Climate Solutions Reporting

137 Articles

Governments fail low-income Canadians hit hardest by high energy costs

Improving energy efficiency for low-income households needs urgent attention because they are excluded from federal policy, write Brendan Haley and Abhilash Kantamneni of Efficiency Canada.

Opinion

By Brendan Haley & Abhilash Kantamneni | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | October 19th 2022

The prime minister of canada (a white man) sits in a white armchair, shown from the shin up, gesturing with both hands

Trudeau touts climate progress, says there's room for more oil and gas production

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is on track to achieve its 2030 climate goal, adding: "We have already seen a bending of the curve of emissions."

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Climate Solutions Reporting, Ottawa Insider | October 19th 2022

Simon Guiroy addresses the crowd at a demonstration in downtown Montreal, near the office of Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault on June 16. Photo by Santiago Bertolino

When it comes to fighting fossil fuels, Simon Guiroy wants all hands on deck

Patricia Lane talks to the Montreal-based founder of Arrêtons GNL, a coalition of most student unions in Quebec, about plans to make his movement Canada-wide.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane & Simon Guiroy | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | October 17th 2022

Researchers look to Canada’s oceans to sink planet-warming carbon

A new research initiative is working on a national assessment of the “blue carbon” storage capacity of Canada’s salt marshes, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to fight against climate change.

By Rochelle Baker | News, Climate Solutions Reporting, Island Insider | October 17th 2022

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Canada’s disappearing forests are a devastating hidden carbon bomb

Canada’s forests are being logged faster than they can regrow and that's adding billions of tonnes of CO2 into atmosphere.

Race to a Safer World

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | October 13th 2022

An old-growth Interior Douglas-fir with Kanaka Bar Lands Department Assistant Garth Asham on the Old Man Jack property. Photo by: Sean O’Rourke

Conservation group buys stand of majestic old-growth as gift for First Nation

The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation intends to give the land back to the First Nation whose territory it is with an upcoming conservation covenant.

By Dani Penaloza | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | October 11th 2022

hike in Lake Louise, AB - photo taken by Ashley Vickers

Eva Kiefer helps fund a greener, cleaner world

As a co-founder and chief financial officer of investment firm Akira Impact, she is supporting ideas that are good for the planet and the people who live here.

Opinion

Youth climate action

By Patricia Lane | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | October 11th 2022