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
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This article originally appeared on the Ensia website. This summer, a 90-year-old water pipe burst under Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, sending a geyser 30 feet
Federal anti-corruption rules: too harsh? A bloc of business groups is pushing back against new anti-corruption rules that have been introduced recently by Public Works
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Clearing the air After battling heavy smog since last Wednesday, the Chinese government is scrambling to clear the air before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit
UBC faculty urge fossil fuel divestment Last year students at the University of British Columbia voted 4-to-1 in favour of having their school divest from
Polluter pays Andra AP-fonden (AP2), a Swedish state fund with €28.8 billion in assets under management says it will divest its funds from 20 fossil
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For the first time a nuclear company – in this case, a nuclear fusion startup – has made it onto the sixth-annual Global Cleantech 100
The soothing sounds of a string orchestra and piano accompany images of a sunrise over snow-capped mountains followed by the stillness of a city’s downtown
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An initiative called the Montreal Carbon Pledge was unveiled this morning at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Conference. Signatories agreed to disclose
Near the end of his recent book, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, the world’s arguably most recognizable living astronaut shares the sense of personal
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Over nearly four decades, for better or for worse, Israel has worked to make the Zionist dreams of founding father David Ben-Gurion come true. That
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If a Martian were to look down on our great continent today, he (as Men are from Mars) would see a land rich in oil
I was in New York City doing a photo shoot for Corporate Knights when news broke that a duo of University of Calgary researchers had
For PepsiCo, one of the world’s biggest makers of potato chips, the key to producing the crispiest chips possible is all about driving moisture out
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There are seven billion people on the planet, meaning there are now up to 14 billion eyeballs capable of monitoring the state of our shared
It’s mid-summer and the air is thick. Thirteen riders form a peloton in the 10th stage of Le Tour De France, grinding their way through
Few of those browsing the web know that Google was created by university scientists. In fact, the Internet search giant, with market capitalization of $193
The front door of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band office swings open every few minutes with a visitor or a band member. Nestled in the
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