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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

In background briefings, officials said the announcement makes Canada the first of the world’s wealthiest countries to publish a detailed implementation plan for a pledge that was first announced at the G20 leaders’ summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets?

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Employee Spotlight: How These Magenta Rock Stars Go Green

3BL Media

wireless industry to set science-based targets (SBTs) to significantly cut its carbon emissions by 2025 and help the company mitigate the risks of climate change. When the Un-carrier made headlines to earn that industry-first RE100 commitment earlier this year, it also achieved those carbon targets four years ahead of schedule.

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Delivering pledges to net zero essential if Paris targets to be met, says IEMA

Envirotec Magazine

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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Delivering pledges to net zero essential if Paris targets to be met, says IEMA

Envirotec Magazine

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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Satellite images prompt felling trees to help peatlands recover

Envirotec Magazine

Bunloit Estate owner Jeremy Leggett, a former climate campaigner at Greenpeace International and 2009 Hilary Laureate for International Leadership on Climate Change, is trying to crowdsource land ownership in Scotland.

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The JUST Report: Building Bridges on the Stakeholder Approach

Just Capital

JetBlue shifts its sustainability strategy, choosing to focus on the increasing viability of green aviation fuel rather than carbon offsets. Nowhere is the difference between nominal and real values in wages more stark than with the minimum wage, which has had a 28% reduction in purchasing power since 2009.

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The ESG Interview: Profits that Don’t Cost the Earth

Chris Hall

Climate change impacts are “stressing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture, increasingly hindering efforts to meet human needs”. We try and create a positive impact on soil health and biodiversity, and carbon capture and climate change as well. “We million carbon offsets credits, of which 1.1