At the heart of Canada's critical-minerals investment blitz is a complex challenge over how to negotiate trade with the United States. In this article, journalist Kelsey Rolfe speaks to experts and dives into the intricacies of the dilemma: corporateknights.com/mining/canad...

If the federal government wants to shake up competition, it needs to go to the heart of how control is exercised in markets, writes Keldon Bester in a new op-ed. Read his argument for how Ottawa can "take on the gatekeepers" and bolster Canada's competitive environment: bit.ly/4neEeru

ICYMI: In our spring issue, Calgary health journalist Christina Frangou wrote about the potential risks from Alberta's aging oil and gas infrastructure. Read her reporting here:

Canada is hoping to become a critical-minerals powerhouse for Western countries seeking to diversify their supply chains. But with $72.4 billion on the table, Canada’s critical-minerals drive must thread the needle between the United States and China. Read the story: bit.ly/4njEYvo

Ottawa’s recent spring economic update brought some brief excitement for anyone sick of dealing with the monopolies that dominate our economy: a new plan to bolster competition. But the details don't live up to the packaging, writes Keldon Bester in a new op-ed: bit.ly/4neEeru

Paul Belanger is an environmental engineer who worked in the oil and gas industry in Alberta for more than a decade. He believes that water leakage from old well sites is an under-recognized threat in Alberta. Read our investigation: corporateknights.com/health/canad...

Before the Iran war, Canada’s oil and gas industry was expected to make $30 billion this year in profit. Now that could rise to $100 billion. Read our story about why some organizations and politicians are calling for a windfall tax on the oil industry's war gains: bit.ly/4dprye5

In a survey of mostly Canadian asset managers and owners who’ve signed onto the Principles for Responsible Investment, 88% cited lack of clear policy direction from the federal government as the main obstacle to the real-world adoption of a Canadian sustainable finance taxonomy. Source: ISF & PRI

In a new op-ed, Climate Solutions Prize CEO and co-founder Galith Levy argues for a pragmatic path forward out of Canada's green innovation bottleneck. Read it here: bit.ly/4emkQXk

Alarms about the health impacts of Alberta's oil and gas industry have been ringing for two decades, yet definitive monitoring and investigations remain elusive. Read our feature investigation into how lack of data is shrouding the risks of oil & gas infrastructure: bit.ly/4utqlrT

"When people ask me whether I’m optimistic about climate, my answer is unequivocal: yes," writes Galith Levy. Why? Canada's green innovation ecosystem is already building the solutions the world demands. But, she argues, Canada has a bottleneck between breakthrough and deployment: bit.ly/4emkQXk

Lack of data is shrouding the health risks of Alberta’s orphaned oil wells, writes @cfrangou.bsky.social in this in-depth investigation in the latest issue of Corporate Knights. And the province’s plan doesn’t address the gap. corporateknights.com/health/canad...

Ottawa is kicking in about 20% of a $100-million project by Electra Battery Materials to build a battery-grade cobalt refinery in northeastern Ontario – the first such facility in North America to sit in the midstream of the EV supply chain. - The Logic thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

New data on GHG emissions from @climatetrace.org show February down from last year. While 2025 hit a record high, the overall trend over the last few years is toward slowing growth of global emissions. climatetrace.org/news/climate...

If this is legit then all the energy modelling, scenarios and projections you have seen are wrong. electrek.co/2026/04/27/c...

Mark Carney has pitched Canada’s new sovereign wealth fund as a break from the past when robber barons profiteered from big infrastructure projects. How? By getting retail investors in on the act. Read more about the fund and why green investors may recoil: corporateknights.com/finance/mark...

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative has certified more than 150 million hectares of forest in North America. But environmental groups allege that the certification system amounts to greenwashing. @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social dives deep in this new feature. corporateknights.com/issues/2026-...

Renewables beating out coal for the first time in 2025 -- 34% to 33% of the world's power -- made headlines from Ember's latest global electricity review, but other details stood out: solar jumped 30% in new power generation, and battery pack prices for stationary storage fell 45%. bit.ly/4tATl0T

"A group fighting to uphold an Ohio county’s ban on renewable energy has significant financial ties to individuals and organizations that promote fossil fuels." - Kathiann M. Kowalski for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Our latest issue is out today, and it's all about how green technologies are rewiring geopolitics and the global economy. Grab a digital edition or order a print copy here: bit.ly/491MuVN Read it here: bit.ly/48nRggh

In a showdown of geopolitical brinksmanship, the planet’s ecological future is at stake. @nataliealcoba.bsky.social reports on the dawn of a new era in the latest spring issue of Corporate Knights, out now! corporateknights.com/energy/dawn-...

The environmental movement's successes tend to have two things in common: 1) viable substitute technology 2) visceral stakes that people feel in their bones. The climate crisis shares these traits, but climate change has been stuck in abstraction, writes CK publisher Toby Heaps: bit.ly/3Qtc3ZG

The 1.5°C threshold has been a pillar of international climate policy since the Paris Agreement, but starting in 2023, the planet began transgressing that limit. What does this mean for global climate action? Managing editor Mark Mann investigates: corporateknights.com/climate-and-...

Happy Earth Day 2026! My @green-economy.bsky.social column today on why the climate change pendulum is about to come swinging back.

Resist the idea that climate change has fallen off the radar of public concern. Yes, it may be displaced by other issues right now, writes Rick Smith, president of the @climateinstitute.bsky.social. But the pendulum is about to swing back. Read the column here: corporateknights.com/perspectives...

New registrations for battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars jumped 37% in Europe in March, to a monthly all-time high of almost 540,000 EVs sold. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/surging...

THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026 * CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt * Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2 * Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse * Age of Electricity "confirmed" * "Extraordinary" solar growth * Batteries up 40% * EVs up 20% 1/10

"Just as we make ourselves more energy-secure by switching from fossil fuels to renewables, we make ourselves more food-secure by switching from animals to plants." - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

"Some of the additional capital we need to fix Canada’s problems is already right here at home if we can leverage philanthropic endowments through impact investing," writes Rudi Wallace, CEO of the Hamilton Community Foundation, in this new op-ed: bit.ly/4sKlmC3

OPINION | Foundations could be putting more of their resources to work on behalf of people and the planet. Rudi Wallace, CEO of the Hamilton Community Foundation, argues that Canadian foundations should use more of their endowments for impact investing. Read it here:https://bit.ly/4sKlmC3

It's exciting to see where the new Canadian media outlet @be-giant.bsky.social is directing its coverage. Here, they look at Winnipeg-based Buoyant Aircraft Systems International, which is developing a drone airship that can lift one or two tonnes of cargo. Check it out: bit.ly/4tS9pLl

At the heart of the debate over Canada's sustainable finance taxonomy – and the reason it has been so slow to be developed – is the question of whether natural gas should be included as a transition fuel. Canada's environmental NGOs and climate action groups say "No": bit.ly/41AWKAw

Fantastic new reporting by @thenarwhal.ca : The LNG Canada terminal in British Columbia flared 350 million cubic metres of gas in 2025, according to its own reporting to the regulator – 50% higher than estimates for the world’s next most polluting LNG export terminals. bit.ly/4tdq2RP

Seven years after it was first proposed, a key sustainable taxonomy tool to guard against investment greenwashing in Canada is finally in the works. Go here for the what, why and how: corporateknights.com/responsible-...

Buckle up. Bill McKibben quoting Seth Borenstein in this article: www.commondreams.org/opinion/clim...

This chart shows clearly why Canada must start investing more in climate resilience. Read the full argument by Kathryn Bakos and James K. Stewart of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation: corporateknights.com/perspectives...

Achievement unlocked: renewables beat natural gas on the U.S. grid last month. From @canarymedia.com, read here: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Just to crib Jan's great chart here a little bit - here are just a few of the headlines that came out when growth somewhat slowed in 2024 Many, many media outlets do not really know how to handle technological change like this

Industrial heat pumps are one of the most underrated technologies in the energy transition. They work. They scale. And they’re finally moving from demonstration to deployment. Here’s a 95-tonne heat pump component just traveled hundreds of kilometres by river to reach BASF’s Ludwigshafen site.

Oil executives sold more than $1.4 billion in personal stock, since January, profiting off US-Israeli attacks on Iran and the resulting energy crisis. Chevron CEO Mike Wirth made $104 million. In March alone, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance made about $54 million. By Heated's @emorwee.bsky.social:

Renewable-powered industrial projects are showing some swagger as they duck the Iran oil shock. Case in point: the Bellevue gold mine in Australia operates on 90% solar energy and "is not currently impacted by any diesel supply issues,” the company said in a note in March. bit.ly/4mlpkiR

Another indication that technological breakthroughs are dramatically expanding the reach of geothermal power: Fervo Energy just signed a deal for 1.75 gigawatts worth of turbine capacity for its upcoming projects. www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...

Details new allegations of forced labour at BYD factory in Hungary: - Seven-day workweeks with no days off to rest - Shifts of up to 12 or 14 hours - Delayed wage payments of up to three months - Steep recruitment fees used as a form of debt bondage Story here: bit.ly/4c9Q9TP

In a deeply researched analysis, Kathryn Bakos and James K. Stewart of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation argue that Canada must urgently increase its funding and focus on climate adaptation. corporateknights.com/perspectives...

"Evidence on voluntary reporting suggests that firms with stronger ESG performance can reduce their cost of capital by disclosing, implying that investors value this information in financing decisions." Canada's ISF examines the likely impacts of mandatory climate disclosure: bit.ly/4mDgbT3

Artificial intelligence has the potential to make climate reporting easier for companies. But are AI tools effective – and worth the cost to the environment? This article examines how central banks are experimenting with AI for understanding climate risks. corporateknights.com/finance/cent...

The notion that investors no longer care about ESG or climate risks could not be “any further from the truth," Milla Craig, founder of advisory firm Millani, told The Logic. 97% of investors are still integrating ESG, she says, but greenwashing avoidance is deteriorating disclosures. bit.ly/41TeZRB

Canada is vulnerable to climate-driven extreme weather events, which are driving up costs and threatening the long‑term economic health of the country. Yet in Canadian policy, climate mitigation has gotten far more attention and resources than adaptation.

With community opposition mounting and big projects getting put on hold, investors are starting to turn up the heat on hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft and Google. North American data centres used nearly 1 trillion liters of water in 2025. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Canadian pension funds have jealously guarded their independence from Ottawa, keeping their traditional focus on global investment strategies. But there are signs that these financial giants may be ready to start putting their capital to work for the Canadian economy. Read more: bit.ly/4m72MlK