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10/01/25
Author: 
Carl Meyer and Fatima Syed
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa in early January. Photo: Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press

Jan. 7, 2025

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate-conscious government bought Canada an oil pipeline while ushering in significant environmental laws

Justin Trudeau will step down as Canada’s prime minister after the Liberal Party picks a new leaderending a near-decade of the most climate-conscious federal government in modern history. 

07/01/25
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Conservative MLA Dallas Brodie has real estate worth $50 million, Green Jeremy Valeriote invests in oil and gas, and New Democrat Sunita Dhir holds Meta stock. Photos via the political parties.

Jan. 6, 2025

A Green who invests in oil and gas, a New Democrat with Meta shares and a Conservative with $50 million in real estate.

02/01/25
Author: 
Alex Cosh
Graphic assembled by The Maple staff.
Jan. 2, 2025

An assessment of the Trudeau government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

 
02/01/25
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Suncor president and CEO Rich Kruger before testifying at the Standing Committee on Natural Resources in October 2023. Photo by Natasha Bulowski/Canada's National Observer

Jan. 2, 2025

Canada’s 100 richest CEOs made 210 times more than the average worker in 2023, a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals.

By 10:54 a.m. Thursday, the first official work day of the New Year, these CEOs will have already made, on average, $62,661 — as much as the average worker makes in a whole year.

02/01/25
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Jan. 2, 2025

British Columbia’s New Democratic Party (BC NDP) was just re-elected in a campaign where they touted their climate leadership. Despite these reassuring words, Canadians concerned about climate change should pay close attention to what's happening. The province has turned into a climate laggard, with emissions stuck far above 1990 levels. And, perhaps shockingly, all the increase in climate pollution has happened while the BC NDP has been running the government. 

02/01/25
Author: 
Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi and T.Y. Yang
Using modern construction methods such as prefabrication and modular construction can reduce costs, time and emissions. But in Canada, regulatory changes are needed too. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jan. 2, 2025

02/01/25
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
French energy historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz calls promises of a green energy transition ‘a delaying tactic’ against ‘decreasing energy use.’ Screenshot via Club 44.

Jan. 2, 2025

To our peril, there’s been no green revolution. Just green addition to rising fossil fuel use.

30/12/24
Author: 
Khan, Adnan R.
Bales of crushed, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles in California (Wikimedia Commons)

Dec. 20, 2024

Efforts to target the plastic problem with better recycling, rather than a production cap, ignore how such programs turn potentially hazardous plastic waste into a commodity, fuelling a massive illicit trade

If you’re at all concerned about the alarming growth of plastic waste clogging our oceans and leaching toxins into our earth, this has not been a good year.

29/12/24
Author: 
Primary Author: Tova Gaster with files from The Energy Mix staff
Advocates for the gas ban rallied outside Vancouver City Hall on November 26, ahead of a council vote on bylaw changes to permit gas heating in new homes. (Photo: Tova Gaster)

Dec. 25, 2024

Vancouver City Council voted Wednesday night to reinstate a ban on natural gas in new buildings, reversing a decision it made in July.

After two days of deliberations and input from over 140 local residents, council members voted in favour of banning gas for space and water heating entirely, rather than allowing it with stricter energy efficiency requirements. The main motion, which took the form of a proposal to reverse the city’s 2020 ban on gas in new construction, was defeated on a tie vote.

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