NATIONAL HEADLINES 2 AUGUST 2018 |
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Investing and divesting to fight climate change “For more than three years, $10,000 has been sitting in my RRSP holding account doing nothing — shrinking with inflation — as I struggled with a paralysis unique to our age. I need to make this money grow, but at the same time, we are in the midst of a climate emergency caused by the very growth I need to embrace. “Thus inspired, I am launching an experiment: is it possible for me — a small fry retail investor with a moderate appetite for risk — to invest and grow my $10,000 with zero direct exposure to fossil fuels, while avoiding tobacco, weapons, and everything else I don’t want to support? Can I grow this money and make the world a better place at the same time?” From part one in a series by longtime Tyee contributing editor Christopher Pollon. |
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Divesting From Fossil Fuels Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis And you’ll still make money from your investments. Second of three parts. By Christopher Pollon. Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Watching Whales Die ‘First they enthralled me. Now they haunt me.’ Notes from a whale watching boat. By Casey Brant. Friday, July 27, 2018. Fourteen Steps to Fascism How do Trump’s America and Canada stack up against Umberto Eco’s prescient prescription for ‘Ur-Fascism’? By Crawford Kilian. Monday, July 30, 2018. Reconciliation and the ‘Right to Roam’ Lifting settler-imposed no trespassing rules a small step in shifting the ‘intrusion narrative.’ By Matthew Robert Anderson. Thursday, August 2, 2018. Kinder Morgan Protesters Say Pipeline Threatens Orcas Southern resident killer whale population in decline as marine traffic increases. By Alastair Spriggs. Wednesday, August 1, 2018. |
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