The federal government is considering advertising the benefits of the carbon price rebate in the latest sign Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to defend the policy tooth and nail against Conservative attacks.
The need to store and manage mine tailings — the waste created by grinding up and processing ore — is modern mining’s greatest environmental liability and long-term expense.
In Episode 4 of The Road, Isaac Phan Nay explores how Ontario’s consultation of First Nations clashes with international law on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Kyle Brennan Shàwinipinesì is the senior lead of Build Native with Shopify — the e-commerce platform’s campaign to connect Indigenous entrepreneurs with online stores.
In recent years, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has emerged on the world scene as a fierce champion of global financial reform to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis. In an interview with Canada's National Observer, she unpacks what she hopes to see unfold in forthcoming negotiations.
Canadian financial institutions have financed metallurgical coal, the kind used to make steel, to the tune of $20 billion even as greener alternatives are proven possible. With clean steel set to boom, those investments are at risk.
Robot snowplows have run trials in communities across Canada, as well as on federal land, but whether they'll replace emissions-heavy snowplows is uncertain.
Sinking badly in the polls as political pressure mounts against the carbon price, can Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rescue his signature climate policy?
Previous summits have ended with funds established to help developing countries transition to green energies, pledges to slash pollution and promises to keep people most vulnerable at the centre of policy discussions.