N.S. forester concerned the woods are ‘taking a backseat to business’ | CBC News
“If people want good forestry, they’ve got to pay for good forestry,” he said.
Scientists find way to dissolve, recycle rubber from car tires | CBC News
They say the
properties that make tires durable on the road also make them difficult
to break down and repurpose, so most end up in landfills and storage
facilities, eventually leaching contaminants into the environment.
Canadian Renewables Stocks Deliver Benefits – The Energy Mix
Northland Power Inc., which operates solar and wind farms in Canada and Europe, saw its share prices rise 27%, the Globe said. Algonquin Power & Utilities Corporation, which owns wind, solar, and hydro facilities in Canada and the U.S., increased 34%. And global hydro, wind, and solar investor Brookfield Renewable Partners LP soared by nearly 72%.
“Not bad for utilities, and these returns don’t include the stocks’ impressive dividends,” wrote investment reporter David Berman. “The gains have easily beaten the broad S&P/TSX Composite Index, which is up 18.7% [in 2019]. And consider that the fossil fuel-heavy S&P/TSX Energy Index trails with gains of just 12.6%.”
BlackRock Joins Climate Accountability Campaign – The Energy Mix
“This announcement from BlackRock will lead to some uncomfortable shuffling in the boardrooms of Big Oil, power utilities, and other carbon-intensive industries,” added Carbon Tracker founder and chair Mark Campanale.
Climate Action 100+ “has the ambition of becoming the biggest, richest, and possibly most benevolent bully the corporate world has ever seen,” Bloomberg reports. “It is cajoling companies to detail exactly how climate change will affect their business, so shareholders can pull money from those that aren’t preparing for the future.
Gwich’in Urge Banks Against Arctic Oil and Gas – The Energy Mix
With the tide beginning to turn in their favour, she adds, the Gwich’in are ready to keep up the fight on all fronts, and uphold their responsibility to future generations.
“The Arctic refuge is not just a piece of land with oil underneath,” she says. “It’s the heart of our people; our food security, way of life, and very survival depend on its protection.”