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Clean Tech/Summer 2015/Waste

Dark spots on a brighter sun

by Tyler Hamilton

Green Mountain Power, a local electric utility in Vermont, broke ground last year on a two-megawatt solar farm stretching across nearly 10

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Leadership/Summer 2015/Waste/Water

The changing face of Los Angeles

by CK Staff

Los Angeles, the city of angels, is aiming within the next 10 years to become the first big city in America to

Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Food/Health & Lifestyle/Leadership/Supply Chain/Waste

Walmart targets climate-smart suppliers

by Marc Gunther

When an Iowa corn and soy farmer named Tim Richter took the stage at a big sustainability conference organized last fall by

Leadership/Mining/Responsible Funds & Investing/Supply Chain/Waste/Water

Fatal explosions, toxic spills and other commercial catastrophes in 2014

by Alia Dharssi

An industrial project that could devastate the Great Barrier Reef, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a Canadian mine and an American

Health & Lifestyle/Leadership/Mining/Waste

Heroes & zeros: Kaiser Permanente and Anadarko Petroleum

by CK Staff

Hero: Kaiser Permanente Health care conglomerate Kaiser Permanente announcedย an ambitious clean energy shift in February that willย ensure 50 per cent of electricity

Climate Crisis/Energy/Mining/Waste

Are geothermal power plants the sustainable mines of the future?

by Tyler Hamilton

Geothermal developers often struggle to make their projects economically viable, while mining companies are finding it increasingly difficult to get social license

Food/Health & Lifestyle/Infographics/Supply Chain/Waste

INFOGRAPHIC: Food waste and labeling

by CK Staff
Food/Health & Lifestyle/Supply Chain/Waste

Plastics production up, paper growth is flat

by CK Staff

There seems no end to our growing appetite for plastic. Global production was up 3.9 per cent in 2013 and demand continues

Built Environment/Connected Planet/Health & Lifestyle/Waste

How smartphones can lead the fight against air pollution

by Prashant Kumar

This article was originally published by The Conversation.ย  Itโ€™s no surprise that dirty air kills. In fact, air pollution was recently placed

Clean Tech/Food/Waste/Winter 2015

Worm food

by CK Staff

Thereโ€™s been rising interest over the past year in entomophagy, which is defined as the consumption of insects as food. In 2013,

CK Weekly Roundup/Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Energy/Food/Leadership/Natural Capital/Waste

January 8, 2015

by CK Staff

Not all forest certification systems are created equal A report released yesterday by ForestEthics shows that a forest certification system called the

Clean Tech/Food/Voices/Waste

Biogas: Coming to a backyard near you?

by Tyler Hamilton

When we think of the potential of harnessing biogas, the typical image that comes to mind is capturing methane from landfills or

Clean Tech/Energy/Health & Lifestyle/Infographics/Multimedia/Waste

INFOGRAPHIC: Sustainability and hospitals

by CK Staff
Responsible Funds & Investing/Supply Chain/Waste

A chemical problem

by Ashley Renders

The global supply chain is a massive game of hot potato. Large companies pass the buck to smaller companies, who pass it

Climate Crisis/Leadership/Natural Capital/Responsible Funds & Investing/Supply Chain/Transportation/Waste/Workplace

Emission impossible

by Ashley Renders and Michael Yow

A significant portion of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by major companies still haven’t been measured. We have a pretty good

Climate Crisis/Leadership/Q&A/Waste/Water

Delivering hope from the mouths of economists

by Tyler Hamilton

Itโ€™s not a commission in the traditional sense โ€“ that is, one established by and in the service of government โ€“ but

CK Weekly Roundup/Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Energy/Leadership/Mining/Waste

November 13, 2014

by CK Staff

Congress bites back Less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama announced a deal with China to limit greenhouse gases, both chambers

Indiana Harbor
Climate Crisis/Energy/Perspectives/Q&A/Waste

Olga Bautista ready for Chicago’s city hall

by Ashley Renders

Imagine living in a neighbourhood that houses waste from an oil refinery, an animal processing plant, a steel mill and a plant

2014 Sustainable Asia Scorecard/Built Environment/Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Energy/Fall 2014/Leadership/Waste

Singapore: The garden city-state

by Ashley Renders

Singaporeโ€™s parliament unanimously passed a bill in August that will make it a criminal offence for companies to pollute its air, even

A prototype of a magnetized target fusion reactor being developed by General Fusion of Vancouver
Clean Tech/Energy/Voices/Waste/Water

Cleantech 100 goes nuclear

by Tyler Hamilton

For the first time a nuclear company โ€“ in this case, a nuclear fusion startup โ€“ has made it onto the sixth-annual

Clean Tech/Fall 2014/Transportation/Waste

The potential of biogas

by Peter Gorrie

Manure, sewage and food wastes could fuel buses and trucks and eventually help to power electric vehicles. At least thatโ€™s the promise

Energy/Fall 2014/Waste

The power of waste-to-energy

by CK Staff

We know that these days, with so many past and current advances in clean technology, most of the garbage that society generates

Garbage pickers in Payatas, Philippines. Photo by Kounosu
Spring 2014/Waste

Scrap culture

by Lloyd Alter

Every Jewish family that’s been in North America since before WWII has the scrap business in its genes. A hundred years ago,

Climate Crisis/Perspectives/Q&A/Spring 2014/Waste/Water

Star man

by Tyler Hamilton

Near the end of his recent book,ย An Astronautโ€™s Guide to Life on Earth, the worldโ€™s arguably most recognizable living astronaut shares the

bread clips
Clean Tech/Waste

Trash turned into treasure

by Peter Gorrie

Pushkar Kumar grew up in India, where, he says, plastic trash piled up everywhere. He understood the waste was actually a vast

Emulsion
Clean Tech/Waste/Winter 2014

Tech savvy: Yulex

by CK Staff

With a name like โ€œnaturalโ€ rubber, one might think the stretchy, waterproof stuff would have unassailable green cred. After all, humanity has

Walmart exterior
Fall 2013/Supply Chain/Voices/Waste

Heroes & zeros: vol. 12

by CK Staff

Hero: Walmart Executives at the Walmart Global Sustainability Milestone Meeting in September rolled out two ambitious initiatives meant to reduce chemical and

Illustration by Jillian Tamaki
Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Fall 2013/Health & Lifestyle/Waste

Debating population

by Naomi Buck

Twenty years ago, I and a small group of undergrads from various American universities flew into Lagos on a muggy January evening.

field of wheat
Clean Tech/Fall 2013/Perspectives/Social Enterprise/Supply Chain/Voices/Waste

The first straw

by Tyler Hamilton

My entire career as a journalist has been spent writing about new innovations and technologies, from computing and networking, to the Internet

Woody Harrelson
Clean Tech/Fall 2013/Social Enterprise/Supply Chain/Waste

Little startup on the prairie

by Tyler Hamilton

In June 2012, villagers in Central China found themselves choking on an unusually thick and mysterious haze. At the best of times

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