Analysis

Despite decades of global efforts to prevent a full-blown climate crisis, the primary driver of it — CO2 — continues to pile up in our atmosphere at an accelerating rate.

Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre says he's against the carbon tax because it hurts families, while Justin Trudeau's Liberals insist it does the opposite. Who is telling the truth?

Here’s a quick look at how it started in Canada — and how it’s going.

Last week, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault fired a sort of shot heard around the country when he told a transportation conference that Canada will no longer invest in road megaprojects.

With four spectacularly destructive wildfire seasons in the last seven years, B.C. has become a global wildfire hot spot.

In Episode 5 of The Road, Isaac Phan Nay examines how some First Nations are fighting Ring of Fire development.

The federal government is considering advertising the benefits of the carbon price rebate in the latest sign Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to defend the policy tooth and nail against Conservative attacks.

Fuelling our rising horde of gas-guzzlers in Canada is burning down our nation’s climate promises and our kids’ future.

The need to store and manage mine tailings — the waste created by grinding up and processing ore — is modern mining’s greatest environmental liability and long-term expense.

In Episode 4 of The Road, Isaac Phan Nay explores how Ontario’s consultation of First Nations clashes with international law on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Kyle Brennan Shàwinipinesì is the senior lead of Build Native with Shopify — the e-commerce platform’s campaign to connect Indigenous entrepreneurs with online stores.

In recent years, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has emerged on the world scene as a fierce champion of global financial reform to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis. In an interview with Canada's National Observer, she unpacks what she hopes to see unfold in forthcoming negotiations.

The peatlands in the Ring of Fire mining region alone store about two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases.

In Episode 2 of The Road, Isaac Phan Nay examines the history — and myths — that surround the Ring of Fire mining region in northern Ontario. 

Canadian financial institutions have financed metallurgical coal, the kind used to make steel, to the tune of $20 billion even as greener alternatives are proven possible. With clean steel set to boom, those investments are at risk.