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Geotab forms sustainable vehicle fleet alliance
Geotab forms sustainable vehicle fleet alliance
Geotab Inc., a Toronto-based company specializing in fleet management products, has formed the Geotab Sustainability Alliance to share innovations and data for fleet decarbonization with its industry peers. Founding members include Deloitte, Lion Electric, Siemens and 7Gen.
Malahat Nation to build battery-systems factory
The Malahat First Nation is preparing to build a 100,000-square-foot facility for battery energy storage systems. The joint venture with Vancouver-based Energy Plug Technologies (PLUG-CN) involves assembling systems to aid in the shift to electricity and green energy.
Canada Nickel gets investment from Samsung SDI
Canada Nickel Company (CNC-X) has entered into an agreement with Samsung SDI to make a $24.8 million investment in Canada Nickel. Upon closing, Samsung SDI will own approximately 15.6 million common shares of Canada Nickel.
Renewable energy growth must accelerate to reach goal: IEA
Global renewable energy is expected to grow by two and a half times by 2030, but governments need to go further to triple it by then, as agreed to at UN climate talks, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
SolarBank N.Y. project completes mechanical construction
Toronto-based SolarBank Corp. (SUNN-CN) says it has completed mechanical construction on the 3.7-megawatt DC Geddes project that is being developed by the company in Geddes, N.Y. The project is expected to become operational during the second quarter.
Lafarge to supply low-carbon cement to housing project
Lafarge Canada is parthering with nidus3D to supply its OneCem low-carbon cement to Canada’s largest 3D-printed housing project, aimed at addressing the challenges faced by the SikSika Nation. OneCem offers a greenhouse gas reduction of up to 10 per cent.
Federal government supports Big Oil’s costly climate scam
OPINION: Amid all the good cheer inside the boardrooms of Canada’s oil companies, one could easily lose sight of the fact that their expansion plans will push the world dangerously closer to the brink of irreversible climate chaos.
BlackRock, State Street singled out in ESG voting study
A study examining how often asset managers vote in accordance with climate goals has singled out BlackRock and State Street for consistently blocking green resolutions. BlackRock, the world’s largest investment manager, supported just two of 20 climate resolutions in 2023.
Rental giant Hertz dumps EVs, including Teslas, for gas cars
Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ-Q) is selling about 20,000 electric vehicles (EVs), including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet about two years after a deal with the automaker to offer its vehicles for rent, another sign that EV demand has cooled.
Electric garbage trucks clean up in a variety of ways
In December, Ontario's Peel Region began pilot-testing its first electric garbage truck, roughly a year after a similar pilot launched in Squamish, B.C. Officials in both communities say the move won't just cut emissions but will also reduce noise pollution.
3 ways to help EV charging bloom in ‘charging deserts’
More than seven in 10 EV chargers in the U.S. are in the country’s wealthiest counties, according to recent research, while many rural, low-income and disadvantaged communities have few if any places for EV drivers to plug in.
Texas town is home to state’s first all-EV school bus fleet
The Martinsville Independent School District used a U.S. federal grant to replace four buses, which started transporting students last month. The principal believes he will save enough money on gas to hire a new teacher.
Breathing life into the Gulf of St. Lawrence dead zone
Oxygen created from the production of green hydrogen could help stem a growing dead zone at the bottom of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, according to new research by Canadian scientists.
Carbon offsets helping protect B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest
The Guardian Watchmen is an Indigenous-led conservation program in the Great Bear Rainforest, which stretches from central B.C. to Alaska. Unlike park rangers, whose salaries are paid for with tax dollars, Guardian Watchmen are partially funded by carbon offsets.
Provinces need to play ball with each other on electricity
OPINION: Canada’s grids stand apart from one another like islands: for the most part, each province has its own electricity system. There are fewer interconnections east-west in this country than there is capacity to export to the United States.
3 technologies helping the aluminum industry decarbonize
Aluminum is a vital metal for modern life. Its properties allow cars to move faster and the functioning of countless industries and products that define life today – from drinks cans to smartphones. However, it can be highly energy-intensive to produce.
Ottawa company designs eco-friendly 'Zamboni'
Over the past 10 years, GREINS Environmental Technologies has designed and patented the first retrofit technology that can be installed on any ice resurfacing machine that recycles ice shavings through reheating and filtering processes instead of discarding them outside.
U.S. commercial building industry faces milestone year
U.S. buildings are on average 26 per cent more energy efficient than they were in 1990. But the progress in energy efficiency is entirely canceled out by the development of new buildings and their additional emissions.
Thai-Swiss deal sets Paris Agreement carbon offsets in action
A Thai electric bus operator has sold the initial carbon offsets under a new system established by the Paris Agreement to a Swiss fossil fuel group. Their deal marks a milestone in the implementation of the eight-year-old UN climate accord.
Contact lens maker installs microgrid at Calif. facility
Staar Surgical, a contact lens manufacturer, has installed a rooftop solar microgrid atop its production facility in Lake Forest, Calif. to reduce energy costs and prevent operational downtime in the event of a grid outage.
Industry Events
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Canada Green Building Council: Building Lasting Change 2024
Jun 05 2024
to Jun 06 2024
Toronto
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Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Aug 16 2024
to Aug 18 2024
Vancouver, Canada
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