants the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Prime Minister Mark Carney's own words are proof the government's advertising on clean energy infrastructure vio...

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Overwhelming Majorities in Canada, U.S. Say No to Local Data Centre Development

Public opposition to artificial intelligence (AI) data centre projects is surging across Canada and the United States, as outrage over the projects’ energy and water use, noise pollution, carbon footp...

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Economic Well-Being Depends on Swift Climate Action

Mounting evidence shows taking action now will be far cheaper than delaying it, say economic and sustainability experts in Canada and the UK.

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Stop Federal Environmental Rollbacks in Canada

Nature is our home—not an economic zone. The federal government wants to streamroll ahead with major projects by weakening environmental protections. Tell them to protect the nature that sustains us, ...

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Wildfire season tracking to be fourth worst on record; fire risk remains elevated

So far this year, wildfires have burned more than 40,000 square kilometres — an area almost the size of Nova Scotia. Federal forecasters said Tuesday that September's fire risk stands to be well above...

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Electric school buses work. Is Canada's workforce ready?

The electrification of these critical fleets is creating a demand for new technical skills and supporting high-quality jobs across the country.

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Feds are greenwashing Carney's energy policy, NDP claim to Competition Bureau

The NDP asked the Competition Bureau to investigate the federal government for what it says is a practice of illegally greenwashing federal energy policies in TV and social media advertisements.

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Sign the statement of support for young climate litigants

Understanding what is at stake for young people and all Canadians, youth climate litigants from coast to coast to coast have boldly taken up the charge of defending all our rights in the face of…

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'Not suitable': Utilities commission rejects power plant for Olds, Alta., data centre

The Alberta Utilities Commission has denied an application to build a natural gas plant that would have powered a massive data centre complex in the small agricultural town of Olds, Alta.

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How Canada can win the trade war and the climate fight

In light of the challenges Canada faces, it needs to rediscover something we once understood: national prosperity depends on national production. We need a new industrial strategy on a scale not seen ...

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Meta proposal in Alberta's industrial heartland fuels data centre fury

Protests that coalesced around the opposition to a planned Meta data centre in Alberta highlight Albertans' concerns elected officials are making tech barons rich at their expense amid Premier Daniell...

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North America's 'largest-ever clean energy deal' signed by Newfoundland and Quebec

With a $50 billion-plus hydro and wind power plan in Churchill Falls, compared by Prime Minister Mark Carney to 1970s’ James Bay hydroelectric megaproject, the federal and provincial governments aim t...

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Controversial $2B Montana Pipeline Hits a Speed Bump

If built, the 1000-kilometre pipeline will run through Montana and Wyoming and is one of three proposed pipeline legs connecting oil sands in Alberta to trading hub in Oklahoma.

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