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Canada Not Yet Making the Electric Vehicle Grade
Posted by Michelle Cholak on November 15, 2016
Canadian provinces are not doing enough to get electric vehicles on the road, according to a new report from Simon Fraser University’s...
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The shifting power of cities
Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on October 03, 2016
Population predictions for the world’s largest cities in the 21st century (Part 2 of 2): New figures show the population of the world’s...
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Cities on the twenty-ninth day
Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on October 03, 2016
Population predictions for the world’s largest cities in the 21st century (Part 1 of 2): rapid urbanisation, if managed sustainably, could...
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The City: Where Hope Trumps Fear
Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on August 05, 2016
There are two important vantage points in every city – one from the rooftops and penthouses down, the other, from the ground up.Few are...
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The Brexit Vote: A Cities’ Perspective
Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on July 05, 2016
From the 14th to 17th Century, a collection of cities made up the Hanseatic League in what is now northern Europe. Stretching more than 2000 km...
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Making of a miracle – Canada’s approach to carbon-free energy
Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on March 10, 2016
Last December the world got a better understanding of the enormity of our energy challenge. In the year leading up to the Paris meeting, the...
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The powerful business case for sustainability
Posted by Michelle Cholak on March 02, 2016
With an investment of $46,186 between 2006 and 2008 to improve energy efficiency in his facility, Paul Rak, president of industrial capital...
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The world's 10 biggest cities in 2050
Posted by Michelle Cholak on February 29, 2016
The global population will grow at an unprecedented rate in the next century and research is being conducted by UOIT associate professor Daniel...
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Why companies are embracing the new sustainability imperative
Posted by Michelle Cholak on February 17, 2016
Business leaders are paid to focus on the bottom line, and they should. They acknowledge that environmental and social concerns deserve attention,...
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The stars align again for Oshawa – Electric vehicles on the rise
Posted by Daniel Hoornweg on January 25, 2016
People looking to the night skies this month have been treated to a rare alignment of the planets. Looking a little farther out on the horizon we...
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UOIT hosts Electric Vehicles in Ontario Workshop
Posted by Michelle Cholak on January 18, 2016
With the world promising to limit global warming to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, we need to explore...
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UOIT Breakfast Briefing explores Paris climate agreements
Posted by Michelle Cholak on January 14, 2016
Leaders from 195 countries reached a landmark agreement in December at the United Nations’ 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) that aims...
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