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Mark Carney's dreamy summer of exuberance

Has anyone in Canada had a better month than Mark Carney? Just look at his Instagram feed: He’s hanging with Trump in the Oval Office, Zelensky at the Vatican, King Charles at Rideau Hall. Chilling with the Oilers.
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In 'serious omission,' G7 leaders release wildfire charter with no mention of climate change

The discussions that led to the statement’s specific wording were not public. But governments of most G7 nations recognize the role of human activity in climate change, as well as the role of climate change in wildfire, with one notable exception.
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Indigenous businesses feel the pinch from decline in US tourists and federal funding cuts

  • Arno Kopecky

What Gregor Robertson's housing track record can tell us about his ministerial plans

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A US climate conspiracy has spread to Canada — and local politicians haven’t been warned

  • Jeremy Appel

At a boisterous town hall, UCP coal mining plans clash with Alberta ranchers' water concerns

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Doug Ford is threatening environmental stewardship, democratic norms, and Indigenous rights

  • Constance O'Connor
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Up the creek without a paddle: protecting Canada's freshwater

  • Chris Hatch

Danielle Smith's revealing 'living standards' slip

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Conservatives vote with Carney government to rush Bill C-5

  • Darius Snieckus

Could Canada’s carbon capture ambitions catch a chill from Iceland’s struggling Mammoth project?

  • Darren Schuettler

CNO lands major climate solutions reporting award

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  • Alice Sun

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BC’s sunflower sea stars are now endangered, but rays of hope remain

Sunflower sea stars clinging to life in BC’s cold-water fjords are officially on the edge of extinction, a Canadian scientific advisory panel warns.
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  • Hanna Hett

Green building pioneers chart persuasive paths to profit

  • Darius Snieckus
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  • Darius Snieckus

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'Concrete revolution' takes aim at construction’s worst polluter

Concrete has weighed down the building industry's efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, but a low-carbon revolution in the world’s most-used construction material is starting to gather momentum
  • Darius Snieckus
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Volkswagen's EV battery-maker charges ahead with $7 billion gigafactory as rivals’ plans stall

  • Darius Snieckus
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Boeing bets on Canadian green jet fuel technologies

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  • Darius Snieckus
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