Freddy and the ice: messages from the future

Two new things on the climate front, and both bad news. Hurricanes used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit, and then gone. Now they’re starting to come back for a second hit.
Energy transition relief as ineffectual as feds’ ‘puny’ carbon tax, writes Henderson

Re: The renewable energy policy briefing (The Hill Times, March 6): Canada should initiate industrial policies, including building renewable capacity to help rapidly innovate a post-carbon economy. But the present energy transition mitigation concept is as ineffectual as the federal government’s puny carbon tax which has just wasted nearly a decade of exceedingly precious mitigation […]
Canada has a toxic tailings problem

It’s time for oil companies to be held accountable for cleaning up their toxic waste.
Energy

Energy transitions: away from diesel, or towards sovereignty?

Indigenous off-grid communities in Canada are exploring their own solutions to move towards cleaner energy generation that are aligned with their worldviews and sovereignty objectives.
Canada’s oil and gas industry faces an existential crisis and a weak emissions cap won’t save it

Ottawa’s job is to ensure that the inevitable transition is as smooth as possible by sending a clear signal to the industry to clean up its pollution.
The worst plan is no plan when faced with an inevitable energy transition

For Canada to gain forecasted clean energy jobs and GDP benefits, it needs to not only keep its climate policies, but also build on them.
Canada should be the world’s energy producer and supplier of choice

The solutions are transformation, not transition; technology, not taxes; led by the private sector, not government.
Vulnerable populations will be more at risk due to Bill S-5’s CEPA changes

Bill S-5 may doom attempts to improve environmental health outcomes for vulnerable populations for generations to come.
Is Canada ready to hear from a new wave of water leaders?

While Canada has had a Feminist International Assistance Policy since 2017, little attention has been paid to elevating the voices of women and girls in global water dialogues.