Stay Connected              April 15, 2015  Editor's Choice Cap and Trade System to Limit Greenhouse Gas Pollution in Ontario "To fight climate change - one of the greatest challenges mankind has faced - Ontario is putting a limit on the main sources of greenhouse gas pollution through a cap and trade system to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink and the health of our children and grandchildren." With this terse statement Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne confirmed what had been predicted for some time in media reports that the province would link up with Québec and California in a cap and trade carbon market system under the auspices of the Western Climate Initiative. British Columbia begins work on Climate Action Plan 2.0 Building on British Columbia's climate success in advance of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris this December, Premier Christy Clark announced the Province is challenging other jurisdictions to match or exceed the world-leading standard B.C. has set for climate action. Why do so many innovative ideas fail to reach the marketplace? Find Out Here. Entrepreneurs face enormous challenges in securing the financial support needed to perfect their innovations or to break into the marketplace. Join the GLOBE Foundation for aFREE Webinar on practical steps Small and Medium Size companies can take to overcome these challenges and to learn more about the GLOBE Mentorship Program that provides personalized support to help you in your journey to the marketplace.  April 28, 2015 12:00 (noon) to 1:00 pm Pacific Standard Time. Register Here.  More News Closing the $70 Billion Climate Finance Gap - End Fossil Fuel Subsidies Seventy billion dollars is the gap in the amount of climate finance that developed countries have promised to provide to developing countries annually by 2020, says the World Bank. And it's an amount that can be easily financed through the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies according to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. GE to Sell Most GE Capital Assets, Embraces its Industrial Core GE will sell most of its GE Capital assets by 2018, a move that will reshape the company and further the role of its industrial businesses as the principal source of GE's earnings.GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt, who announced the plan  has said he wants to "profoundly change the company" and "lead the next generation of industrial progress."  Energy Transition Fast Forward: Scouting the Solutions for the Renewable Economy Impact Economy has launched a report on disruptive innovation opportunities in the renewable energy industry. The lead question was what would need to happen if we were to dramatically accelerate the energy transition under way. Which technologies should we back, and how can we get them to market much faster? The changing face of electricity generation - jobs in the coal industry plummet In the four years following the 2008 recession, the U.S. coal industry lost more than 49,000 jobs, while the natural gas, solar and wind industries together created nearly four times that amount, according to a new Duke University study. New York adds $160 million for clean energy investments New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced an additional $160 million investment to grow large scale clean energy projects as part of the State's Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) strategy.  Economies that go 100% renewable could save $520 Billion a year Adopting targets to go 100% renewable could save the world's biggest economies a combined US$520 billion each year according to a new report, a fact which is reflected in the growing number of businesses going 100% renewable in the US. Yukon's Environment Act Simplified Last year, in 2014 the Government of Yukon, following the example set by the Canadian Federal Government, amended its main environmental statute, The Environment Act to simplify and reduce regulatory uncertainty and duplication. Stay on top of changes in the regulatory landscape. Woodlands revival adds new piece to carbon cycle puzzle Despite continuing concern about the fate of iconic rainforests, new research shows that the world's forests have stored away an extra 4 billion tonnes of carbon in the last dozen years and the total amount of woodland has increased worldwide since 2003. 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