Carbon & Sustainability
BlackRock gives clients greater voting choice amid ESG scrutiny
Monday, June 13, 2022, 6:49 AM MDT
(Bloomberg) — BlackRock Inc. is expanding efforts to give clients invested in index funds the ability to vote their own…
N.L. sets up panel to prepare for 2041 end of Churchill Falls hydro deal with Quebec
Thursday, May 12, 2022, 6:12 AM MDT
The Newfoundland and Labrador government has established a panel to examine how the province could capitalize on the end of…
Record profits for oil companies should be invested in climate action: Guilbeault
Thursday, May 5, 2022, 2:49 PM MDT
Canada's big oil companies are making record profits this year and should be using some of that extra cash to…
Kiwetinohk keeps an eye on future technologies while focusing on ‘immediate action’ to reduce emissions, says Carlson
Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 6:26 AM MDT
In the DOB’s Engaging with our Future leadership series, Bill Whitelaw, managing director of Sustainability and Strategy at geoLOGIC systems ltd., sits down with some…
Groups want educational materials from fossil fuel companies out of B.C. classrooms
Friday, March 4, 2022, 6:23 AM MST
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment wants to stop fossil fuel companies from providing educational materials to public…
French power-plant emissions rebound after gas-to-coal switches
Monday, February 28, 2022, 6:42 AM MST
Greenhouse-gas emissions from France’s power sector increased 10 per cent last year as rising natural-gas prices pushed electricity producers to…
Chevron targets 5 U.S. well sites in project to curb emissions
Friday, February 25, 2022, 7:18 AM MST
Chevron Corp. is looking to show it can lower methane emissions at five oil well sites in Texas and Colorado…
Biden urged to declare ‘climate emergency’
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 6:33 AM MST
Biden’s signature environmental legislation indefinitely stalled, progressive Democrats and activists are lobbying the White House to declare a “climate emergency”…
Methane emissions higher than countries claim, says IEA
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 6:04 AM MST
The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that emissions of planet-warming methane from oil, gas and coal production are significantly higher than governments claim.…
RBC faces shareholder vote on climate standards
Thursday, February 17, 2022, 6:59 AM MST
Royal Bank of Canada shareholders will vote on whether the bank should tighten its standards for sustainable finance, action inspired…
Houston biotech startup will use microbes to make hydrogen from oil
Thursday, February 17, 2022, 6:53 AM MST
Houston biotech startup Cemvita Factory is partnering with U.S. gas-equipment manufacturer Chart Industries Inc. to use oil-eating microbes to make hydrogen. The venture, which…
Marathon Petroleum eyes 15% reduction in consumer-related emissions
Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 2:31 PM MST
Marathon Petroleum Corp. aims to reduce emissions from the burning of the fossil fuels it produces by 15 per cent…
