Laura Hamilton


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Former Bank of Canada Governor warns of carbon economy’s financial risks

Former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, whose foresight and guidance are widely recognized for navigating the Canadian economy safely through the 2008 global financial crises, made a momentous speech at a recent gathering of leading insurers organized by Lloyd’s of London. Carney, now the Governor of the Bank of England and […]


Regenerative Capitalism

Our economic system is broken; it’s unsustainable. John Fullerton, the founder and president of Capital Institute recently explained to a packed auditorium at the Centre for International Governance Innovation that the core assumption of how we generate our prosperity no longer works. Capital Institute is “a collaborative [that is] working […]


Don’t let the myths keep you from ‘falling in love’ with renewables!

  Do you want to fall in love renewables utterly and completely, but you’re still not sure if they can live up to their promises?  According to Amory Lovins, only the myths hold us back from complete surrender.  Watch this reassuring video from the Rocky Mountain Institute to understand that […]


The world market has ’embraced’ renewables and so should you!

    Amory Lovins explains in this video how the market place is falling in love with renewables. “Solar power is scaling up even faster than cell phones.”  Since 2008, half the world’s new electricity generating capacity has been renewable.  Lovins demonstrates how the lower cost, lower risk, and scalable mass-production of […]


Kiss Off Big Carbon!

Rolling Stone magazine knows it’s time to break up with fossil fuels, as Tim Dickinson explains in his January 2015 article The Logic of Divestment: Why We Have to Kiss Off Big Carbon Now.  “As climate-change activists pressure public institutions to dump their fossil-fuel investments, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the right thing […]


Stanford Professors Urge Withdrawal from Fossil Fuel Investments

  Prominent Stanford faculty call on the university’s endowment fund to pull out of all fossil fuel investments, not just coal.  Last May Stanford, which controls a $21.4bn endowment, eliminated direct investments in coal mining companies, making it the most prominent university to cut its ties to industries that cause climate […]