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Environment & Energy
Emissions, energy infrastructure, climate, and wildfire. The numbers behind Canada's climate commitments, and the structural picture that constrains what's politically possible.
25 years of BC and Alberta wildfires, animated
18.36 M hectares burned since 2000. Half of it in the last six years. The 2023 season alone added 2.84 M ha — 4× the rolling 5-year average and 1.4× the previous worst year on record.
What the wildfire acceleration means for forests, carbon, water, and insurance
The video shows the pattern. The article walks through what it means: 800 Mt cumulative CO₂ released, watersheds reburning every 14–20 years instead of every century, C$ 4.1 B in 2023 federal disaster payouts, and insurance withdrawal from BC interior communities.
Where Canada's oil goes — and where it used to
The Trans Mountain Expansion (May 2024) tripled Pacific oil capacity. Asia's share of Canadian crude exports moved from 0 % to 10 %. US Gulf-bound flows fell 46 % as barrels were redirected west.