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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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have…
Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:53am EDT
By Jeff Mason and Claudia Parsons
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao announced new goals on Tuesday to slow the growth in his country’s carbon dioxide emissions while U.S. President Barack Obama warned time…
Source: Softchoice (29/04/2009)
April 29, 2009 – Toronto – Softchoice Corporation (TSX: SO) today announced the release of the Company’s first annual Corporate Sustainability Report. The report was created in accordance with the guidelines established by the Global Reporting Initiative (GR…
Since the dawn of the industrial era the build up of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere has increase from 278 parts per million (PPM) to 379 ppm in 2005. According to scientists the maximum allowable CO2 build up…
The volume of carbon emissions traded worldwide grew 6 per cent in the second quarter of 2009. The growth came on the back of a surge in speculative trading in US regional carbon allowances.
New Carbon Finance (NCF) market analysis shows…
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…
Strategic Developments for a Low-Carbon Economy
August 26, 10am – 3pm
PowerStream Head Office,
161 Cityview Boulevard, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
A New Way of Thinking:
Industry leaders from across sectors are invited to participate in the development of a new sustainability strategy. Based on collaborative…
By Elanor Ravelle, in the Evanston Roundtable, On July 28th 2009
RoundTable readers are probably most familiar with carbon footprint calculators that estimate the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by a person’s daily activities. (Some calculators include other greenhouse gases…
An agreement on clear, practical goals could achieve major reductions in emissions
Tony Blair
former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The leaders of the world’s largest economies will meet in L’Aquila, Italy, at the Major Economies Forum (MEF) this week to discuss…
By Peter Griffiths
OXFORD (Reuters) – Public awareness about the “catastrophe” of climate change is not high enough to pressure politicians into taking action, former Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday.
Gore, who shared a Nobel Prize in 2007 for his…
