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Trump allies fume Canadian smoke is ruining summer – and offer misinfo as the solution

Smoke from Canadian wildfires that have forced about a quarter of a million Canadians to evacuate since 2023 are preventing Americans in Trump-voting districts from "spend[ing] time outdoors recreating, enjoying time with family, and creating new memories," six Republican House representatives complained in an official letter. 
  • Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Alberta will never double its oil production 

Both Danielle Smith and the separatists she keeps enabling want to see Alberta double its oil production. Spoiler: It won't be Mark Carney or the Liberal government that ends up stopping them.
  • Max Fawcett

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Ontario court halts Ford’s plan to tear out Toronto bike lanes

  • Cloe Logan

Newfoundland group alleges fish farms are dumping plastic waste and derelict equipment

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Extreme heat is killing more seniors. Cities aren’t ready

  • Sonal Gupta

Inuit podcast takes us inside the Arctic meltdown

  • Arno Kopecky

On Carney's agenda, climate is nowhere and everywhere

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  • Riana Topan

To secure its food future, Canada must invest in sustainable protein production

  • Seth Klein

There's always money for the military. But climate?

  • David Macdonald

Feds should rethink campaign promise of $13 billion in “savings”

Features

  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz

Ford gutted Ontario's environmental laws. Now he wants Ottawa to clear the last line of defence

  • Cloe Logan

Nova Scotia pushes to develop offshore natural gas

  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz

Ford government proposes new powers to control who gets electricity access

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  • Oliver Milman

‘Yuck factor’: eating insects rather than meat to help the planet is failing, study finds

  • Chris Hatch

Halfway to 2050, and far from where we need to be

  • Jay Cockburn

If you want to play baseball in Toronto’s parks, bring a shovel

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

Millions in 'unfair' legal fees part of a broader problem in First Nations law

A law firm has been ordered to reimburse ‘unfair’ fees to First Nations they targeted with exploitative billing practices. Some legal experts say the issue is more common and causes more harm among First Nations than with the general population.
  • Sonal Gupta

On Carney's agenda, climate is nowhere and everywhere

  • Arno Kopecky

Misinformation-laden website almost convinces Alberta town to abandon climate program

  • Rory White

Americans keep an eye on Arctic port revival in Churchill

  • Christopher Pollon

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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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Aging condos get expert help with clean upgrades

  • Christopher Pollon
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Arrow reborn: an all-Canadian EV aims to revolutionize industry

  • Darius Snieckus
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