Policy & Politics

“Today’s decision means O’Leary’s group lost on every ground,” said Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Chief Sheldon Sunshine, as Alberta judge allows judicial review to proceed.

The first legal challenge against a 107-kilometre road into Ontario’s Ring of Fire region is raising questions about whether piece-by-piece assessments of new mining infrastructure will accurately capture its cumulative impact.

With the United States energy transition and clean finance communities flexing their political muscle, and anti-renewables incumbents paying the price in their Congressional primaries, a new report says the high energy bills brought on by Donald Trump’s “energy and AI dominance agenda” may be toxic for Republicans when American voters...

The Philippines is making it easier for households and businesses to install small-scale solar as America’s war on Iran drives up energy prices across Southeast Asia.

The Greenland government has issued a “strong warning” after a U.S. oil company with ties to Donald Trump moved drilling equipment into position for a project that hasn’t received official approval, in what is being interpreted as a possible new front in Trump’s attempts to annex the autonomous and self-governing...

The Alberta county council that granted permits for Meta’s new $13-billion, climate-polluting, gas-powered artificial intelligence (AI) data centre has declared an agricultural disaster due to record-setting extreme weather attributed largely to climate change.

Canada’s biggest oil companies are cashing in on Donald Trump’s war on Iran, with the four biggest oil sands producers reporting a staggering $13.3 billion in profits in the three months ending June 30. And economist Jim Stanford says Canadian households and businesses are paying the price.

A divided federal appeals court says the Trump administration improperly terminated billions of dollars in funds to boost clean energy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort.

The United States Department of Energy has cancelled or stalled funding for thousands of projects that would improve the stressed grid—and not just in blue states.

As gasoline shortages plague Russia, many people blame local authorities rather than openly discussing the war that has strained the country's supplies.

Proposed changes to Canada’s major projects permitting process could speed up approvals at the expense of protections for the environment and First Nations, critics warn.

A document outlining a course for Canada’s agriculture policies emphasizes economic growth and resilience, but Canada still needs a “major overhaul” of how it helps farmers with business risks, says the leader of a national farming coalition.

A procedural ruling by the Court of Appeal of Ontario has brought the Doug Ford government one step closer to a final judgement on its moves to gut the province’s emissions reduction target after it took office in 2018.

The federal government’s latest move to fast-track the controversial West Coast Pipeline has opened up a new opportunity for opponents to turn up the heat on elected representatives to block the project, one of Canada’s leading climate and energy campaigners said Tuesday.

As devastating wildfires continue to burn across swaths of Canada, the United States, and Europe, oil major Shell posted $9.8 billion in second quarter profits, more than double its earnings from this time last year.