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B.C.'s Adera spreads word about mass timber building construction
B.C.'s Adera spreads word about mass timber
The term “mass timber” might conjure up straight-grained lumber milled from gigantic old-growth Douglas fir and Western red cedars forests — the backbone of B.C.’s housing and forestry industry until quite recently. In fact, the opposite is true.
Schneider Electric exec joins iMasons Climate Accord
Schneider Electric SE has announced that Anna Timme, its head of sustainability in secure power and data centres, will serve on the governing body of the iMasons Climate Accord, a cooperative of companies focused on reducing carbon in digital infrastructure.
Canada promises billions in clean energy tax credits
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fall economic update creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production.
Canada's blue economy startup ecosystem leaders
Startup Genome has published its first “blue economy” report, naming four Canadian ecosystems to its list of the best 35 cities and regions for ocean technology startups in the world.
Banking climate alliance 'quiet quits' net-zero
The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero is keeping emission reduction commitments voluntary for the banks and asset owners, after a flurry of reports that major banks were planning to quit or were at risk of being kicked out.
Carney says his green banking alliance will survive
A global alliance of financial institutions aiming for net-zero carbon emissions can still reach its goals even after relaxing its criteria for membership, says Mark Carney, the multitrillion-dollar group’s co-founder.
Westbridge acquires Canadian solar-storage project
Westbridge Renewable Energy Corporation has acquired a 300 MW plus 200 MW battery project in Alberta. The Eastervale project is located in the municipality of Provost, in east-central Alberta.
Inuit community leads Arctic shift to clean energy
Atagotaaluk is standing only a few metres away from the construction site of Innavik, a hydro-grid that will allow the community of Inukjuak, Que., to stop using dirty diesel energy and heating oil, and move towards sustainable alternatives instead.
CPP Investments rejects fossil fuel divestment
The CEO of the pension fund that controls retirement investments for 21 million Canadians has reconfirmed his position that “engagement,” not divestment from fossil fuel companies, is the right way forward during the global energy transition.
Canada pitches natural gas to non-buying Europe
Canadians are being sold on a future of natural gas exports to Europe just as European countries speed up their exit from all fossil fuels, says a leading energy transition researcher who’s just finished a series of two-week fact-finding visits.
Ontario housing bill could kill millions of birds
The government of Ontario introduced a bill to remove restrictions that they claim are driving up the cost of housing and slowing construction. Experts say it would impact biodiversity and bird migration routes in the Americas.
Change necessary when wrestling climate impacts
Designers, builders and architects need to pressure their communities, policy-makers and others to focus on negative emissions technology, renewables and electrification to wrestle climate change here and around the globe.
The IRA could balloon to $1T
While the U.S. government set the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to spend $374 billion over the next decade, professor Leah Stokes says its actual figure could reach as far as $1 trillion due to uncapped financial incentives.
5 charts to show how renewable energy has soared
A lot of the metrics on climate change are heading in the wrong direction - but the global dash for renewable energy gives us something positive to cling to as the world meets against at COP27.
Net-zero pledges unrealistic: Report
The Land Gap Report, which was released by the University of Melbourne, found an overemphasis on natural carbon capture methods like planting trees in net-zero pledges, rather than reducing emissions.
Raising carbon price could save planet: OECD
Raising effective carbon prices would generate additional government revenue and lower greenhouse gas emissions, according to an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report released Thursday.
Study challenges carbon credit fraud assumptions
Voluntary carbon credits might not be as bad as widely assumed, according to new research from carbon credits ratings firm Sylvera.
Why methane threatens climate stability
After being largely ignored for decades, scientists now know that methane is much more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas in the short term. Scientists continue to discover new emissions sources.
World's biggest brands set to miss plastic targets
Some of the world’s biggest consumer goods companies, including PepsiCo, Mars and Nestle, are almost certain to miss a target to make plastic packaging more sustainable by 2025, according to a new report published on Wednesday.
Ocean climate tech deserves more respect
More entrepreneurs and companies should center the ocean in their climate action plans, echoed two longtime ocean scientists and experts last week during a VERGE 22 keynote.
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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