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

How to move your money — for the good of the planet

Since launching our Financing Disaster series, we’ve heard from readers who want to know more about switching banks. How do you get your money out? What should you do first? What things are important to consider when you’re making a move?

Financing disaster

Cloe Logan

July 7th 2022

How Canada’s plan to curb farm emissions could make plastic pollution worse

Environmentalists are warning that slow-release nitrogen fertilizers, central to Canada's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on farms, are filling fields with microscopic plastic pollution.

Food Insider

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

July 5th 2022

How you can cut your grocery budget — and emissions

Grabbing groceries before they get trashed has a green side-effect, too: reducing food waste cuts down on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, research shows.

Isaac Phan Nay

July 5th 2022

Beyond the climate crisis gloom and doom: A healing dose of kindness and science

Since kids seem to innately know what is healthier for them and the planet, why not feed provide healing doses of kindness and science in whatever way we feel inspired to?

Opinion

Bolder, faster, together: Perspectives on societal transition

Paul Shore

July 4th 2022

Solar project repurposing abandoned oil and gas wells launches pilot in sunny Alberta town

RenuWell project sites near Taber are set to produce enough electricity to power 280 average households by October.

Dani Penaloza

July 4th 2022

Aleksandra Spasevski clears paths for youth to lead

As the sustainability engagement co-ordinator at the University of Waterloo and a member of the Intermunicipal Partnership for Active Transportation advocacy group, this 24-year-old is applying her research to ensure youth are heard.

Opinion

Youth climate action

Patricia Lane

July 4th 2022

It’s Plastic Free July. Reuse, refill, rinse and repeat

Monique Labelle-Wheeler has been refilling the same plastic bottle with dish soap for 10 years. She figures she has saved about 120 plastic bottles from the landfill, writes Becky Rynor.

Opinion

One small thing: Taking action in the climate crisis

Becky Rynor

June 30th 2022

How Russia’s war is messing with green tech progress

The European Union relies heavily on Russia to supply nickel and other metals for electric vehicle batteries and other renewable technologies. War-related price increases and shortages of these metals could hinder Europe’s drive to sharply cut emissions by 2030 and beyond.

Race Against Climate Change

Paul Hockenos

June 29th 2022

Environmental, Indigenous and parent groups can join youth climate case, Ontario court says

The Ontario court hearing a climate lawsuit filed by seven youth against the provincial government has granted intervenor status to six groups, meaning Indigenous voices and those of environmental groups and parents will also be heard in court starting in September.

Morgan Sharp

June 28th 2022

Pollen and heat: A deadly mix for global agriculture

Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops. Researchers are now searching for ways to help pollen beat the heat, including developing more heat-tolerant varieties.

Race Against Climate Change

Carolyn Beans

June 28th 2022

Climate impact of food pipeline three times greater than previously believed

Researchers estimate that carbon emissions from transporting food are about six per cent of the global total, with fruit and vegetables the largest contributor.

Race Against Climate Change

Graham Readfearn

June 27th 2022

‘Something worth protecting and preserving’: A conversation with farmer Peggy Brekveld

Ontario Federation of Agriculture president Peggy Brekveld says urban development is putting enormous pressure on farmland, with 319 acres per day being swallowed up.

Jessica McDiarmid

June 27th 2022

New research says leave 40 per cent of existing fossil fuels in the ground

Exploring for more oil, delineation of new fields, constructing new oil infrastructure and commissioning new projects are all activities that waste Canada's shrinking carbon budget.

Opinion

Lori Lee Oates

June 24th 2022

Takeout in a post-plastics world

Though many restaurants across Canada have already begun using more sustainable alternatives to plastics, the federal government’s announcement this week of the pending bans still came as an unwelcome surprise to some.

Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin

June 24th 2022

Protesters pack up with a win after camping in Nova Scotia forest for over 200 days

The group found an ample amount of rare lichen among the trees slated for logging, requiring enough buffer zones to make over half of the area protected.

Cloe Logan

June 23rd 2022