Cities & Communities

Canadian doctors, nurses, and public health leaders want governments to build climate-related health protection into their spending and policy decisions, following their new recommendations addressing extreme heat, wildfire smoke, food security, and infrastructure investments.

As Canada sets out to double electricity supply by 2050, energy experts say the national electricity strategy must give equal weight to demand-side measures such as behind-the-meter generation and energy efficiency.

Legislation to lower energy bills and speed up permitting for clean energy projects will likely be one of the top 10 priorities when Democrats regain control of the U.S. Congress in early January, Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) told a triumphant media briefing Nov. 4, just hours after Donald Trump’s crushing...

The federal major projects agenda takes a starring role, electrification is solidified as the centrepiece of federal decarbonization goals, and heat pumps and building retrofits show up as part of a wider approach to affordability in a federal budget that combines past announcements and new funding to hammer away at...

The stage is set for community bonds to make microgrids and small energy hubs proliferate across Canada.

A September fire at a battery storage facility in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, prompted a two-week emergency response. With the cause still unknown, experts point to measures that could help communities prevent and manage similar lithium-ion battery fires.

From schoolrooms to fish markets and small farms, solar power is helping Kenyans cut energy costs, keep food fresh, and irrigate crops where grid electricity is limited or unreliable.

Nova Scotia’s premier is being urged to hold an emergency debate on the proposal amid concerns about power rates and water. At the same time, clean energy advocates say that if data centres are coming, pairing this one with $2 billion in wind power is the right way to do...

Two-term city councillor Pete Fry will take the helm of British Columbia’s biggest city and become the first Green Party mayor of a major Canadian municipality after Vancouver voters swept away the former ABC administration led by incumbent Ken Sim.

An Alberta tribunal is considering the questions of who gets a say against data centre development and whether there’s evidence officials failed to follow proper procedures in approving a $13-billion artificial intelligence data centre for Meta in Sturgeon County, just north of Edmonton.