Should the feds be doing more about e-bike fire safety? As e-bike usage has risen in Canada, so has the number of fires caused by substandard lithium-ion batteries sometimes used to power them. Marisa Sittheeamorn
Toxic spill raises questions about radioactive waste For more than a month, while Algonquin First Nation members harvested plentiful pickerel, walleye and pike from the Ottawa River, they had no idea toxic sewage could also be flowing in the water. Matteo Cimellaro Lance Haymond, chief of Kebaowek First Nation, prepares to speak at a House committee about a nuclear waste facility near the Ottawa River on March 21, 2024. Photo by Matteo Cimellaro / Canada's National Observer
Rochelle Baker Coastal cleanup groups worry federal funding cuts will sink efforts to tackle ocean plastics
Ontario investing $1 billion to extend lifespan of its biggest hydro dams The investment in the Sir Adam Beck generating stations fed by nearby Niagara Falls aims to secure up to 1,700 megawatts of clean electricity for an additional three decades. Abdul Matin Sarfraz
If you believe the race to cut climate pollution requires a strong mandate from the public, the latest polling makes grim reading The impacts of inflation and the cost of living have knocked climate change down the list of priorities. Chris Hatch
Race Against Climate Change Germany and the U.K. have cut their climate pollution in half. Here’s how Canada stacks up Barry Saxifrage
Nations on the front lines of fire When ashes rain down and you respond as best you can Matteo Cimellaro & Pippa Norman