Forest fires are a fact of life in Canada. Every year, thousands of fires break out in Canadian forests. Most of these firest are small, but a few grow to engulf hundreds – or even thousands – of
Cities throughout the world are grappling with skyrocketing housing costs, spurred by gentrification and rampant inflation. An increasingly widespread housing crisis has taken hold even in places that
Investment in solar power is due to overtake oil production in 2023. Spending on clean energy projects has already begun to overtake investment in fossil fuels, but this will mark the first year that
New York City currently has an office vacancy rate of 17.4%, a figure that has skyrocketed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. As urbanists Edward Glaeser and Carlo Ratti claim, this empty
Sweden's transition from oil to heat pumps has helped bring about a significant decrease in carbon emissions, and its approach holds important lessons for Canada. Heat pumps are a more energy
The Greater Montreal Climate Fund has entered into a partnership with Efficiency Capital to launch a new program called MultiRés, a retrofit program that aims to decarbonize multi-unit residential
Germany is urging world leaders to come together and declare an end to the use of fossil fuels. As well as creating a plan for phasing out fossil fuel production, Germany has called for setting
The German government has approved a bill that bans the installation of most new oil and gas heating systems from 2024 in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change.
The ban
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has launched a new video designed to help municipalities identify ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by retrofitting community buildings. The video
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Subsidies to the industry paradoxically increases our addiction in many ways. Despite the fact that the International Monetary Fund and The Economist has been