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COP21

Conservative politics, business and COP21

Businesses and their liberal allies surge towards a greener future after Paris...but conservatives risk being left in the dust.

Town rejects solar panels, citing fears they would 'suck up' sun's energy and cause cancer

The U.S. town council of Woodland, North Carolina voted against a rezoning proposal last week that would have paved the path for a solar farm. The town also voted for a moratorium on...

Vancouver-based social enterprise Plastic Bank wins big at COP21

Vancouver-based social enterprise Plastic Bank won the Sustania award at the COP21 Paris climate talks in Paris.  The award is based on 10 top  sustainability solutions and...

B.C. is home to a green building renaissance

Mapping out the clean economy as a new, green, civilization slowly dawns.

Paris vs. Copenhagen: global majority now committed to climate action

Copenhagen 2009 ended in failure. The global climate commitment has grown dramatically, but will it be enough heading into Paris 2015? Here's the new landscape.