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Canadians love to spend the summer on the patio and camping by the lake. Increasingly, summer in the city means intense heat from the urban heat island effect, so downtown feels like an oven. As temperatures rise, smart, sustainable cooling solutions are needed more urgently.

Talk of “green cities” usually lands on transit systems, energy grids, or sleek eco-buildings. Important, sure, but missing something fundamental about how people actually live there.

New aircraft concepts often sound promising on paper. The real test comes when they meet operational reality.

Short flights keep Canada moving. They connect major cities, support remote communities, and help industries run on schedule. In many regions, they’re not optional, they’re essential.

Sustainability is a growing global priority. Although there is a clear desire for a more sustainable future, the world needs immediate action. One way we can investigate which sustainable practices are working and identify potential growth opportunities is by examining the most sustainable cities in the world.

Canada often gets credit for ambitious climate targets and major investments in renewable energy. Billions flow into wind, solar, and other clean technologies. Despite these investments, Canada hasn’t reduced fossil fuel consumption in absolute terms. Between 2010 and 2023, fossil fuel use rose by roughly the equivalent of adding the yearly energy demand of a large city.

Halton Region is growing fast, and with that growth comes higher energy demand. The new Halton Paramedic Services headquarters, planned for 2028, will need power around the clock. It cannot afford outages, even brief ones. That makes the conversation about renewable energy a lot more serious, because this building has to stay functional during storms, heatwaves, or anything else that knocks out the grid.

Canada spends billions on building domestic AI computing power. New data centres are announced for Quebec and Alberta. The idea is to keep our data in Canada, support research, and stay competitive.

Sodium-ion batteries have been sitting on the sidelines for years. Lithium-ion took the spotlight, powering EVs, phones, backup systems, you name it. Yet the cracks in the lithium story keep getting harder to ignore. High costs, tight supply chains, safety risks, and terrible cold-weather performance all take a toll.

The global energy transition is unfolding at a critical moment. Nations are under mounting pressure to meet rising electricity demand while cutting emissions and keeping costs manageable. The debate often centers on two very different approaches: renewables, like solar and wind, versus nuclear’s new frontier – Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Each has unique strengths, risks, and cost profiles, making the choice a pivotal one.

Canada shifts to clean energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, but remote and northern communities face some of our most pressing challenges.

As electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues to rise across Canada, a critical piece for sustainability remains unsolved: EV battery recycling. With over 600,000 EVs currently on the road in Canada, and the government aiming for 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, end-of-life battery management is becoming urgent.

In October 2024, Canada imposed a sweeping 100% surtax on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), aligning with U.S. trade policy and citing the need to protect Canadian jobs and industrial investments.

Canada’s dream of a fully connected national electricity grid stretching from coast to coast is becoming less of an idea and more of a necessity. As climate change intensifies and the push for clean energy grows, connecting the provinces through an integrated grid is one of the smartest ways to future-proof Canada’s energy system.

Canada is building more than just mines. We’re developing a full-scale critical minerals processing industry to supply the clean energy revolution. From cutting-edge lithium recycling to ultra-low-emission nickel production, we’re leaning into innovation to become a global leader.

Canada is moving to secure our place in the global clean energy transition. But electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines technologies all depend on one thing: critical minerals. Canada is building a secure and responsible supply chain, from mining to processing, to meet that demand.

Canada is surrounded by energy. Literally. With over 243,000 kilometres of coastline and some of the world’s strongest offshore wind resources, we have enormous potential to lead in floating offshore wind energy. Yet, surprisingly, not a single floating offshore wind farm (FOWF) is operational here.

Canada’s electrical grid faces a critical moment. Extreme weather, surging electricity demand, and outdated infrastructure push the system to its limits. While the grid has long been reliable, experts now warn that without rapid modernization, the power Canadians depend on may not always be there when it’s needed most.

Canada’s SMR strategy earned us international attention. National action plans, major investments, and provincial partnerships all aim to position the country as a global SMR leader. But as promising as that sounds, Canada’s path toward operational SMRs has been more complex than hoped.

Small Modular Reactors (SMR) are certainly not new. Are they safer and a better economically viable nuclear power? Canada could have been a global leader with an ambitious national strategy.