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Making carbon capture and storage work for the net-zero economy

Carbon capture and storage has the potential to accelerate or hinder the emergence of a thriving net-zero economy, and instead of debating whether it is intrinsically good or bad, it is time to discuss how to advance the technology productively in Canada.

A vacancy at the top: energy-rich country seeks climate leader

We have a shrill war against the mildest environmental remedies from the right, a plodding agenda from the Liberals, a vanished Green Party, and an NDP that needs to shake off its lethargy and, perhaps, its likable, but lacklustre, leader. It all amounts to a large, dangerous vacancy at the top. If Poilievre ends up filling it, we will be well and truly fried.

Pricing pollution is key

When things cost more, people conserve. When energy costs more, they cut back on use. When transportation costs more, people’s driving habits change.

It’s not too late for Canada to take the lead

We need to quantify the thermal energy produced from the ground by a heat pump as renewable energy. Widespread adoption of this zero-carbon technology would produce more renewable energy than all the hydro dams, wind turbines, and solar panels currently operating in Canada.

‘We live in a time of absurd and frightful confusion’: Victoria, B.C., letter writer

We live in a time of absurd and frightful confusion, with political divisions widening every day like a planet fragmenting into shards in the latest Armageddon-based blockbuster. The relentless advance of lies is beyond the human capacity to remain reasonable. The hyper-connected overload from social media and disinformation, and the rapidly accumulating trauma of history […]