Heading into this month’s COP26 summit on climate, his assignment was to explore opportunities to partner with the federal government to plant more trees as a way to restore lands that absorb more carbon than they emit into the atmosphere. That looks better, but only because the province does not include the GHG emissions caused […]
The European Union’s climate policy chief, Frans Timmermans, has strongly backed the proposal. The most challenging of them is around how to ensure there is no double-counting, in which both countries in a credits sale wind up claiming the emissions reductions toward their targets. A second sticking point is around whether a small share of […]
Pfizer-BioNTech’s news on Nov. Pfizer’s vaccine was seen bringing about a value revival, yet several waves of rotation from growth to value in the past year have proved short-lived. The year saw global stocks add nearly $16 trillion in market capitalisation but much was down to tech, possibly as reopenings – and economic recovery – […]
Other pieces of positive news have also helped, including plans by Grayscale, the world’s largest digital currency manager, to convert its flagship bitcoin trust into a spot-bitcoin exchange traded fund. “Crypto is where the fast money is at,” said Chris Weston, head of research at brokerage Pepperstone. …Read the full story
“Bitcoin is unregulated and has risks related to fraud or manipulation which concerns the SEC. Regulators’ skepticism and caution surrounding bitcoin and cryptocurrency is long-standing and deep-rooted. a bit of the Wild West,” SEC Chairman Gary Gensler told Yahoo Finance on Monday, stressing that the global $2.5 trillion crypto market is mostly unregulated. Futures don’t […]
All in, fossil fuel research, according to Statistics Canada, accounted for $622 million in 2019, or about 37% of Canada’s entire energy-focused R&D spend, although the amount spent by the petroleum industry has been declining since oil and gas prices peaked earlier in the decade. At a time when science has become so politically polarized, […]
Other pillars of the party’s economic vision include its child-care program, aimed at bringing women into the work force, and increased investments in science and innovation – including a $2-billion promise to establish a Canada Advanced Research Projects Agency modelled on the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. “The green transition is a reality […]
The buses – made by El Dorado National and owned by the Stark Area Regional Transit Authority – look like any others. Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is increasingly viewed, along with electric vehicles, as one way to slow the environmentally destructive impact of the planet’s 1.2 billion vehicles, most of which […]
The mining industry is promoting a growing number of metals as green. Others, factoring in the full life cycle of metals from the ground to the customer, deem the framing deceptive and misleading. “Like every other industry, mining has to paint itself in an ESG cloth right now,” said Rick Rule, former CEO of Sprott […]
“We have arrived at this point in time because these legal proceedings were initiated in the first place by Annamie Paul, not the . As a national party, our processes must be conducted in a democratic way in full view of our members and our voting public,” Mx. “I’m not going to discuss things that […]
Scientists consider it essential for the world to halve global emissions from 1990 levels by 2030, and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, to avoid catastrophic climate change. Rio had estimated its 2016 event would result in 3.6 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. …Read the full story
Vancouver-based Telus became the first Canadian company to issue sustainability-linked bonds, or SLBs, and encountered demand for its debt that far exceeded supply. Telus Corp. The concept of linking financings to ESG goals was developed in Europe, and there are now more than US$44-billion of SLBs outstanding worldwide. The new Telus debt pays 2.85 per […]
While the stock is in the middle of the pack in our INK Edge rankings, we will be watching to see if it can climb higher in the weeks ahead. Securities referenced in this profile may have already appeared in recent reports distributed to INK subscribers. …Read the full story
“Today is a historic day,” said Swedish Social Democrat Jytte Guteland, Parliament’s lead lawmaker on the bill. Parliament formally approved the law with 442 votes in favour, 203 against and 51 abstentions. First up is a sweeping package of policies, which the European Commission will propose on July 14, designed to cut emissions faster to […]
Your calm exterior could show a few cracks this year as the cares of the world make more of an impression on you than you would have liked. If you find that someone has been feeding you false information, either in your personal life or at work, don’t get angry about it. By all means […]
As the global pandemic begins to wind down, economic, social and sustainability experts are turning their attention to recovery. …Read the full story
The market is stuck in a holding pattern as nervousness washes out of the market following last week’s jolt by the Federal Reserve, which said it could raise rates by 2023, earlier than previously expected. In economic news, Canadian retail sales fell by 5.7% in April from March, Statistics Canada said. Data firm IHS Markit […]
“Monday, we’ll go from small parties to medium parties,” Legault told reporters, adding that outdoor team sports will resume as well. For restaurants and bars, up to 10 people can be seated at a table indoors and up to 20 people are allowed at each outside table. On Friday, outdoor festivals can start welcoming as […]
