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BluWave-ai partners on EV electricity demand project

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BluWave-ai has partnered with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), and Hydro Ottawa on an initiative aimed at managing electric vehicle charging during peak demand periods.

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Aviation sector stakeholders are calling for an all-hands approach from the federal government and private sector to expand Canada’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.

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There’s a disconnect between Canadian IT leaders’ efforts to reduce e-waste at their companies, and how they manage corporate hardware devices. That’s the key finding of the inaugural report from Mississauga-based IoT solutions provider SOTI Inc.

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Telus Corp. is in the home stretch of its campaign to plant a million trees in Canada, part of its corporate pledge to become a zero-waste, carbon-neutral company by 2030.

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Plans are in the works for the first-ever mass timber Passive House condo project in Toronto, a venture between R-Hauz, Windmill Developments and Leader Lane that will include three six-storey residential buildings.

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Included in the transformation of the iconic Hudson’s Bay Company heritage building in Winnipeg is a plan to support low-carbon, low-energy ideals, including a 35 per cent reduction in energy consumption and an 81-per-cent reduction in GHG emissions.

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Developers are considering the long-term capital benefit of increasingly energy-efficient multifamily buildings. However, the uptake rate is still slow, according to panellists at Bisnow’s Bay Area Multifamily event on April 14.

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A plan to fast-track housing development in an ecologically diverse area teeming with old-growth trees and animal habitats is raising concerns for conservationists who’ve been fighting for years to protect the unspoiled land west of Halifax.

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Britain unveiled a new task force on Monday to write rules forcing financial firms and listed companies to publish plans from next year for transitioning to a net-zero economy by 2050.

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Cutting emissions from Canada’s oil sands by 40 per cent will cost between $45-billion and $65-billion from 2024 through 2030, according to a new analysis. It will need regulatory certainty and support at all levels of government to do so.

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Calgary-based TC Energy Corp. announced Tuesday that it has begun evaluating plans for a hydrogen production hub on a site near Crossfield, Alberta, where the company currently operates a natural gas storage facility.

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Over the first three quarters of 2021, storage companies raised US$5.5 billion in venture capital across 59 deals, compared to US$1.2 billion in all of 2020 over 91 deals. Toronto’s Hydrostor is one of the companies attracting investment globally.

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Taking hydrogen use to a new level, a plan for a hydrogen highway between southern California and Oregon along Interstate 5 could be a huge win for the planet.

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Research from NACFE and RMI shows that vans in the U.S. and Canada are 100 per cent electrifiable today. The report suggests that electrifying vans and step vans would avoid about 43.5 million tons of CO2 emissions annually.

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As the U.K. aims to cut its emissions by 68 per cent below 2013 levels by 2030, emission reductions are well underway in the power sector. Other sectors will have to play a bigger role, particularly industry, buildings and transport.

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Companies in the renewable energy field are excited about the implications of Newfoundland and Labrador’s abolition of a controversial moratorium on onshore wind energy production, although the provincial energy minister is hesitant to say how quickly things will start moving.

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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are trending behind large companies when it comes to sustainability disclosure and action, but represent a massive opportunity. What’s going on here, and how can we truly push for sustainable change among SMEs?

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The money lining up to fund early-stage carbon removal approaches is adding up quickly. Chris Sacca’s climate tech venture capital firm Lowercarbon Capital recently revealed it has created a $350 million fund focused exclusively on the category.

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We keep learning how interwoven racial injustice is within our systems, including our environmental systems. Now we need to actively embed justice throughout our ESG and corporate sustainability work, according to a report.

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The sustainable bonds market has exploded in recent years with the issuance of green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked bonds. However, to date, few green or sustainability-linked bonds have incorporated gender or other forms of diversity into their vehicles.

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