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Climate Solutions Reporting

The Climate Solutions Reporting Project is a powerful educational force designed to reshape how we understand our response to the climate crisis. This public education initiative doesn't just report on climate change — it teaches through story, illuminating the extraordinary human ingenuity rising to meet our greatest challenge.   Read more about the project here.  

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Hamilton sets new green building standards, but builders balk at the cost

Hamilton is stepping up its climate efforts with new green building standards that will shape how future homes, businesses and public spaces are built. The rules approved by city council last month will take effect in 2025 and require new buildings to meet higher standards in energy efficiency, water conservation, stormwater management, waste management and eco-friendly design.
By
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
November 8th 2024

Advocating for climate-friendly jobs for youth

As senior organizer with the British Columbia Youth Climate Corps ‘Jobs for Everyone’ campaign, Abbey Piazza is advocating for climate-friendly jobs for every young person in B.C.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Patricia Lane
Youth climate action
By
  • Patricia Lane
  • Abbey Piazza
  • Opinion
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
November 4th 2024

In Canada's potato province, streams run with pesticides

Streams that run through Prince Edward Island's potato country are contaminated with levels of an environmentally-destructive pesticide that exceed federal safety regulations, Canada's National Observer has found.
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  • Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 29th 2024

Amazon dumps plastic cushioning for package protection

Around the world, products inside the company’s packages are now cushioned by paper-based padding that can be collected in curbside recycling programs.
Race Against Climate Change
By
  • Joseph Winters
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 25th 2024

Appliances and laptops don't last like they used to — here's how better laws can help

A report by Équiterre says Canada should create a mandatory durability index, which would assign grades to appliances, making it clear how easy they are to repair and what their expected lifespans are.
By
  • Cloe Logan
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 24th 2024

Churchill at a Crossroads: looking forward from the past

The prospective conservation area would stretch down the western edge of Hudson Bay on Manitoba’s Arctic coastline, producing an increase in resources, regulations and support to ensure a healthy coast in the sensitive low-arctic waters. Churchill, along with several First Nations, will decide the project's fate, government officials and environmental campaigners told Canada’s National Observer.
By
  • Matteo Cimellaro
  • Analysis
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 24th 2024
Mihskakwan James Harper (L) receives an Emerging Leaders award at the Clean50 Summit in Toronto, ON. October 10, 2024 (Handout: Delta Management)

Clean50 brings Canada's key climate innovators together for outstanding results

Clean50 event, in its 14th edition, brought together 150 delegates to brainstorm green transition solutions in areas ranging from clean finance to sustainable construction, renewable energy to climate action education
Business Solutions
By
  • Darius Snieckus
  • Analysis
  • Business
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 23rd 2024

University of Toronto's school of the environment bans fossil fuel funding

University of Toronto's school of the environment is banning all donations and sponsorships from fossil fuel companies as part of its commitment to divest from these industries by 2030.
By
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 22nd 2024

Ford wants to rip out bike lanes. Municipalities and mobility groups hope to pump the brakes

Ian Borsuk has spent years advocating for safer, more sustainable transit options in Hamilton, but now he fears the Ford government’s proposed legislation will undo this progress. The new rules would require municipalities to get provincial approval before installing bike lanes that reduce vehicle lanes — like the local Keddy Access Trail.
By
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 21st 2024

Rallying support for people impacted by climate disasters

Enya Fang, a 16-year-old student in Surrey, B.C., rallies support for people impacted by climate-related catastrophes.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Patricia Lane
Youth climate action
By
  • Patricia Lane
  • Enya Fang
  • Opinion
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 21st 2024

City of Toronto and advocates defend bike lanes from Ford government legislation

The Ford government’s proposed plan to limit bike lanes in Ontario would undermine municipal decision-making, worsen traffic congestion and hinder efforts to create safer, more sustainable streets, critics suggest.
By
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 16th 2024

Hundreds of B.C. business people ask Vancouver to reinstate gas ban

Hundreds of homebuilders, restaurateurs, food providers and other entrepreneurs are asking Vancouver's municipal council to reinstate the city's ban on natural gas in new buildings.
By
  • Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 16th 2024

Using social media to explain the climate crisis

Karishma Porwal uses her influence with millions of TikTok and Instagram users to link their day-to-day concerns to the climate crisis.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Patricia Lane
Youth climate action
By
  • Patricia Lane
  • Karishma Porwal
  • Opinion
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 15th 2024

An app that can save EV drivers $400 a year comes to Toronto and Hamilton

Charging electric vehicles in off-peak hours could ease grid pressure and lower charging costs for drivers.  A new pilot program in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is testing a mobile app that does just that.
By
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz
  • News
  • Energy
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 11th 2024
RheEnergise employees oversee the construction of a High-Density Hydro® demonstrator project near Plymouth in Devon, Britain. September, 2024 (Handout from RheEnergise)

Pumped up: how 'high density hydro' could supercharge global energy storage

Say energy storage and most imagine EV lithium-ion batteries. But a range of "long duration" concepts that store power for weeks rather than hours are coming to market, among them one called high-density hydro that uses a mud-brown slurry pumped through a long loop of plastic pipe on a hillside to store energy until it's needed. With first systems now being built, the technology could change the way renewables-powered grids work in the future.
Business Solutions
By
  • Darius Snieckus
  • Analysis
  • Business
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
October 11th 2024

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