Is the Canadian Federal Government doing enough to create taxation incentives for SMBs to help them take advantage of green innovation?
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By Leanne Tobias
A heads up for real estate professionals: H.R. 2454, the cap and trade legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, if passed into law, would have a profound effect on the real estate sector.
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The low-carbon revolution is not going to happen by itself, says Andrew Pendleton. In this week’s Green Room, he calls on governments put the necessary frameworks in place that will allow the private sector to roll out the technologies needed…
A global carbon trading network will be vital to preventing dangerous climate change, a new report commissioned by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown concluded yesterday.
The report makes clear that without a global system for carbon trading, the ability of countries…
Jul 10, 2009 04:30 AM
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Carol Goar
As long as it isn’t expensive, noisy, inconvenient, uncomfortable or labour-intensive, we’re eager to save the environment.
Little wonder our greenhouse gas emissions keep climbing. Little wonder Canada produces more municipal…
By Shari Shapiro and Chris Cheatham – Shari Shapiro and Chris Cheatham
Today, the Waxman-Markey bill, otherwise known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is set to be voted on in the House of Representatives. The very…
As the Senate debates the American Clean Energy and Security Act recently passed in the House that attempts to create a cap-and-trade scheme for carbon emissions in the U.S. similar to Europe’s, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has been ramping up…
One of the greatest threats to our future society and economy is global warming. It is estimated that the CO2 emissions of the ICT industry alone exceeds the carbon output of the entire aviation industry. The ICT industry and research…
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By Matt B, Zerofooprint
The global consensus on climate change and growing urgency among governments to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions means that carbon is rapidly becoming a liability across all business activities. How does that translate…
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The “Green Shift” plan released earlier this week by Stephane Dion is the first federal move toward taxing carbon use and giving tax breaks and deductions to companies that employ…
