Climate Solutions Reporting

Climate Solutions Reporting Project produces written stories, podcasts, and newsletters about Canada's action and inaction in fighting global heating, as well as the impact of environmental degradation and solutions on people and communities. We offer these stories free of charge thanks to supporters and collaborators, including individual philanthropists and foundations. Read more about the project here.

508 Articles

Climate activists have this shoulder to lean on

As the head of communications for Sierra Club Canada, 30-year-old Conor Curtis supports environmental activists. He reminds us that a bad day never stopped oil and gas industry lobbyists, and we shouldn’t let one stop us either.

Opinion

Youth climate action

April 8th 2024

Graphic showing map of Canada with electric car charger and gas pump

How your province rates in the global electric car race

These charts show where Canada and our provinces are in the global EV race compared to the U.S., China and European nations … and critically, how that compares to our growing fossil-fuelled fleet.

Race Against Climate Change

Barry Saxifrage

April 8th 2024

A more sustainable farming model

Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture’s Living Labs project aims to help farmers better tackle climate change.

Jon Tattrie

April 5th 2024

Second time lucky? Premier pitches another carbon tax plan

This week, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau where he presented his “Still Better Than a Carbon Tax” plan, which he insisted would “do far more to address climate change.” It follows his first attempt to skirt the tax in August 2022. That plan was similarly titled “Better Than a Carbon Tax.”

Cloe Logan

April 5th 2024

Inventive intervention for the climate

Canadian company Planetary Technologies turns to bold new ideas to tackle ocean acidity.

Scott Stoneman

April 4th 2024

Double double or double trouble? Toronto’s reusable cup bylaw

Lugging around a reusable mug to help reduce waste usually feels like a worthwhile habit. But it seemed a bit pointless to me and other patrons at a few Toronto fast food outlets recently.

Abdul Matin Sarfraz

April 4th 2024

Plan for surge in EV buses and trucks heading into overdrive

To steer the country’s heavy-duty transportation sector away from gas and diesel to non-emitting trucks and buses, Canada needs a robust network of charging and hydrogen fuelling stations.

Abdul Matin Sarfraz

April 3rd 2024

How building performance standards could help green up the sector

A new report released by Efficiency Canada notes that voluntary measures used by individuals and some municipalities to reduce building emissions have been unsuccessful. It suggests a more effective approach would involve implementing mandatory building performance standards in combination with support from the federal government.

Cloe Logan

April 3rd 2024

Treehouse Village: Eco-housing and energy savings

A closer look at the technology behind Bridgewater’s energy-efficient co-housing community.

Philip Moscovitch

April 3rd 2024

Family business commits to climate solutions

As president of Armour Valve, Liz McBeth led the company to recognize it exists to enable an energy and industrial landscape that ensures prosperity for future generations and the planet.

Opinion

Youth climate action

April 1st 2024

Human books talk climate

A series of unique HalifACT events provide an opportunity to chat about climate-related topics with the walking, talking “book” of your choice.

Joy Samuel

March 28th 2024

the Storm on the sea of Galilee by Rembrandt van rijn

CO2 jumped by record amount last year

Despite decades of global efforts to prevent a full-blown climate crisis, the primary driver of it — CO2 — continues to pile up in our atmosphere at an accelerating rate.

Race Against Climate Change

Barry Saxifrage

March 27th 2024

U of T schools the world by cutting emissions in half

Called Project Leap, it is believed to be the largest sustainability effort in the higher education sector in Canada. Once completed, the project will halve carbon emissions — calculated at 91,000 tonnes last year — on St. George campus by 2027.

Abdul Matin Sarfraz

March 27th 2024

Equity in the energy game

Giving African Nova Scotian, Black and Indigenous peoples a place at the table in the fight against climate change.

Jon Tattrie

March 25th 2024

The art of youth climate activism

Finnegan Brown, 16, uses art and political action to protect our climate. A high school student from Sooke, B.C., Brown received a 2023 I-SEA Youth Climate Activism Award.

Opinion

Youth climate action

March 25th 2024