ECO Canada Opens Science Horizons Youth Internship Program for 2021 and 2022 Placements

ECO CANADA

November 15, 2021

Calgary, AB - ECO Canada, the steward for Canada’s environmental workforce, has announced it is running the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program for 2021-22, supporting Canadian companies in hiring junior talent. The program is funded through Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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Nonprofit finds hope against wildfires with unexpected ally: charcoal

Grist News

September 17, 2021

To capture carbon and jumpstart forest thinning, Methow Valley couple – and Washington taxpayers – bet on biochar.

The US is about to go all-in on paying farmers and foresters to trap carbon

Grist News

July 7, 2021

The problem is, it’s unclear if “carbon offsets” even work.

The secret life of soy

GreenBiz Group

May 21, 2021

Beef rightly gets attention when we think of the foods destroying South America’s forests, but the second-most important driver of deforestation is less known to people outside of food and agriculture. Perhaps that’s because it’s not something that ends up on our plate every meal — soy. Around three-quarters of global soy production is used to feed pigs, farmed fish, chickens and dairy

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Have you been doing environmentalism wrong?

Grist News

April 28, 2021

"The environment is really the only major global crisis that we assume you can solve from your kitchen."

How much forest did we lose in 2020? Like, a Netherlands’ worth

Grist News

March 30, 2021

Report: Dry, fiery weather is killing the world's trees

Why corporate action to protect water and forests makes good business sense

Ethical Corporation

March 22, 2021

If water is the lifeblood that runs through our planet, then the world’s forests are its lungs. Both are vital to the living foundation that underpins our society and the global economy. As we celebrate World Water Day and the International Day of Forests, we need to talk about the private sector’s role in shaping a more sustainable, deforestation-free and water-secure future. The climate crisis

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz Group

March 4, 2021

Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. Nordea Asset Management, which manages roughly $280 billion, gave several reasons for the decision, including JBS’s links to farms involved in Amazon

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An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

GreenBiz Group

March 2, 2021

On June 23, Amazon commenced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to further endeavors to become net-zero by 2040. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030.  These commitments and

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An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

GreenBiz Group

March 2, 2021

On June 23, Amazon commenced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to further endeavors to become net-zero by 2040. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030.  These commitments and

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