Climate Change

28/10/25
Author: 
John Woodside
Travis Olson, Aliya Hirji, Rav Singh, and Chloe Tse, with support from Goldblatt Partners LLP and Ecojustice, are challenging the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in court. Photo by Joshua Best / Courtesy of Ecojustice

Oct. 27, 2025

Travis Olson, a 22-year-old from Camrose, Alta., is worried that his pension is at risk from climate breakdown and has joined three other young people and two law firms to hold the Canada Pension Plan accountable.

25/10/25
Author: 
David Suzuki, with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor and Writer Ian Hanington
Growing economies, growing industry, growing cities, growing population, growing pollution… When does it stop?

Oct. 23, 2025

Growing economies, growing industry, growing cities, growing population, growing pollution… When does it stop?

Our current economic system is obsessed with constant growth; everything must keep expanding — except for the natural systems on which our health and survival depend. Those are shrinking, destroyed by our obsession with growth.

 

25/10/25
Author: 
Robert Chernomas and Fred Wilson
Layoffs in the steel and aluminum sectors.

Oct. 24, 2025   

Canada’s long codependent economic relationship with the United States has abruptly and involuntarily ended. The election of a tariff-obsessed, unpredictable, incompetent, crony capitalist autocratic Donald Trump administration requires Canada to rethink its economic future.

25/10/25
Author: 
Mitch Anderson
Will LNG help Carney 'build Canada strong?' Indigenous opposition and an incoming market glut suggest trouble ahead for his signature projects. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Oct. 23, 2025

Some questions Prime Minister Mark Carney should ask before pushing ahead with natural gas projects.

Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced five proposals he intends to fast track to defend our economy from the hostile Trump administration, live up to Canada’s climate commitments, and demonstrate respect for Indigenous rights.

Do the projects live up to these aspirational values? Let’s take a closer look.

22/10/25
Author: 
Jordan Omstead
People take their dogs out for a quick break under billowing wildfire smoke off Highway 97 north of Buckinghorse River, BC on Friday, May 30, 2025. File photo by The Canadian Press/Nasuna Stuart-Ulin

Oct. 21, 2025

Two new studies are helping to shed light on the extent Canadians feel climate change is impacting their mental health.

A national study published today suggests about 2.3 per cent of people in Canada experience climate change anxiety at a level the authors considered "clinically relevant," causing meaningful distress and disruption in their lives.

22/10/25
Author: 
John Woodside
The head of the new federal government Major Projects Office Dawn Farrell listens as Prime Minister Mark Carney announces five major projects in Edmonton on Sept. 11, 2025. File photo by: Amber Bracken / The Canadian Press

Oct. 22, 2025

The Major Projects Office can’t substantiate its boss’ claim that the Trans Mountain pipeline helps fight climate change. 

22/10/25
Author: 
Umair Irfan
The wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year were likely the costliest blazes on record. Photo by Getty Images/Vox

Oct. 22, 2025

This story was originally published by Vox and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration

The modern age of burning has been ignited by human hands.

22/10/25
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Illustration by: Barry Saxifrage

Oct. 22, 2025

British Columbians might be surprised to learn they are among the world’s most aggressive extractors of climate-destabilizing fossil fuels, per capita — and major projects that are already being built aim to make the province’s contribution much worse. 

Seven charts help tell the story of how we got here.

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