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Not all forest certification systems are created equal A report released yesterday by ForestEthics shows that a forest certification system called the Sustainable Forest Initiative
Pakistan moves to embrace solar energy The Pakistani government has instituted a bold new agenda over the past year to expand solar energy capacity. Roadblocks
India cracks down on untreated human waste The Indian government has installed over 500,000 new toilets over the past three months as part of its
Safety checks increase costs for garment factories Garment factories in Bangladesh have undergone extensive safety inspections since the collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, which
American transit ridership spikes The American Public Transportation Association has recorded the highest number of transit riders since it began collecting data in 1974. About
Message to EPA: Don’t shut out Canada! The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has been accepting comments regarding its Clean Power Plan, a proposal that would
Transparency measure aimed at extractive industry signed into law The Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act officially came into law on Tuesday. In an attempt to
Canadian government fails to spend green funds A Natural Resources Canada spending report shows that Stephen Harper’s government let over $321 million lapse last year
New York State moves to ban disposal of e-waste in regular trash Beginning January 1, all residents of New York State will be required to
Asbestos is the biggest workplace safety threat Asbestos is officially Canada’s number one workplace killer. The Globe and Mail reported today that the mineral accounted for
A hotel made of recycled shipping containers? Sioux Lookout, a small town of 5,000 people in northwestern Ontario known for its fishing camps, now has
More plastic in our oceans than we thought A new study published in the journal, PLOS One, has found that the amount of plastic in
New Navigant report estimates distributed energy production to double globally by 2023 Navigant Research, a leading clean energy market research and consulting firm, has released
Le flâneur et les flâneuses de Paris The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has announced a scheme to tackle traffic and pollution in the city
North Pole is suing a Koch-owned oil company North Pole, Alaska, is not the real North Pole, yet it embodies Christmas year-round. The town has
Massive oil spill oozes through Israeli desert Nearly 2.3 million litres of oil have spilled from a pipeline in southern Israel in what is being
Green energy powerhouse NextEra Energy to buy main Hawaiian utility Clean energy company NextEra Energy announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Hawaiian Electric Utilities
Ontario pension plans will soon be required to account for ESG factors Proposed amendments to the Ontario Pension Benefits Act passed by Premier Wynne’s cabinet
Clinton challenges Obama on fracking Hilary Clinton subtly positioned herself against Obama’s “all of the above” energy strategy in a speech to a League of
Conflict mineral law has unintended consequences A piece of U.S. legislation has “set off a chain of events that has propelled millions of miners and
Tiny particles a potentially big waste problem The latest issue of Canadian Chemical News has an insightful feature on the promise and potential pitfalls of
India to get Chinese high-speed rail? India and China are discussing the potential this week for a high-speed railway that will link India’s capital, Delhi,
Ontario takes lead on pollinator health The Ontario government announced plans on Tuesday to regulate the use of neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides thought to
Harper’s aggressive championing of Albertan energy ambitions backfiring: Hébert For almost a decade now, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been a vocal proponent of
Inequality is a stubborn problem A new study that analyzed the correlation between education and surnames in England between 1170 and 2012 shows that a
U.S. Senate bill proposed $42 price on carbon A newly introduced U.S. carbon-pricing bill isn’t coming from the White House, but it is coming from
China commits to cutting coal The Chinese government announced yesterday that it will cap its coal use by 2020 in order to uphold its side of
Framing carbon pricing the right way Former Canadian reform party founder and leader Preston Manning has a piece in the Globe and Mail this morning
