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Pyrowave electrifies microwave-based plastic recycling
Pyrowave electrifies microwave plastic recycling
Pyrowave, a Montreal-headquartered firm, is looking to make its mark in the plastic recycling industry with its use of energy efficient, electric microwaves to produce an almost pure, traceable plastic polymer that broadens the recycling market.
Telematics provider GeoTab achieves EcoVadis ranking
Geotab Inc. has attained an EcoVadis bronze certification, adding another sustainability notch on its belt as it works towards a 50 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030.
Big Six banks get poor grade for climate: Report
Some of Canada’s Big Six banks are pulling ahead of others on climate policy but they all still have a ways to go, said a report out Wednesday.
IMCO announces interim 2030 carbon reduction targets
The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is revealing interim carbon reduction targets for 2030. The investment organization is planning to halve its $79 billion portfolio’s Scope 1 and 2 emissions from 2019 levels by 2030.
Oil, gas drillers wants tax credit for decarbonization
The organization representing Canada’s oil and gas drilling sector is asking the federal government to create a new tax credit it says it needs to help the industry decarbonize.
Heavy-duty ZEV tax credit for Canada's industry sector
The mining and construction industries in Canada are getting a boost in support to transition to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) in the heavy-duty space. The federal government is offering a new tax credit for clean technologies.
Trudeau faces tough choices in countering the IRA
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has difficult choices ahead as his government races to respond to the massive green-technology incentives in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Adaptation plan sets targets to fight heat, floods, fires
Canada is set to have a new national climate adaptation strategy, developed to eliminate deaths from heat and forest fires, protect homes and businesses at the highest risk of flooding and help people forced to flee their homes.
Canadians build, fund France's first offshore wind farm
Enbridge said Wednesday that France's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, which it developed in partnership with EDF Renewables and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, is now fully operational.
RNG facility approved in Fruitvale, B.C.
REN Energy has received approval from the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary in British Columbia, Canada for the development of its renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Fruitvale.
First CIB retrofit project meets IREE condition
Dream has secured investor ready energy efficiency (IREE) certification for its retrofit project at 366 Bay Street, Toronto, in keeping with requirements of the Canada Infrastructure Bank building retrofits initiative.
Burnaby to retrofit buildings to tackle climate crisis
Buildings are Burnaby’s largest source of community carbon emissions – now the wheels are in motion to retrofit all buildings in the city by 2050.
How an Edmonton couple built a net-zero home
An Edmonton couple has spent the last two decades making their home a net-zero one, though that was never really the plan.
Carbon-neutral community worries about natural gas
Many residents moved to Blatchford because they believed in the vision of a carbon-neutral community but a recent City of Edmonton administration recommendation to heat some homes with natural gas has some concerned that may never become a reality.
Six green investments for Canada's economic renewal
Canada is investing only around 1 per cent of its GDP on climate response. What's the most effective way to spend that money? Corporate Knights' Climate and Economic Renewal Plan lays out six major green investments.
The price of making peace with nature
UN Secretary General António Guterres has declared that “making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century and must be the top priority for everyone, everywhere.” We know how to make that peace.
What's after COP27's fossil fuel phase-out failure?
COP27's outcome is a timely reminder that curbing the growth of fossil fuels will not come about through consensus-oriented negotiations among governments alone.
Mixed momentum on methane mitigation
It’s been a year since the Global Methane Pledge promised action to reduce emissions by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030, but few countries have formally introduced policies.
Private equity gets CO2 warning from investors
Asset owners representing more than US$11 trillion are warning private equity firms and other alternative managers handling unlisted assets to make sure they don't fall behind the rest of the investment industry in reducing financed emissions.
U.S. aims to sanction Brazil deforesters
The United States is looking to crack down on environmental criminals behind surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, using penalties such as Magnitsky sanctions to tackle climate change more aggressively, U.S. sources and officials told Reuters.
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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