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

Lackluster results from a pioneering CO2 removal pilot plant near Reykjavik won’t dim interest in an emerging climate technology known as direct air capture, industry says. But skeptics argue the hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into projects in Canada would be better spent on renewables and EVs as DAC might be 'a dead technology walking'.
  • Darius Snieckus

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

Robertson's announcement as housing minister raised eyebrows last month, given Vancouver's skyrocketing housing prices under his mayorship. But a deeper look at his housing record shows some successes with innovative housing programs that could scale up, Canada-wide.
  • Arno Kopecky

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

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Health Canada is abandoning farmworkers to navigate the 'weird, Wild West' of pesticide harms, says lawsuit

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Danielle Smith's revealing 'living standards' slip

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If Carney wants to build, he should go big on a Youth Climate Corps

  • Arno Kopecky

Carney shows his hand on infrastructure and trade bill

Features

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CNO lands major climate solutions reporting award

  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz

Ford's new energy plan for Ontario increases reliance on nuclear, fossil fuels

  • Darius Snieckus

Canada risks squandering multi-billion-dollar critical minerals market without 'swift action': report

Solutions

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Scouts plant trees to help conserve Canada's future

  • Tess McClure

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

  • Sonal Gupta

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Can homes built in a factory fill Canada’s housing gap?

Green building pioneers chart persuasive paths to profit

A new generation of developers and architects are designing a future for the building sector that is less polluting and still profitable
  • Darius Snieckus
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A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding city councils with climate misinformation

  • Rory White

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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

  • Darius Snieckus
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