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Nine Countries, 15 U.S. States Join Forces on Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles
Canada, eight other countries, and 15 U.S. states will work together to expand zero-emission commercial vehicle manufacturing, infrastructure, and deployment, following an announcement brokered ... -
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Only One in Three Canadian Dealerships Stocks EVs Despite Surging Demand
Canadians looking to buy an electric vehicle likely face a long wait, with auto dealerships across the country chronically undersupplied even as policy-makers invest ... -
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Investors Worth $41 Trillion Demand Net-Zero Strategies from World’s Biggest Emitters
A group of big, institutional investors with a combined US$41 trillion under management is turning up the heat on 161 fossils, mining companies, and ... -
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Opinion: Now Is the Perfect Moment to Decarbonize Global Trade
International freight transport—whether by air, land, or sea—still relies overwhelmingly on fossil fuels, accounting for 30% of transportation-related carbon dioxide emissions and more than ... -
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The Battle Plan: Key Lessons from the Second World War for the Climate Mobilization (Part 2)
This is the second of two excerpts from Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, published in early September and ... -
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The Battle Plan: Key Lessons from the Second World War for the Climate Mobilization (Part 1)
This is the first of two excerpts from Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, published in early September and ... -
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UPDATED: Turnover at Finance Opens Door for a ‘Fundamental Retooling of the Canadian Economy’
Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s dramatic resignation last night opens up an opportunity for his successor to embrace a green and just recovery as a ... -
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Nature-Friendly Economy Would Deliver $10 Trillion in Opportunities, 395 Million Jobs by 2030
A “fundamental transformation” in the direction of a nature-friendly global economy could produce US$10 trillion in annual business opportunities and a mind-boggling 395 million ... -
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New Bike Route Barrier Design Repurposes Scrapped Tires
A Milwaukee design team has produced an award-winning bike lane barrier made from discarded car tires. Reproducible at scale and easy to build with ... -
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‘Tree-to-Toilet Pipeline’ Prompts Charge of ‘Greenflushing’ as NRDC Grabs Syndicated TV Spot
The Natural Resources Defense Council’s campaign against destruction of Canada’s boreal forest got a big boost last week with a syndicated TV spot on ... -
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‘Inevitable Policy Response’ Will Drive Climate Action by 2025, UN Agency Says
Arguing that global financial markets will inevitably begin factoring in the near-term policy response to climate change over the next five years, a United ... -
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New Study Shows Low-Carbon Technologies Cutting Industrial Emissions 86% by 2050
Businesses across 14 industrial sectors in the OECD plus Brazil, Russia, India, and China could use new technologies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions ... -
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German Companies Discover Enormous Savings in Ditching Business Travel
The shift to videoconferencing demanded by the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting major German companies—including Deutsche Bank, Bayer, and BMW—to think twice about returning to ... -
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Green Chemistry Educators Aggregate ‘Treasure Trove’ of Free Learning Resources
An esteemed U.S. green chemistry education group has collected and posted a range of free online post-secondary teaching and learning resources to help boost ... -
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Federal Procurement Could Boost Cleantech Innovation, Bains Says
The federal government’s successful use of its purchasing power to get medical equipment produced during the COVID-19 pandemic might help shift a years-long debate ...