Urgent changes needed to cut risk of extreme heat, drought, floods and poverty, says IPCC
Climate change is a strangely divisive topic. While it is a scientific certainty, there are many who look for ways to avoid reality. While this might have been possible at one point, it's become far too late to ignore global warming.
Energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie expects global peak oil demand to come around 2036 as EVs and autonomous vehicle are expected to dent demand for crude oil products
More and more evidence is mounting this week to suggest that Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office has banned government agencies from talking about c...
Could the recent sale of a Toronto condo for cryptocurrency be the first sign of a shift in the condo industry towards use of digital currencies?
Electric car maker Tesla Motors Canada ULC is suing the Ontario government, claiming it has been treated unfairly in the government's decision to cancel an electric vehicle rebate.
Recreational cannabis will be sold online in Ontario when legalized this fall and in private retail stores across the province early next year, the government announced Monday, reversing the previous administration's plan to distribute cannabis through publicly owned outlets.
The genius mind behind the branding of the Peak Demand community belongs to none other than Chris Corridore.
Blockchain technologies have the potential to revolutionize the electricity marketplace, enabling peer-to-peer transactions that eliminate middlemen. Think solar rooftop owners who want to sell their excess power to neighbors, not utilities.
Companies are developing a crypto token that represents carbon credits to be traded on a blockchain ledger, creating a more efficient and transparent method for exchanging the valuable certificates tied to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
UK based machine learning start-up Verv executed the UK’s first physical energy trade on the blockchain in 2017. Now it’s partnering with Ocean Energy to develop its longer term goal, an energy information marketplace.
The bitcoin network currently uses as much electricity as Ireland and is set to consume 0.5 per cent of all the world’s electric energy by the end of this year, according to new calculations.
For all the buzz around wind, solar and electric cars, energy company executives had plenty to say Tuesday about the continuing role of fossil fuels and nuclear power at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Future of Energy Summit.
It could be a breakthrough in verification, reaching far beyond self-interested audiences.
While on the surface it makes sense to do the right thing for our planet, it’s not making economic cents. So as waste piles up in various countries around the world, could blockchain be the answer?
A plastic widget is born in a factory in China. Its life expectancy is roughly two human years. By the time it retires to a tropical island—the beautiful Great Pacific Garbage Patch—or is laid to rest at the New York city dump, it will have crossed one ocean by air and two countries by truck, thrice-repackaged. At every junction in the life cycle of one plastic widget, there is a choice. Heads or tails? Each choice is one of trillions that can form one massive effort to conserve resources, protect the environment, and slow down the impact of consumerism. Or, they can buy us all a one-way ticket to the island of plastic. In this post, we'll dive into quick, green ways to level up in four areas of your business. Plus, get inspired by 18 Shopify stores on racking up some serious good karma.
Can Blockchain Power The Energy Business?
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