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A $30-billion carbon capture project (the Pathways Project) backed by Ottawa, Alberta and five oil companies is projected to capture just 6 million of the 92 million tonnes of CO2 the oilsands emit annually by 2035 — evidence, argues scientist David Suzuki, that clean power and grid investment beat carbon capture as a climate strategy.

Opinion: The federal government is pressuring Canada’s “Maple 8” pension funds, which control C$2.7 trillion in assets, to invest in LNG and other fossil fuel projects, a bet the column argues is financially risky given an expected long-term LNG supply glut, citing a David Suzuki Foundation report.

A global mapping study by the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) found that mycorrhizal fungal networks in the top 15 cm of soil would stretch from Earth to the sun about a billion times if laid end to end, and that network density in cropland is 47.3 per cent lower than in wild ecosystems.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed three executive orders on July 20, 2026 imposing 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, citing provincial boycotts of American alcohol, Canada’s retaliatory auto tariffs and dairy import quotas; U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the tariffs would affect nearly $20 billion in imports from Canada and take effect in 29 days.