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Illustration for article on gasoline and electric car emissions in Canada.

Gasoline versus electric cars

Spoiler alert: Over the full life cycle of Canadian gasoline cars and electric cars, the 70 tonnes of CO2 from burning gasoline absolutely crushes everything else — including Canadian climate hopes. But other nations have found ways to rein in the beast.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 24th 2023

Jacqueline L. Scott believes outdoor recreation is a pathway to caring for nature, so here she is snowshoeing in a provincial park. Photo supplied by Jacqueline L. Scott

It’s only natural Jacqueline L. Scott would be out there removing barriers

Jacqueline L. Scott is a PhD student who researches ways to make outdoor recreation and environmentalism accessible for Black people.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Jacqueline L. Scott | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 21st 2023

Illustration by Ata Ojani for Canada's National Observer

The thin green line — where disinformation meets greenwashing

For nearly 50 years, the push to discredit climate science and transform responses to the crisis into a political hot potato has successfully delayed policies to reduce oil and gas production and greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate of denial

By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 21st 2023

Alicia Richins waves the flag of Trinidad and Tobago flag during her internship at the Inter-American Development Bank in 2017. Photo courtesy Alicia Richins

Alicia Richins is putting the UN’s sustainable development goals to work

Alicia Richins is a sustainability and social impact consultant based in Toronto, and a fierce advocate of the United Nations' sustainable development goals, or SDGs.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Alicia Richins | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 13th 2023

Blue economy in crisis: Why failing the ocean will put trillions at risk

Despite its vast environmental, economic and social significance, the ocean continues to be largely taken for granted.

Opinion

By Patricia Scotland | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 10th 2023

Weighing the harm of gasoline against lithium

More than a billion tonnes of climate pollution pours out of American tailpipes every year. Ending this climate pollution disaster requires a lot more lithium. Barry Saxifrage breaks it down for us.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 8th 2023

Ingrid Waldron in front of the Africville Museum in Halifax. Her entry into environmental justice came by chance in 2012 when an activist asked her to research environmental racism in Nova Scotia. Photo courtesy of Ingrid Waldron

When it comes to environmental racism, Ingrid Waldron knows what needs to change

Her entry into environmental justice came by chance in 2012 when an activist asked Ingrid Waldron to research environmental racism in Nova Scotia.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Ingrid Waldron | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 6th 2023

collage art of a exhasut fumes from a smokestack going through a butterfly net

What the heck is carbon capture? The pollution-cutting technology that’s got Canada investing billions

As part of a new Canada’s National Observer series breaking down climate basics, we delved into some common questions about carbon capture. Here is everything you need to know about the contentious technology governments and industry are banking on.

By Natasha Bulowski | Explainer, Energy, Climate Solutions Reporting | February 1st 2023

Arian Tomar and a friend at the top of his first outdoor rock-climbing ascent in Joshua Tree. Photo by Arian Tomar

Young filmmaker Arian Tomar shows others how they can change the world

The 19-year-old Indigenous Hmong-Indian American documentary filmmaker mentors and supports youth climate leaders.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Arian Tomar | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | January 30th 2023

Gas stoves are the latest battleground in the energy transition

It remains to be seen if people will turn their backs on natural gas stoves. Induction and traditional electric models are better for the environment — inside and outside the home.

Opinion

By Rob Miller | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | January 24th 2023

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