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Rick Smith
Publishing · On our record since 2008
Where this writer stands
Climate1 piece
Faster fossil phase-downSlower phase-down, production first
“But by setting the price floor at a very low level, the agreement leaves a huge number of emissions reductions on the table.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: Alberta-Ottawa agreement both improves and hobbles Canada’s most important climate policyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 18, 2026
- Opinion: Climate disaster preparation is central to Canada’s economic securityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 29, 2025
- Opinion: With Trump in the White House, expect the states to take charge on climate progressOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 17, 2024
- Opinion: This could be the year we solve plastics pollutionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 19, 2024
- Opinion: An energy-sector transition to net zero that's fair to allOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 20, 2023
- Opinion | This Earth Day we are embraced by signs of major global ambitionOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 21, 2023
- Five ways provinces can drive climate policy forward in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 11, 2023
- Opinion | Five ways provinces can drive climate policy forward in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 11, 2023
- Opinion: With demand surging, Canada must upgrade its electricity grid. Can we overcome our unique challenges to do so?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 26, 2023
- Opinion | Four ways the Inflation Reduction Act can accelerate Canada‘s clean energy transitionOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 14, 2022
- Opinion | ZEV mandates are good climate policy — because they workOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 6, 2022
- Opinion | Corporate Canada’s net zero moment has arrivedOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 21, 2022
- Opinion | Reducing emissions won’t protect lives from climate change — we need to adaptOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 27, 2022
- Opinion | By any measure, 2022 will be a big year for climate policy in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 6, 2022
- Opinion: My cancer diagnosis brought the links between pollution and health close to homeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 14, 2022
- Opinion | The Saturday Debate: Is the Glasgow COP26 summit the ‘last, best hope’ for the world?Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 29, 2021
- Opinion: The Conservative Party of Canada has a golden opportunity to meet – and even exceed – the climate-change momentOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 21, 2020
- Only outright bans will save us from plastic plagueOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 12, 2020
- Opinion: We are all plastic people now, in ways we can’t see – and can no longer ignoreOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 16, 2020
- Labour a key partner in a Canadian Green New Deal | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 30, 2019
- The secret danger of everyday thingsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 7, 2019
- Gut check: the new crisis of plastic in the human bodyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 8, 2018
- Opinion | No more tightening the GreenbeltOpinion · Toronto Star · May 6, 2018
- We must kill plastic to save ourselvesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 20, 2018
- Opinion | Canada’s ‘Filthy Five’ tax loopholesOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 19, 2018
- Alberta continues to lead the way on climateOpinion · Toronto Star · May 29, 2016
- Alberta continues to lead the way on climate | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 28, 2016
- Canada’s charity chill continuesOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 19, 2016
- Rachel Notley leads the way on climateOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 23, 2015
- It’s time for Environment 2.0Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 5, 2015
- As inequality grows, so does the will to fight itOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 11, 2014
- Stephen Harper: The environment’s best friendOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 30, 2014
- Tim Hudak poses threat to Ontario’s waterOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 1, 2014
- Tim Hudak’s jobs plan would kill green jobsOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 5, 2014
- Tim Hudak’s jobs plan would kill green jobs | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 4, 2014
- Income splitting a tax gift for the affluentOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 3, 2014
- As job crisis deepens, a do-nothing budget looms largeOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 10, 2014
- Stephen Harper’s bogus ‘consumers first’ agendaOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 2, 2013
- StatsCan provides vignettes of unequal Canada | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 11, 2013
- StatsCan provides vignettes of unequal CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 11, 2013
- Is Peter Kent’s trail of destruction finally coming to an end?Editorial · Toronto Star · Jul 10, 2013
- Is Peter Kent’s trail of destruction finally coming to an end?Editorial · Toronto Star · Jul 10, 2013
- Pipeline dreams turn to ashes for Big OilOpinion · Toronto Star · May 17, 2013
- Demonizing the environmental movementOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2012
- Demonizing the environmental movementOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 3, 2012
- Opinion | Demonizing the environmental movementOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 3, 2012
- Hudak is endangering green jobsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 25, 2011
- Hudak is endangering green jobsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 24, 2011
- Hudak is endangering green jobsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 24, 2011
- Hudak is endangering green jobsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 24, 2011
- California vote illuminates Ontario’s energy future | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 6, 2010
- Time-of-use rates for industry the right moveOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 19, 2010
- Time-of-use rates for industry the right moveOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 18, 2010
- Joint cabinet meeting a chance to chart green Canadian futureOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 15, 2010
- Tim Hudak’s Conservatives are Ontario’s pro-litter partyOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 23, 2010
- Tim Hudak's Conservatives are Ontario's pro-litter partyOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 22, 2010
- Tim Hudak's Conservatives are Ontario's pro-litter partyOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 22, 2010
- Tim Hudak's Conservatives are Ontario's pro-litter partyOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 22, 2010
- Democracy suffers under barrage of strategic lawsuitsOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 25, 2008