Sustainability
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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.
Alberta First Nations appeal suspension of monitoring in oilpatch
Appeal argues suspensions were made without any rationale linking specific activities to COVID-19 risks.
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.
Practical ways to tackle Canada’s emissions problems
Climate warriors spend a great deal of time condemning current practices without offering realistic solutions.
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Carbon neutral: Maple Leaf Foods aligns with Paris goals
The first major food company in the world to hit the target.
Big energy’s interest in renewable energy investments expected to waver
Report says that won’t likely slow overall investment; fossil fuel players weren’t putting much money into it anyway.
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Next generation solar panels boost efficiency but may carry toxic risks
New technologies rely on nanomaterials that include toxic heavy metals like lead and cadmium.
Environment leaders say feds need to push sustainability as budget nears
But Business Council of Canada CEO is calling for an economic budget to respond to the economic crisis “people are feeling.”
Mining companies moving towards stakeholder capitalism: KPMG
Canadian companies identified access to capital as one of their top three risks.
Trudeau calls for climate input from industry, citizens, Indigenous groups
Government will launch a formal initiative on how Canada will get to the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Carbon pricing may be overrated, if history is any indication
Radical technological change has been achieved not by price signals, but by the state intervening and coordinating it directly.
Teck withdraws Frontier mine application, cites climate change discourse
Wants jurisdictions to have a framework in place that reconciles resource development and climate change.
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Electric vehicle options grow, but profitability challenges are limiting
Analysts say government policies are crucial to push automakers to sell EV models.
Xebec to develop first Canadian RNG infrastructure project
Facility will process over 45,000 tonnes of organic waste per year through an anaerobic digestion process.
Trudeau caught in the middle of energy, environment, Indigenous demands
Politically explosive issues combine to make a perfect storm for the Liberal’s fragile minority.
