issues

How 21 young Americans have battled for almost a decade to have their landmark climate lawsuit against the U.S. government heard - and it's not over yet

Climate | Fall 2024

Power-hungry AI fires up Three Mile Island reactor in Microsoft deal 

John Lorinc

As our everyday use of AI skyrockets, more scrutiny is being placed on Big Tech's climate footprint, which could be more than seven times higher than companies claim

Circular Economy | Fall 2024

New research suggests plastic bag bans are driving down debris

Rick Spence

The findings from the Washington-based Ocean Conservancy offer a ray of hope as nations draft a plastics treaty to curtail the half a million tonnes of plastic produced every year

Climate | Fall 2024

How Big Oil has infiltrated universities and shaped climate research

Rick Spence

In the first study of its kind, researchers expose the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to bury the truth by cozying up to universities and discrediting climate science

Fall 2024 | Finance

What will the U.S. election mean for sustainable finance?

Eugene Ellmen

More havoc from Trump, as he vows to fight ESG. Stability and new possibilities from Harris.

Climate | Summer 2024

Knight Bites: Six ways cities are trying to keep their cool in record-breaking heat waves

CK Staff

The planet has been living through record-smashing heat, and few places are as treacherous as concrete-laden cities. Here's how cities from Paris to Abu Dhabi are coping.

Climate | Summer 2024

Zeros: Insurers are passing climate crisis costs on to homeowners while financing new fossil fuel projects

Rick Spence

Insure Our Future wants insurance companies to stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects – including LNG export terminals – and make polluters pay for climate disasters rather than hiking rates for homeowners

Climate | Summer 2024

How a group of Swiss seniors won a landmark climate case in international court

Rick Spence

Heat-related deaths have spiked by roughly 30% in Europe over the last two decades. A group of older Swiss women successfully argued their government wasn't doing enough to protect them.

Food | Summer 2024

How Sundance Commons is training the next generation of young, racialized farmers

Neha Chollangi

With more than 40% of Canadian farmers retiring in the next decade, an urban farm in Toronto is giving marginalized youth the tools to start their own farm businesses

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issues

Juliana v. United States: No ordinary climate lawsuit

Power-hungry AI fires up Three Mile Island reactor in Microsoft deal

New research suggests plastic bag bans are driving down debris

How Big Oil has infiltrated universities and shaped climate research

What will the U.S. election mean for sustainable finance?

Knight Bites: Six ways cities are trying to keep their cool in record-breaking heat waves

Zeros: Insurers are passing climate crisis costs on to homeowners while financing new fossil fuel projects

How a group of Swiss seniors won a landmark climate case in international court

How Sundance Commons is training the next generation of young, racialized farmers

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