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ÉTS first Montreal campus to become carbon neutral

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ÉTS, the engineering school of the Université du Québec network, has become the first university campus in Montreal to achieve carbon neutrality, reaching its goal nine years ahead of its initial 2030 target date.

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A new UN report from a global team of scientists is the most comprehensive and strongly worded assessment yet of the present condition and future trajectory of the Earth’s climate, concluding climate change is occurring faster than previously predicted.

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Canada needs to get as close as possible to eliminating methane emissions by the end of this decade to help reach its net-zero goal. The technologies to drastically cut emissions of this harmful pollutant are commercially available and economic.

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Ceres is coordinating a campaign, Food Emissions 50, that urges food companies to take stronger action on climate change as the buy-side focus on reducing emissions shifts beyond oil and gas. The initiative has published a list of 50 “high-emitting” companies.

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Northstar Clean Technologies (ROOF.WT-X) has successfully separated saleable liquid asphalt, fibre and aggregate from single-use shingles which would otherwise end up in landfills. Asphalt shingles are the fourth-largest category of construction waste according to the U.S. EPA.

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An innovative, prefabricated building with a passive house building envelop is planned for a surface parking lot on the southern end of Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. The nine-storey, mass timber building will contain 61 rental apartments.

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One of the best ways for companies to set sustainability and energy management goals, and to understand their ESG impact and opportunities, is to conduct materiality assessments. Home Depot outlined its materiality assessment framework in its 2021 ESG report.

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A Vancouver condo project is planning to build a 50,000-sq.-ft. facility for bicycles – among the largest of its kind in the world – to promote sustainable transportation.  Concord Pacific Developments Inc. announced that the Concord Metrotown community will include the facility.

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One of the reasons electric vehicle sales aren’t picking up quickly in Canada is the cost. Therefore, municipally-implemented policies such as lowering the price of parking are essential in incentivizing drivers to switch to low-emission cars.

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General Motors and BrightDrop, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GM focused on an all-electric future, have announced the new Ultium Charge 360 fleet charging service to streamline and accelerate electric vehicle adoption for commercial customers.

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Tesla plans to open its global charging network to allow rival brands of electric vehicles to power their batteries. Starting with its U.S. network later this year, the EV giant’s global charging network is set to follow soon after.

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Energy supplier EDF has launched a vehicle-to-grid  service for electric vehicle fleet owners, enabling drivers to charge their Nissan EVs when electricity is cheap and make money selling excess energy back to the grid at times of high demand.

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Cresta Fund Management bought a stake in idled Canadian Come-by-Chance oil refinery, with plans to convert it to produce green hydrogen fuels. Several refiners have since announced plans to convert their operations to renewable fuels production to reduce carbon emissions.

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Form Energy, funded by ArcelorMittal to develop long-duration battery systems, has introduced a rechargeable iron-air battery capable of delivering electricity for 100 hours at system costs competitive with conventional power plants and a 1/10th the cost of lithium-ion batteries.

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The federal government has announced $400 million for a project at ArcelorMittal Dofasco that the company says will result in a 60 per cent drop in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 7 years.

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Nova Scotia’s OTS Ltd. will help North American industries decrease carbon emissions by partnering with Svante Inc., Enbridge Inc. and Cross River Infrastructure Partners LLC to form Cross Carbon Ventures. The companies will explore opportunities to operate carbon capture projects.

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Microsoft’s dilemma underscores the challenge that companies face as they move to deliver on net-zero commitments. It’s not enough for businesses to zero out their own emissions; the corporate sector needs to address its debt.

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Investor demand for ESG products spiked as the pandemic put a lens on climate change and diversity issues, and businesses and governments looked for ways to fund their transitions to cleaner operations. Issuers sold $13.6 billion in ESG-linked bonds by July.

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Cloudflare, a web infrastructure company, is attempting to power an Internet with zero carbon emissions. The company says it will operate on 100 per cent renewable energy and remove all historical carbon its global network has emitted since its founding by 2025.

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A new study is urging the healthcare sector to lead the charge against the climate crisis. The first step in the Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization is for health systems to acknowledge the damage they do.

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