Joel Solomon answers 20 questions on life, sustainability and everything. Chairman of Renewal Funds, Canada’s largest social venture capital firm, Solomon is a compelling speaker on ethical and responsible...
So far, this series has been unfairly Europe-centric. That will change today, because one city far from the continent has ruthless plans to become the greenest...
Well-respected investor Jeremy Grantham has told his clients that the convenience of fossil fuel extraction will soon be shaded by renewables and that shale gas might...
Responsible investment network Ceres has warned of the risk of water scarcity linked to the water-intensive shale gas extraction method fracking – particularly in arid regions...
Air pollutants from oil sands in Canada are “highly carcinogenic” and their effects on human health have been so far taken too lightly, according to researchers...
The latest document to be released by whistleblower Edward Snowdon reveals that the US National Security Agency (NSA) monitored communications of delegates at the Copenhagen climate...
The Responsible Investment Association (RIA), a Canadian sustainable investment leader, has announced the launch of a new online responsible investment course for financial advisers and other...
As the world prepares for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, a new scientific study has warned that future games may be threatened by increasing global...
Mining associations and civil society groups in Canada have set up new payment transparency standards for the industry, which they say will enable citizens, governments and...
Canadian musician Neil Young has criticised his home country’s dash for tar sands oil, and launched a fundraising tour to support the indigenous groups who are...
A 7,500 sq mile area of tar sands in Alberta, Canada, is displaying worrying levels of the neurotoxin mercury, scientists have claimed. Oil from tar sands...
Researchers working on the edge of a glacier in the remote Canadian Arctic have found a 54-year-old message in a bottle, long hidden inside a formation...
US environmentalist Bill McKibben has argued that the Obama administration has continued to promote the extraction of polluting fossil fuels – the majority of which need...
The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney has revealed that he has been asked by George Osborne to review whether new powers should be...
A controversial oil pipeline development linking Canada’s tar sands to refineries in Texas may bring minimal economic benefits while generating a rush of high-risk oil investments,...