Climate Solutions Reporting

Climate Solutions Reporting Project produces written stories, podcasts, and newsletters about Canada's action and inaction in fighting global heating, as well as the impact of environmental degradation and solutions on people and communities. We offer these stories free of charge thanks to supporters and collaborators, including individual philanthropists and foundations. Read more about the project here.

536 Articles

Quebec environmental group is on a quest to get SUVs off the roads

Quebec has the lowest emissions per capita in Canada, but one environmental group says the climate gains the province is making are threatened by an SUV habit it just can’t quit.

Cloe Logan

January 31st 2024

Eyes turn to B.C. as U.S. pauses approval of LNG projects

Calls from climate advocates to follow the lead of the United States and pause Canadian liquified natural gas projects face a serious challenge: a promise of economic reconciliation tied to capital and liquified natural gas (LNG) development.

Matteo Cimellaro

January 30th 2024

We don’t all have to love the environment the same way

A University of British Columbia professor’s recent book "Eco-Types" helps us understand five ways of relating to the natural world.

Opinion

Youth climate action

January 29th 2024

Firefighting in Ontario just got greener with the arrival of its first electric fire truck

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown took to social media to share the news and play up the city's role as a leader in the electrification of municipal vehicles. Brampton is the second city in Canada to buy an electric fire truck; the first was Vancouver.

Abdul Matin Sarfraz

January 25th 2024

Building the next generation of eco-conscious leaders

The ImaGENation Youth Mentorship Program supports Indigenous youth in becoming clean energy leaders through a decolonized approach emphasizing land and community.

Matteo Cimellaro

January 25th 2024

Dealing in fossil fuels? These advertisers won’t work for you

Over 50 Canadian advertisers and PR agencies have joined a 900-strong global group that has pledged not to work for the fossil fuel industry.

Climate of denial

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

January 25th 2024

Canada’s ‘father’ of climate change adaptation urges action

Known by some as “the father of adaptation” to climate change, Ian Burton helped create and expand knowledge of this important concept for five decades in this country. Now, he is being recognized for his groundbreaking work with a 2023 Order of Canada appointment.

Abdul Matin Sarfraz

January 23rd 2024

Fighting to save our natural world

Amalie Wilkinson helps youth around the world press decision-makers to make mass destruction of nature a crime.

Opinion

Youth climate action

January 22nd 2024

Competition bureau drops false advertising complaint against Shell

An investigation into false advertising by Shell Canada has been closed after the company stopped a campaign which encouraged customers to fund carbon-offset projects at the fuel pump.

Climate of denial

Cloe Logan

January 17th 2024

Empowering communities and fossil fuel workers to go green

The renewable skills initiative through Iron & Earth teaches participants the skills required in renewable industries such as solar and wind.

Cloe Logan

January 16th 2024

Do robot snowplows have a future in Canada?

Robot snowplows have run trials in communities across Canada, as well as on federal land, but whether they'll replace emissions-heavy snowplows is uncertain.

Evert Lindquist

January 12th 2024

a group of muddy looking people walking through a thin forest carrying bags of tree saplings to be planted

Improving the path to plant two billion trees

One-fifth of tree-planting projects funded by the federal government's two billion trees program are Indigenous-led, and there will soon be more thanks to a new funding stream specifically for Indigenous project proposals.

Natasha Bulowski

January 9th 2024

Feds pay to make climate comfort centres more comfortable

Ottawa is upgrading climate "comfort" centres in Nova Scotia to provide people with beds, medical supplies and generators when natural disasters strike. Climate advocates want to see much more done to prepare.

John Woodside

January 9th 2024

A researcher’s quest to make heat pumps frost-free

Amirreza Mahmoudi is part of a research team which is focused on finding a retrofit solution for the heat pumps already being produced to make them frost-resistant. The most promising so far is an effort to integrate a membrane into a conventional heat pump to prevent frost.

Cloe Logan

January 4th 2024

Digging deep for healthy soil

Tori Waugh, executive director of the Ontario Soil Network, helps farmers share their wisdom on soil health.

Opinion

Youth climate action

January 2nd 2024