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CommentEnergy
Canada’s new pipelines are a costly bet against the future

OPINION | The pipelines entrench an extractive model of development from the last century. Canada needs a strategy built for a low-carbon future.

Natural Capital
The case for putting nature at the heart of carbon markets

INTERVIEW | Most carbon compliance markets exclude nature. That has to change, says Chris Costello at Environmental Defense Fund

Energy
Alberta’s revised carbon price offers little incentive to cut pollution

New analysis from the C.D. Howe Institute shows oil sands facilities on average will pay less than $2 per barrel under an updated carbon pricing schedule

Energy
Puerto Rico’s fragile electric grid gets a battery boost

The Trump administration is backing two major battery storage systems, even as funding for renewables in the territory is axed

Port of Montreal
CommentMining
Canada’s critical minerals have a big, underutilized export market in the EU

OPINION | Canada could help meet Europe’s need for a diversified supply of critical minerals, but it has to be more strategic and proactive

Climate
Canada’s forests are shifting from carbon sink to carbon source

New modelling shows that Canadian wildfires are releasing more carbon than forests are storing

Oil pumpjack
Energy
For oil companies, high prices mean huge profits – not more drilling

Oil majors are using their war profits to reward shareholders rather than invest in more production

Workplace
Employee ownership trusts get a key boost in Canada

Ottawa is making permanent a tax break to encourage employee ownership and profit sharing

Energy
The dream of a good career in offshore wind has died in the U.S.

The U.S. built a workforce for offshore wind. Then Trump swept in and the jobs disappeared.

Biodiversity loss could push countries into deeper debt
Natural Capital
Nature loss could send government debt costs soaring, research warns

The financial system’s biodiversity blind spot could leave US$83 trillion in sovereign-debt assets mispriced

Methane gas flaring
Responsible Investing
Debate over fossil-fuel abatement erupts in climate finance community

Canada’s sustainable finance sector is at loggerheads over the inclusion of oil and gas in the new net-zero investment framework

Golden brown sargassum seaweed spreads across shallow coastal waters.
Natural CapitalSummer 2026
Climate change is redrawing the map of global seaweed blooms

Some coastal tourist areas are fending off continent-scale surges of macroalgae, while one important seaweed belt has nearly disappeared

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