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The document highlights that transportation accounts for 43 percent of Washington's global warming pollution. It advocates for a clean fuel standard to transition from imported petroleum to locally produced low-carbon alternatives, including electric vehicles (EVs), biomethane, and various biofuels. The report emphasizes the economic benefits of keeping fuel spending within the state and the potential for Washington to lead in sustainable aviation fuels.

Health professionals argue that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX) poses significant risks to public health and the environment, claiming that the National Energy Board's review process was flawed and failed to account for climate-related health impacts and the toxicity of diluted bitumen.

The report finds that Canadian municipalities can maintain acceptable weed control without toxic pesticides by shifting to cultural practices and mechanical methods, with stable budgets and supportive public attitudes.

The report argues that Canada's long-term prosperity is fragile, as its comprehensive wealth has grown significantly slower than its GDP. While Canada possesses high levels of natural capital, it faces risks from household debt, climate change, and an over-concentration of produced capital in housing and oil and gas infrastructure. The authors advocate for the official adoption of comprehensive wealth measurement to shift policy focus from short-term gains to long-term sustainability.

The document outlines four primary categories of financial interventions for regional governments to accelerate the energy transition: increasing capital availability, implementing first-cost solutions, creating market incentives, and reducing procurement costs. It details specific mechanisms such as green investment banks, energy savings performance contracts, carbon pricing, and reverse auctions, providing examples of legislation and programs from various global jurisdictions to illustrate their application.

The document outlines six key actions for regional governments to decarbonize mobility: expanding electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, electrifying commercial and government fleets, implementing clean vehicle manufacturing standards, improving freight delivery efficiency, investing in public transit, and promoting non-motorized travel alternatives.

The briefing argues that methane mitigation in the oil and gas sector is technologically feasible and often cost-effective, but requires regulatory mandates rather than just voluntary actions to ensure uniform adoption. It highlights that a 50% reduction in emissions could be achieved at no net cost, providing a significant climate impact. Key barriers identified include limited capital for state-owned companies and insufficient monitoring staff in some countries, suggesting a need for innovative financing and third-party verification technologies.

The document argues that existing Canadian oil sands projects are 'locked in' because their low operating costs make them resilient to oil price drops. This resilience may lead to a global oversupply of oil, which slows the transition to low-carbon energy outside Canada. The author estimates that limiting Canadian oil production to current levels (1.5 billion barrels annually) instead of following projected growth to 2.1 billion barrels by 2030 could avoid 50 to 150 million tonnes of CO2 globally. The brief suggests that managing oil production levels could have a climate impact comparable to Canada's domestic sectoral emission reductions under the Pan-Canadian Framework.

The report argues that Rio Tinto lacks adequate governance to manage financial and reputational risks from its industry association memberships, which often lobby against climate policies. It criticises the company's failure to provide transparent disclosures on climate-related financial risks and its lack of executive incentives linked to a low-carbon transition. The authors recommend shareholders support resolution 19 to allow advisory resolutions in Australia and resolution 20 to increase transparency regarding climate lobbying.

Earthjustice, Earthworks, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) submitted a statement to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council urging the rejection of a proposal to add mining as a covered sector under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). The organizations argue that mining's unique environmental risks and the existing efficiency of U.S. permitting make the expedited processes of FAST-41 inappropriate and dangerous.

The report examines the urgent need for innovation in mining due to declining productivity and rising costs. It details advancements in automation, electrification, and renewable energy, while highlighting the role of governments in ensuring these gains are shared with local communities. Case studies illustrate specific applications of AI, solar power, and new business models across Canada, Australia, Chile, and other regions.

The policy brief highlights Manitoba's potential to utilize over 5 million tonnes of available annual biomass from agriculture, forestry, and ecological sources like cattails to replace fossil fuels. It notes that current demand for biomass fuel exceeds the capacity of existing processing facilities and calls for government investment in infrastructure, research, and water management to enable a high-value bioeconomy.

The document analyzes how joint ventures (JVs) between mining companies and Indigenous groups in Canada facilitate community capacity development and economic self-reliance. It highlights the role of Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) and Aboriginal Economic Development Corporations (AEDCs) in integrating Indigenous communities into the mining supply chain and operations, while noting challenges such as limited organizational capacity and financing difficulties.

The document argues that South Africa must shift from a carbon-intensive export model to low-carbon manufacturing to avoid international trade barriers and leverage a global market for low-carbon products estimated at US$5 trillion. It details several technical approaches to achieve this, including eco-design, material substitution, additive manufacturing, and remanufacturing, while highlighting the systemic challenges of R&D, cost, and technological lock-in.

The document critiques the CCME's 'State of the Air' report, arguing that the Air Quality Management System (AQMS) is too narrow by focusing primarily on ozone and PM2.5 while neglecting other harmful pollutants, particularly in resource-extraction regions of western Canada. CAPE highlights significant data gaps caused by emissions reporting thresholds and calls for a more comprehensive monitoring approach that includes volatile organic compounds (VOCs), sulphur oxides (SOx), and nitrogen oxides (NOx), as well as a clearer link between air quality management levels and specific enforcement actions.

The document outlines opposition to a Draft Screening Assessment regarding hydrogen sulfide (H2S), sodium bisulfide (Na(SH)), and sodium sulfide (Na2S). The authors argue that H2S poses significant risks to human health, particularly for communities near oil and gas operations, and that the government's assessment fails to apply a precautionary approach or account for olfactory nuisance as an adverse effect.

The document tracks health and well-being indicators for Canadian cities against UN SDG 3 targets. It finds significant progress in neonatal mortality, chronic disease mortality, smoking rates, and health worker density. However, it notes rising trends in heavy drinking and HIV mortality in specific cities like Regina and Saskatoon, and an overall national increase in suicide and self-inflicted injury mortality, despite declines in several major cities.

A coalition of indigenous groups and conservation organizations petitions the U.S. government under the Pelly Amendment to investigate six mining projects in British Columbia (Tulsequah Chief, Red Chris, Schaft Creek, Galore Creek, KSM, and Brucejack). The petitioners argue these mines threaten woodland caribou, grizzly bears, and Pacific salmonids through habitat destruction, toxic pollution, and increased traffic on Highway 37. They specifically highlight the risk of acid mine drainage and tailings dam failures, citing the 2014 Mount Polley disaster. The petition requests a referral to the International Joint Commission to address these transboundary threats to Southeast Alaska's ecosystems and economies.

The document assesses the current state of global carbon pricing, noting that most prices are below USD 10, far below the USD 40-100/tCO2 levels recommended by the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices to meet Paris Agreement goals. It advocates for a 'climate policy portfolio' that combines carbon taxes or cap-and-trade systems with complementary measures to address non-price barriers and avoid 'waterbed effects' through price floors. The brief also calls for the abolition of counterproductive policies like fossil fuel subsidies and the use of carbon revenues to fund a just transition and fight energy poverty.

The document summarizes over 125 written submissions and workshop contributions regarding the proposed Canadian Clean Fuel Standard (CFS). Stakeholders generally support the CFS's goal of reducing GHG emissions by 30 Mt annually by 2030, though they diverge on the feasibility of the timeline and the specific regulatory design. Key areas of discussion include the preference for an emission intensity-based approach over volumetric mandates, the need for flexible compliance pathways such as credit trading, and the importance of harmonizing the CFS with existing carbon pricing and international aviation and marine standards. Industrial sectors expressed significant concerns regarding competitiveness, carbon leakage, and the technical feasibility of fuel switching, while environmental groups advocated for broad sustainability criteria and the inclusion of indirect land use changes (iLUC) in life-cycle analyses.