environment
Building Back Better Canada Plan can create, maintain 6.3M jobs: report
The report argues it is essential that the federal government set the right policy framework to drive the transition to net-zero emissions
100 degrees in Siberia? How Arctic heat wave follows a disturbing pattern
The Arctic is warming at roughly twice the rate of the globe as a whole
Despite green pledges, Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15%
Amazon disclosed its carbon footprint the first time last year after pressure to do more to combat climate change
Germany bans single-use plastic straws, food containers
The move was part of an effort to move away from “throw-away culture”
Thunberg has hope for climate, despite leaders’ inaction
Greta Thunberg has become a global figurehead of the youth climate movement
GFL Environmental signs US$835M deal to buy assets in 10 U.S. states
Assets include 32 collection operations, 36 transfer stations and 18 landfills supported by 380 collection vehicles
Alberta reinstating environmental monitoring in industry, oilpatch on July 15
Testing and reporting had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Transdev Canada adds 27 electric school buses to its Quebec fleet
Global transportation company plans to electrify 100% of its Quebec school buses by 2025.
Scientists criticize Alberta’s monitoring suspension, lack of consultation
Most of it could have been done safely, says Jay White, president of the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists.
Rolling back environmental regulations during COVID-19 is short-sighted
But these changes come with large risks, short-term environmental damage can have long-term effects.
Northern Pulp appeals cleanup order, pauses environmental assessment
Production stopped after Nova Scotia rejected its request to continue pumping treated effluent into a nearby treatment lagoon.
Canadian small businesses create solutions to help reduce plastic pollution in oceans
The over $2 million in funding is part of the second phase of the domestic plastics challenges under the Innovative Solutions Canada program
Cleanfarms posts 2019 recovery numbers for Ag-waste programs
Farmers returned nearly 5.5 million pesticide and fertilizer jugs 23 litres and under in 2019.
Rattlesnakes on a plain: How cars, pollution and suburbia threaten these mysterious creatures
Rattlesnakes are threatened in B.C., and many populations are declining at alarming rates
First Nations, environmentalists ask for restart of oilpatch monitoring
Companies no longer have to monitor fumes released by burning, or look for and repair leaks of methane, a greenhouse gas.
