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Power Sustainable prioritizes clean energy for $10B Canada investment

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Power Sustainable backs clean energy in $10B investment

Power Sustainable plans to invest more than $10 billion in Canadian infrastructure and companies over the next five years, with clean energy among the key areas of focus for the Montreal-based alternative asset manager.

Construction starts on Canada's largest CCS project

Ground has been broken on the Origins Carbon Capture Storage Hub near Clive, Alta. The project, being developed by Enhance Energy Inc., is set to become Canada’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project when operations begin in 2027.

Next Hydrogen’s new CEO charts path to commercialization

Turning promising hydrogen technology into a commercial business will be the central task for Jocelyne Moyer, the new president and CEO of Mississauga-based Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc. (NXH-X), as the company pursues opportunities in hydrogen fuelling and nuclear fusion.

New tariffs hitting Canadian cleantech 'quickly'

The fresh wave of U.S. tariffs rippling rapidly through Canada’s cleantech sector is compounding 18 months of trade war “uncertainty shock,” hitting startups and smaller companies hardest, according to a new survey. 

ZEV market share stays flat in Q2: StatsCan

Despite an increase in units sold, market share for zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), remained almost unchanged at 10.7 per cent in Q2, compared with 10.8 per cent in Q1, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.

Only 15,603 Chinese-made EVs have entered Canada

Fewer than 16,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) have entered Canada since January under a trade deal struck between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of what Ottawa described as a “new strategic partnership.”

Hiring at the NextStar battery plant is still at 1,300 people

Nearly a year after completing construction of its $5-billion Windsor battery plant, NextStar Energy has yet to meet its commitment to hire 2,500 workers, despite a federal funding agreement requiring it to do so within a year of completion.

Moment Energy attains verified FEOC status in U.S.

An independent legal review has confirmed Surrey, B.C.-based Moment Energy’s non-Prohibited Foreign Entities status and Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) compliance for its new battery energy storage system in the U.S.  

NorthX invests $2.5M in 5 women-led climate tech ventures

NorthX Climate Tech, a non-profit investor in climate technology companies, announced $2.5 million in funding for five women-led ventures developing technologies that cut emissions, reduce waste, protect critical infrastructure and build domestic manufacturing capacity across critical Canadian industries.

Saint-Gobain expands gypsum recycling efforts in Quebec

Saint-Gobain Canada has launched its new CertainTeed Recycle program in Quebec to help the construction industry divert gypsum waste from landfills. The permit will allow CertainTeed’s gypsum recycling program to divert up to 80,000 tonnes of gypsum waste per year.

‘No way’ Canada can meet its 2030 climate target

Canada’s progress against greenhouse gas emissions is stalling, according to a new analysis that concludes the country’s climate target for 2030 is so far out of reach that it likely won’t even be met by 2050.

Ottawa launches consultations for a water security strategy

The federal government is asking Canadians to help shape the country’s first water security strategy as competing demands, climate change and tensions with the U.S. raise the stakes for the country’s freshwater resources.

Google signs its biggest rice-methane carbon credit deal

Google has agreed to buy one million carbon credits from Indian climate tech startup Mitti Labs through 2030, in what the companies say is the largest publicly announced deal to date for credits generated from cutting methane emissions in rice farming.

Nike investors reject climate disclosure proposal

Nike (NKE-N) shareholders have rejected a proposal seeking greater transparency over the company’s climate strategy, leaving investors without a detailed account of how it plans to meet its 2030 emissions targets.

Climeworks increases CO2 capture sixfold

Swiss carbon removal company Climeworks said its Mammoth facility in Iceland removed 675 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the first half of this year, almost six times as much as a year earlier.

August was Earth’s hottest month measured: scientists

Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus.

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