The world needs to double down on clean energy investments, not back away. That is the conclusion of a report released in
This past year should have been a breakthrough for the environment. London rolled out the greenest ever Olympic Games. We celebrated the
Hero: Office Depot Office Depot has been named to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of 2012 Energy Star leaders for
Unfortunate fallout from the global economic crisis – notably double-digit unemployment – is driving citizens of the most-affected countries to a mental
Anyone who has been paying attention to environmental issues in Canada knows that relations are downright toxic between the oil industry, environmentalists,
The debate at Rio+20 in late June was about “natural” capital. Just days earlier, world leaders attending the G20 summit in Mexico
During a speech in Maryland last year, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus looked back on the energy transitions that American naval
From the top of Amagerforbrænding, the largest of three garbage incineration plants located in downtown Copenhagen, is an idyllic panorama of the
In the early 1990s the Clinton administration put a stop to logging in huge swaths of old growth forest in the U.S.
James Hansen is director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and one of the world’s most respected climate scientists. Earlier this
In March, an Ottawa Citizen reporter named Tom Spears sent a routine request to the National Research Council (NRC). Spears had noticed
It’s a potent image of the early 21st century: the wind farm.Colossal white towers striding across farmland or wading mightily offshore. Some
Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, is fast approaching and, by any measure, our global sustainability crisis is increasingly evident. As
It’s mid-summer and the air is thick. Thirteen riders form a peloton in the 10th stage of Le Tour De France, grinding
David Owen has a formula: first, write provocative articles in The New Yorker magazine with a clever but superficial core argument. Second,
There are two narrative arcs in William Marsden’s recent book, Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change. In one, we
David Keith is a Harvard physics professor, geo-engineering entrepreneur and trusted advisor to Bill Gates. Michael Liebreich is chief executive of Bloomberg New
In June of last year, a research team working at the Department of National Defence (DND) put forth four different scenarios for
Hero: Puma Puma, the German shoe and sportswear company, recently concluded an ambitious project to measure its entire ecological footprint – the
Most people would not identify the 46th Vice-President of the United States as a pioneer of green energy. Ironically, thanks to a
The European Union has dragged the world’s airlines kicking and screaming into its carbon emissions trading system (ETS). Now, the carriers and
The climate fight hasn’t been easy. International climate negotiations have proven ineffective. Environmentalists have been out-gunned by big oil and old king
Almost by accident, Roger Gagne became an advocate for a carbon tax in Canada. Several months ago the Alberta native began writing
Juergen Puetter could be labelled a shopaholic in renewable energy circles. A few years ago, the president of Aeolis Wind Power began
Hero: HSBC Canada HSBC Canada revealed in October it has set up a $1-million scholarship fund at Toronto's York University, which will
North America’s electricity sector is in the throes of dramatic transformation, and this is creating a bounty of opportunity for Aboriginal communities
In 2008, the global financial crisis hit the headlines almost every day, every week, for almost a year. The International Monetary Fund
When Sonia Dong first pitched the idea of a conference on diversity, some participants thought they would be learning about ecosystem variation.
If I were to hand you a suitcase full of glittering gambling chips and give you a seat at the grand game
Yes, Stephen Harper now has a majority government. But he won only 40% of the popular vote and the NDPs won 31%. We
