On October 20th when I heard Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau tell the world “On behalf of 35 million Canadians, we’re back,” I teared up and was surprised that my lingering concerns had been temporarily overpowered by hope. But two weeks later, those concerns are still with me as I […]
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 […]
In a recent opinion piece for the National Observer, author and Cleantech advocate Tom Rand outlines why our need to transition to low carbon energy sources is so urgent, and how current advances in renewable energy solutions can make that possible – if there is sufficient will to act […]
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 […]
Divestment is about power. The movement to divest from fossil fuels is powerful because it shines a light on Canada’s unfair climate politics. The fossil fuel industry has abused the incredible political power that we have given them. It’s time to take that power away. Their funding of climate […]
I’ve been in a relationship with the fossil fuel industry my whole life. Now that I understand the math of climate change, I know it’s time to break up! In the spirit of our Love Letter Contest, I have used Go Fossil Free’s Top 10 Reasons to Divest as an inspiration for this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
