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Low-cost EVs on "verge of extinction" as Canada slaps 100% tariff on Chinese cars
While debate rages on over whether tariffs are levelling the playing field or missing an opportunity, Canadians looking for affordable EVs have “almost no options left”
How do we finally get beyond tracking GPD and measure 'inclusive wealth' instead?
The leading alternative to measuring success through GDP growth is languishing over a technical disagreement – with grave potential consequences
The untold story of LNG's impacts on healthcare in B.C.
OPINION |The expansion of BC’s liquefied natural gas industry is driving up healthcare system costs. If we value quality healthcare, it must end now.
RANKINGS & REPORTS
Global 100
The world’s 100 most sustainable corporations
Best 50
An annual ranking of Canada's top corporate citizens
CLIMATE DOLLARS
An analysis of committed versus actual federal government climate spendings
responsible funds
Top funds for the planet and your pocketbook
top 40 mba
An annual ranking of the world's most sustainable MBA programs
30 under 30
30 youth leaders making waves in sustainability
Future 50
Canada's fastest growing sustainable companies
clean 200
Top publicly listed companies by clean revenue
Sustainable Cities Index
The world’s first interactive, crowd-sourced sustainability index for cities
other ranking & reports
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INSIDE OUR LATEST REPORT
Now in its 23rd year, the Best 50 tracks how Canadian companies are meeting the green transition challenge – as well as where they’re getting stuck in the process.
LATEST STORIES
How to draw voters in the next election: Roll back the carbon tax (and make transit free)
The issues were among those Abacus polling identified as a vote winner for any party, along with increasing income taxes on the richest 1% of Canadians
U.S. will support limits to plastic production in major reversal
Biden administration says it will also support creating a list of problematic plastics and hazardous chemicals – important signals as the world tries to hammer out a global plastic treaty
How new elevator rules can help fix the housing crisis in North America
A new report unpacks why North American elevators are much more costly than their European counterparts and why that price divergence has huge implications for built form
Canadian boreal wildfires drove up carbon emissions last year
A first-of-its-kind global study found that wildfires generated 8.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2023 and 2024, a 16% jump above the average
How a small city in Georgia became a solar manufacturing hub
Dalton got in early on the clean-energy revival to reap the rewards from slotting solar into its storied history of industrial production
Politicians think climate policies are much less popular than they actually are
The latest example comes from a new study that found elected officials in Pennsylvania underestimated support for large solar projects
ESG funds pouring millions into meat company linked to Brazil deforestation
New report by Global Witness finds that US asset managers BlackRock and Vanguard are holding bonds issued by JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker
Wind and solar energy surge past fossil fuels for first time in Europe
The two renewable sources generated almost one-third of the EU’s electricity in the first half of 2024, while fossil fuels plummeted 17% compared to the same period in 2023
How TikTok’s ‘underconsumption core‘ trend is challenging consumer culture
Driven by an erosion in purchasing power and a rise in environmental consciousness, Gen Z and younger Millennials are pushing back against influencer culture of big haul shopping
Enough renewable-energy projects have been cancelled in Alberta to power almost all its homes
A new report found that 53 projects, representing 8,600 MW of power, were shelved in the year since the provincial government placed a moratorium on renewables
Can Tim Walz mobilize Americans on climate change?
Kamala Harris’s straight-talking pick for VP adopted strict emissions standards on cars as governor of Minnesota and legislation to ensure electricity generation is carbon-free by 2040
Canadians want EVs they can afford - China has them. Let them in.
OPINION | The Canadian government is considering punitive tariffs on Chinese EVs, guided by concerns over protecting Canadian auto workers. Such tariffs would be a mistake.
INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE
Our summer issue is packed full of stories about how cities are trying to keep their cool in record-smashing summer heat, the rising temperature on the debate between the Global North and South on resource development, and much more.
How to draw voters in the next election: Roll back the carbon tax (and make transit free)
Christopher Bonasia
The issues were among those Abacus polling identified as a vote winner for any party, along with increasing income taxes on the richest 1% of Canadians
Olympics showcase how a trailblazing mayor turned Paris into a green capital
Rick Spence
Anne Hidalgo has overseen the creation of more than 550 kilometres of bicycle lanes, the elimination of 50,000 parking spaces, and announced plans to phase out diesel vehicles
Are Saskatchewan's new oil-and-gas high school classes setting up students for dead-end jobs?
Marcia McKenzie, Emily Eaton and Kristen Hargis
Major report casts uncertainty over carbon-offset market
Eugene Ellmen
A study by SBTi, a climate-plan certifier, says that carbon offsets are ‘ineffective’ at climate mitigation and could delay the net-zero transition
How Sundance Commons is training the next generation of young, racialized farmers
Neha Chollangi
With more than 40% of Canadian farmers retiring in the next decade, an urban farm in Toronto is giving marginalized youth the tools to start their own farm businesses
Canada's new green buildings strategy funds low-income retrofits but 'falls short' on role of 'natural' gas
Mitchell Beer
The long-awaited federal plan, which includes $800 million for retrofits in low-income households, doesn’t mention ‘natural’ gas
How this Danish industrial city attracted start-ups with two wheels
Alex Robinson
Odense transformed itself into a tech hub, partly by embracing bikes. Could North American cities reinvent themselves in the same way?
EV Faceoff: Which large Canadian city has the most chargers?
Stephanie Wallcraft
from the archives
How to wean your house off natural gas (it’s complicated)
A practical guide to swapping your furnace (and A/C) for a heat pump
Canada’s biggest emitters are paying the lowest carbon tax rate
Oil and gas producers pay among the lowest average carbon costs of any sector – and it’s threatening Canada’s climate targets
Breaking through our climate inertia
Climate scientists say we need to go further, faster, but social scientists say we won’t get there unless we heal divisions
Of mice and men: Could COVID spell the end of animal testing?
The vaccine race is accelerating the emergence of a new frontier in science looking at alternatives to animal modelling