Canadian pension funds bet on a high-carbon future
The venerable Mark Carney says that financing the decarbonisation of our economy is a major opportunity, but Canada's government is blocking progress.
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Academics push to make climate change an election issue
With the Paris climate summit looming in the background, researchers are drawing attention to the importance of the climate change issue this election.
IMF's Lagarde: We're cooked if we fail to urgently address climate change.
Lagarde makes big push for removing subsidies on fossil fuels that are worth more than $5 trillion a year and on the immediate need for carbon taxes to fund clean energy growth.
Officials: California meeting water conservation targets for third straight month amid drought
State Water Resources Control Board on Thursday will release statewide conservation figures for August - but Californians shouldn't hold their breaths that El Nino current will guarantee rainfall.
Premiers of Ontario and Alberta to meet in Toronto today
Meeting between Notley and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne will be private - but their provinces' approach to climate change could be among the issues they discuss.
Mulcair says NDP would end muzzling of scientists
Tom Mulcair said if elected the NDP will stop the controversial practice of silencing scientists in the federal government
Bank of England Governor issues dire climate change warning
Mark Carney, the former Governor of the Bank of Canada and current Governor of the Bank of England, calls for the creation of a Climate Disclosure Task Force
NDP announces climate platform, Greens and Liberals react
NDP platform earns praise from May but Grits waste no time in denouncing Mulcair as "no friend of the environment," - pointing to his provincial record in Quebec.
U.S.-China climate change agreement places pressure on Canada to get in line
The U.S. and China took significant steps Thursday to align climate change policy, creating new pressure on Canada to follow suit
Harper’s Arctic science station a ‘cloak' for oil and gas push, says climate expert
"You couldn’t call this the ‘High Arctic Oil and Gas Development Centre’ because that of course would provoke national and international outrage.”
Asian Development Bank to double financing to fight climate change to $6 billion by 2020
Bank will dedicate $4 billion to fighting climate change by ramping up support for green energy - and spending on global warming will rise to 30 per cent of its financing.
Ancient Giant Sequoia trees menaced by California's endless drought
More and more patches of brown, dead, foilage cropping up on trees up to 3,000 years old.
Companies increasingly putting price on carbon to plan for risk - report
Some 437 companies factored in carbon pricing in 2015, nearly triple the 150 companies from last year, as climate change becomes part of mainstream business decision-making.
The Liberal Party’s plan to rescue the environment
The Liberal's environmental platform would fight climate change, invest in clean technology and reform the National Energy Board.
Transport Minister sidesteps climate question
Tories are not making any commitment whatsoever on climate change, but climate advocate pushes for carbon tax.