Time is now for Canada’s public pension giants to invest in a safe climate future
How pension funds invest our retirement savings is a major factor in how quickly we transition to a zero-carbon economy.
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Polluter bailouts and lobbying during Covid-19 pandemic
From tar sands oil to aviation, global business sectors have called for suspension of environmental protections
World’s consumption of resources record high at 100bn tonnes a year
Unsustainable use of resources is wrecking the planet but recycling is falling, report finds
Canadians 'doubtful' their country will hit emissions targets, feds told
The federal government was told just before the fall election campaign that many Canadians didn't believe the country will meet targets for reducing its greenhouse-gas emissions.
Bank of Canada warns of stranded assets and an abrupt transition to clean economy
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz wasn't asked about climate change risks at a discussion about economic change and emerging risks on Thursday, November 21, 2019, so he brought them up himself.
Canada's emissions rank high in the G20
Some quick facts about Climate Transparency's 2019 report card on Canada's climate plan as part of its annual report card on G20 climate action.
An open letter on GNL Québec: A pipe dream of another Québec pipeline
Promoters of the project claim it will generate jobs and displace dirtier forms of energy, but both claims are highly questionable.
Ethics watchdog pushing collusion probe of Tories, CAPP
Democracy Watch says it is calling for an investigation into whether the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and the Conservatives violated Canada's elections law.
These 20 fossil fuel firms are responsible for a third of all carbon pollution
New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
Trudeau and Scheer battle it out in French-language debate
It was the first time Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced his rivals directly in this federal election campaign, but Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer spent a great deal of time in the hot seat during the first French-language debate.
Amazon employees will walk out over the company's climate change inaction
The planned event will mark the first time in Amazon's 25-year history that workers at the company's Seattle headquarters have participated in a strike.
Canada needs to increase ocean protection by almost one-third: report
An environmental group says Canada needs to up its game on protecting its oceans.
'No negotiations:' Inuit group wants Arctic areas saved from development
An Inuit land-claim group is asking the federal government to permanently protect large sections of the Eastern Arctic from any industrial development.
Statistics Canada reports pace of inflation ticked higher in February
The annual pace of inflation edged higher in February as gains in most spending categories offset lower gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said on Friday, March 22, 2019.
B.C. audit blames 'gaps' in provincial law for growing oilpatch liabilities
The number of abandoned oil wells in British Columbia almost doubled between 2007 and 2018 and funds collected from operators to cover cleanup costs for a growing number of orphaned wells are insufficient, the province's auditor general said in a report issued on Thursday.