Time for the rich to show climate change leadership
It is time Canada’s wealthiest individuals and families step up on the need for action on climate change.
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Teachers urge $175 billion pension fund to flex muscle on climate change
“We need to stop thinking about it only in terms of dollars and cents right now. We need to think about the future,” Kingston teacher Andrea Loken tells National Observer.
Here's an economic way you can stop oil expansion
Inspired by the success of the divestment movement against apartheid in the 1980s, students are campaigning for fossil fuel divestment.
An American bank just became the first in continent to pull its investments from fossil fuels
A U.S. bank leads its North American peers with divestment of $4 billion USD in commercial assets, as legal scholars advise mission-driven organizations and pension funds on climate change strategy
Hamish Stewart: Why is Canada Pension Plan taking risky oil bets?
Avik Dey, Director of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's Natural Resources investment team is taking high-risk investment bets on the oil and gas sector.
How Big Oil seeps into Canadian academia
"A senior executive at Shell... told me directly that the company is monitoring the university divestment movement closely and would look unfavorably on any university that divested," - science dean.
U of T losing $$ on fossil fuels, but committee recommends half measures on divestment
A new report from a University of Toronto committee recommends that school only partially divest itself from fossil fuel holdings
MIT announces plan to combat climate change, but won't divest from fossil fuel companies
MIT wants to instead work with fossil fuel companies to develop the technology to combat climate change.
Swedish utility Vattenfall sells its German coal plants, a major source of greenhouse gases
Swedish energy giant is shifting energy strategy away from carbon-heavy power sources.
Beyond governments: the emerging global movement to save ourselves
The fight to preserve a safe climate is rapidly expanding beyond governments and eco groups. Here is a quick overview of this ever widening global movement.
