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Here we go again: Ontario’s reckless nuclear gamble

Corporate Knights

Demand for power reached its all-time high of 27,000 MW in the summer of 2006 and declined to 22,600 MW by 2022. Nevertheless, the government expedited approval of new gas power plants, and we all know how that went. The gap never materialized. Now it is 2023.

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BlackRock Acquires Infrastructure Giant GIP for $12.5 Billion

ESG Today

Investment giant BlackRock announced today the acquisition of infrastructure investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in a cash and stock deal valuing the company at $12.5 billion, citing emerging long-term opportunities in areas including decarbonization, energy security, digital infrastructure, and supply chain transitions.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

"We have an opportunity to extend the recent response of regulators, businesses and investors on climate change to nature; both are interrelated and both pose a systemic risk to the global economy.". The idea was born during MacArthur’s three-year-long "journey of discovery" around the world from 2006 to 2009. . "If