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ClimateFall 2024
Power-hungry AI fires up Three Mile Island reactor in Microsoft deal 

As our everyday use of AI skyrockets, more scrutiny is being placed on Big Tech’s climate footprint, which could be more than seven times higher than companies claim

Circular EconomyFall 2024
New research suggests plastic bag bans are driving down debris

The findings from the Washington-based Ocean Conservancy offer a ray of hope as nations draft a plastics treaty to curtail the half a million tonnes of plastic produced every year

Education
New degree is training the next generation of leaders in animal ethics and sustainability

Huron University program wants grads to “hit the ground running” as ethical entrepreneurs and leaders in the public, private and non-profit sectors

Finance
Why this investor advocate quit filing oil and gas shareholder proposals

OPINION | Investors for Paris Compliance has yet to see any large Canadian investors take meaningful steps to press oil and gas companies on net-zero

Mining
How slow, small-scale mining can meet demand in a more sustainable way

The slow fashion and slow food movements are an antidote to overconsumption. New research in Canada and Ghana suggests slow mining can also bring benefits.

Finance
Memo to Canadian mutual funds: Stop greenwashing with vague ‘ESG integration’ claim

A new policy from the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee says it’s no longer acceptable to claim ESG Integration if funds want to be considered ‘responsible’

Buildings
Here’s what we can learn from ancient societies about keeping buildings cool in heat waves

Ancient Egyptians and Puebloans knew how to harness the wind, rain and sun. Five heat-busting lessons for today’s architects.

ClimateFall 2024
How Big Oil has infiltrated universities and shaped climate research

In the first study of its kind, researchers expose the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to bury the truth by cozying up to universities and discrediting climate science

Energy
Harris courts fracking vote while Trump claims to be solar fan in U.S. presidential debate

On climate change, Harris and Trump could not be more at odds: One thinks it is an existential threat, the other thinks climate science is nonsense. Energy policy is another story.

Buildings
Canada needs to catch up on co-op housing: Three lessons from Europe’s success 

OPINION | From Vienna’s “unitary housing market” to Holland’s unlimited lease model, Europe offer insights on how to improve housing affordability and support the co-op economy

Energy
How fossil fuels have surged under both Trump and Biden-Harris administrations

U.S. oil and gas production is higher than ever, despite vastly different climate rhetoric from the Oval Office

Food
Can weeds hold the key to turning farms into carbon-storage powerhouses?

Groups like PlantVillage are getting farmers to stop burning field waste and turn it into yield-boosting, carbon-storing biochar instead

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