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Shawn McCarthy is an independent writer and senior counsel with Sussex Strategy Group. He was previously a national business correspondent for The Globe and Mail, covering the global energy beat.

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With the planet in peril, Canada must get serious about protecting nature

We need a watershed moment, one that galvanizes global action to protect nature, write Sandra Schwartz and Shawn McCarthy.
Negotiating survival
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | December 8th 2022

What Trudeau needs to do to woo the West

Trudeau has to address two realities: the urgent need to reduce emissions, and the uneven cost that effort imposes across the country.
Opinion, Politics | October 28th 2019

How free money could get us out of climate jam and usher in wave of new jobs

Green economy focused business group offers up plan to suit all political stripes
Opinion | October 22nd 2019

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