Canadian far right repeats Trump-fuelled conspiracy theories on wildfires

Trump-aligned congresspeople aren’t spreading wildfire disinformation in a vacuum; American social media giants are enabling a haze of conspiracy theories and misinformation about the wildfires ravaging Canadian forests, and are disguising the fossil fuel industry's role in the crisis, researchers have found.

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

aerial shot of Alberta's oil sands in 2012

The oilsands in Alberta, Canada. Photo by Kris Krug via Climate Visuals Project

Alberta won't increase oil sands monitoring funds to keep pace with industry expansion, inflation

Indigenous representatives of an oilsands monitoring program say Alberta won’t increase funding to keep pace with oilsands expansion and inflation — and the shortfall risks compromising monitoring work, according to a letter obtained by Canada’s National Observer.

Natasha Bulowski

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Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds

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

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Climate change is fuelling mega-floods, awakening toxic zombie chemicals

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Chris Hatch

Republicans complain about smoke. But they voted for fire

Canadian universities must do a better job encouraging private sector research

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Alberta will never double its oil production

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Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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

Abdul Matin Sarfraz

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

Sonal Gupta

Inuit podcast takes us inside the Arctic meltdown

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Seth Klein

Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses

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Pollution from wildfires can contaminate our water for up to 8 years, study finds

Oliver Milman

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

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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.

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

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Trump attack on US clean energy progress boosting Canada as a ‘preferred investment destination’

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s stripping of landmark Biden-era investment tax credits from American renewables players has sparked conversations about shifting capital north to Canadian projects, says industry body.