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The benefits of being a climate optimist

Corporate Knights

The year was 2005, and Samsø had been chosen by the Danish government as a showcase for its emerging expertise in renewable energy and other emission-cutting efforts. It would become the world’s first “renewable energy island,” completely free of fossil fuels. That was the promise. They are signs of catastrophic crisis.

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Budget 2023’s clean investments don’t add up

Corporate Knights

After last year’s budget, I submitted a media request asking the Department of Finance and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change how much they were set to spend to address the climate crisis in 2022. The official response was a shoulder shrug. They add up to $386 million, 0.02% of Canada’s GDP.