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A parable of two roads: Why the COVID crisis is exactly the right time to push for a low-carbon economy
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Fighting with one hand tied behind their back: Renewing SaskPower for a Renewable Regina (and a Sustainable Saskatchewan)
One of the key pillars for cities attempting to achieve 100 percent renewability is perhaps obvious—renewable power.
A Climate Plan That Actually Meets the Crisis: Halifax Leads the Way
On June 23, 2020, Halifax Regional Council unanimously passed their new climate action plan, ‘HalifACT 2050: Acting on Climate Together’. The plan is focused on…
A Crash Course in Climate Action
The phrase “climate change” gets tossed around a lot these days. It’s the focus of heated political debates, media curiosity, and progressive activism across Canada…
Canada’s modest drop in air pollution highlights magnitude of decarbonization challenge
One of the apparent silver linings of the COVID-19 lockdown has been a significant drop in air pollution in cities around the world.
COVID lockdown leads to cleaner air. Could it lower greenhouse gases too?
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood is a senior researcher on international trade and climate policy for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Follow Hadrian on Twitter @hadrianmk.
6 lessons for climate action from Canada’s COVID-19 response
The coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that demands immediate and decisive action. Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to contain the…
Teck decision opens the door to renewed conversation about transition
The decision by Vancouver-based Teck Resources, announced on Sunday, to withdraw its application for the Frontier oil sands mine was both unexpected and foreseeable.
Rescuing Renewable Regina
If you were to hold a public conference—on any issue—it’s reasonable to think that you would want your keynote speaker to agree that the issue…
The 2020s will be the decade of the Green New Deal
The idea of a Green New Deal—a radical and comprehensive transformation of the economy to cut greenhouse gas emissions while tackling inequality—has been gaining steam…
Oil Together Now: Who’s really playing politics in the classroom?
Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange is very concerned that teachers in classrooms across the province are turning students into anti-oil zealots. Her evidence? Two multiple-choice questions…
Public services, free trade and the Green New Deal
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