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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

Climate
U.S., Norway, Canada spending most taxpayer money on funding ‘false climate solutions’: report

Oil Change International study measured spending on carbon capture and fossil-based hydrogen subsidies over 50 years, despite evidence showing they “failed to make a dent in carbon emissions”

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Fall 2024Finance
What will the U.S. election mean for sustainable finance?

More havoc from Trump, as he vows to fight ESG. Stability and new possibilities from Harris.

Transportation
Half a century ago, one U.S. senator fought to ban gas-powered cars and almost won

California’s Senate voted to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 1975. Soon copycat bills emerged in nearly a dozen states. What happened?

Transportation
Low-cost EVs on ‘verge of extinction’ as Canada slaps 100% tariff on Chinese cars

While debate rages on over whether tariffs are levelling the playing field or missing an opportunity, Canadians looking for affordable EVs have “almost no options left”

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