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2025 Climate Dollars
Three big shifts that can transform and modernize Canada’s economy

New analysis from Corporate Knights’ Climate Dollars project lays out the capital investments needed to set a realistic path for a zero-emission economy by 2050

EnergySpring 2025
First Nations in oil country are converting old wells to geothermal 

First Nations, Inuit and Métis people are already at the forefront of the energy transition in Canada. Geothermal offers a new opportunity.

Finance
How some sustainable investors are getting Tesla out of their portfolios

The Tesla Takedown movement is hitting share prices, but for investors in clean energy funds, divesting from Tesla can be tricky

Alberta's oil and gas sector is heavily subsidized by the federal government
Energy
Canada paid record subsidies to fossil fuel companies in 2024

Federal financing of fossil fuels likely surpassed $29.6 billion in Canada last year, according to a new report by Environmental Defence Canada

Resources
Europe 50 Most Sustainable Companies Ranking - resources

A ranking of Europe’s 50 most sustainable companies.

Energy
Heat pumps have a GHG problem. There’s a solution on the way.

A common refrigerant used in heat pumps can also escape as a powerful greenhouse gas. Luckily, the industry is rolling out alternatives which are much more climate friendly.

Intersect Power provides renewable energy to data centres in the U.S.
EnergySpring 2025
Giant investments in data centres are giving renewables an opening to outcompete gas

As big tech companies try to compute more but pollute less, greener AI is coming, but gas remains persistent

Energy
Finland has practically eliminated coal-fired energy, as wind soars

Finland’s Helen Ltd. energy company shuttered Salmisaari, its last coal power plant, this week, bringing the Nordic country’s reliance on coal to less than 1%

Climate
UN agencies find that ambitious climate action brings big GDP gains

Both high and low-income countries stand to see growth rates that translate into “literally billions” by 2050, according to new research

Just Stop Oil proved that disruption is a winning strategy
Climate
The legacy of Just Stop Oil is that disruptive tactics work

OPINION | Just Stop Oil protestors drew outrage for their controversial methods. That’s a good thing.

Strong board leadership is necessary to drive real change at Canadian banks.
Finance
Canada’s bank boards need more climate expertise, fewer fossil fuel entanglements

OPINION | TD moves in the right direction on climate governance, but Canadian banks still lack key skills for the new economy

Food
Big grocers have a methane blind spot

A new report shows that major grocery store chains including Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour are failing to address the methane pollution in their supply chains

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