“What will become of all the skilled professionals losing jobs in finance?” So asks Dror Etzion, an assistant professor of strategy and organization at McGill University in Montreal. Etzion has a short essay in the summer edition of the MIT Sloan Management Review (subscription required) proposing that the thousands upon thousands ...

December 7 marks the start of a two week long negotiation session in Copenhagen to hammer out new international emissions reductions targets when the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. So where does Canada stand in advance of these talks? We’ve got the worst record when it comes to climate change ...

UPDATE: The Clean 15 website has been swamped with traffic the past few days, which has caused some technical difficulties in processing online applications. Those who submitted applications over the past three days need to re-apply by emailing info@clean15.com to receive an application form in Word format. Fill it out ...

The Ontario government just threw the future of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. into further doubt yesterday when energy minister George Smitherman announced the province will not proceed with the purchase of new nuclear reactors, at least for the time being.

Electrovaya (TSX: EFL), a small Mississauga, Ont.-based battery maker, has partnered with oil giant Exxon Mobil to launch an electric car-sharing program. The venture is out of character for Exxon Mobil, which has long been derided by environmentalists for its global warming skepticism and commitment to a fossil fuel future, ...

Suncor Energy published its corporate sustainability report last week, trumpeting improvements in absolute water use (a 22% reduction over the past six years) and land reclamation (more than 1,000 hectares reclaimed). It also included some interesting claims about CO2 emissions.

The electric car has many barriers to adoption, the cost of the battery being a major one. California-based firm Better Place is proposing a solution: customers don't pay for the battery at all. Instead, they pay for electricity as they would minutes on a cell phone, or go to battery ...

Much hoopla has been made about the promise of “green” jobs, particularly in relation to how such jobs could help alleviate the pain of a struggling manufacturing industry. But actual growth has been difficult to quantify in the North American context thus far, despite numerous projections from various industry groups ...

The Alberta government has more than $120 million ready to spend on projects that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and last month appointed long-time oilsands exec Eric Newell to oversee the distribution of those dollars.

Since Magna International founder and chairman Frank Stronach was in Ottawa yesterday announcing his intention to build electric cars in Canada (and perhaps scrounging for federal funds to help with the effort), I thought it appropriate to post a previously unpublished interview I did back in January with Ted Robertson, ...