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Want to cut emissions? Young advocate says tax the rich — and what they own

Many are tempted to focus on taxing luxury consumption, but this University of Toronto PhD student says they should aim bigger: rather than just...

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Patricia Lane

Is Carney's China deal our EV onramp?

Opening the door to Chinese EVs might just begin a reckoning with the transition to cleaner transportation.

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Chris Hatch

Doug Ford can't have it both ways on EVs

The bromance, it seems, is over. After Prime Minister Mark Carney’s official visit to China yielded a much-anticipated deal on electric vehicle and...

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Max Fawcett

Permission shouldn’t be radical. It's time to rethink mining in BC 

A few years ago, former  Chief Bev Sellars of the Xatśūll First Nation staked a mineral claim on then-Minister Bill Bennett’s Kelowna property. In...

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Tara Scurr

The triumph of clean energy is inevitable

The triumph of clean energy is inevitable

Never before in the history of the United States has there been a government more openly hostile to climate policy. Donald Trump and his energy...

15.01.2026 2

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Max Fawcett

The AI energy paradox — and a better path to a sustainable future

The task now is to reconcile technological ambition of AI with planetary health.

15.01.2026 4

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Cornelia C. Walther

Doug Ford’s climate backtrack is exactly why youth litigants vow to press on

Doug Ford’s climate backtrack is exactly why youth litigants vow to press on

Buried in Ontario’s 2025 Fall Economic Statement was an easily missed, one-line, insidious statement. While the announcement — that Ontario would “...

14.01.2026 3

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Fraser Thomson

Twitter is a litmus test for Canada

The best time to plant a tree, it’s said, was 20 years ago. The second-best time is right now. That also holds true for leaving Twitter (or X, as...

13.01.2026 4

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Max Fawcett

When did a Canadian winter become an indoor activity? 

When did a Canadian winter become an indoor activity? 

Canadian winters shape our culture, our humour and our childhoods. Increasingly, however — and especially since the pandemic — they shape something...

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Kaelem Moniz