Sustainability
Halifax G7 meeting to promote ocean plastics charter: McKenna
Aiming to get other countries to sign on through both the G20 and the United Nations.
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Canada, UK lure four more states into push to wean world off coal
More than 24 nations, 17 state, provincial and city governments, and 28 corporations have joined the alliance.
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Mixed plastics: Managing them in the post-China era
Overcome the challenges presented by restricted export markets.
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Garbage to energy: GM to tap landfill gas for co-generation power
The automaker’s facilities in Oshawa are now 100% landfill free.
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Electric vehicle sales growing, but barriers are supply, lack of knowledge
And they still only account for one out of every 50 vehicles purchased in Canada.
Xebec Adsorption wins multi-million dollar US PSA tech order
US landfill gas-to-energy developer to install nitrogen rejection unit.
Plastic degrading in the ocean produces greenhouse gas: study
Canadian-led researchers in Hawaii found emissions phenomenon is intensified by sun exposure.
Citing competitiveness pressures, feds ease carbon tax thresholds
Any plan has to be done looking at the environment and the economy together: McKenna.
TransCanada selling stake in five Quebec wind farms to Innergex
Quebec renewable energy firm expects the acquisition to generate $82.9 million.
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NS’s tidal energy ambitions won’t end with OpenHydro setback: experts
Funding pulled from its Dublin-based OpenHydro, the key backer of the province’s Cape Sharp Tidal.
Manitoba moves a step closer to carbon price for large emitters
Government eyeing $25 per tonne on industrial facilities with annual emissions of at least 50,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
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Doug Ford’s energy shake up could cost Ontario
Moves send a clear signal Ontario may not be a stable location for major energy investments.
Feds insist emission standards need to strengthen, as US eases rules
Current rules aim of increasing fuel efficiency for vehicles sold between 2022 and 2025.
Oil sands could eventually acidify area size of Germany: study
In 2013 areas in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan absorbed high enough acid deposits to damage life in rivers and lakes.
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Federal carbon tax seems destined to fail
PEI has added itself to the list of carbon tax opponents, following Ontario, and the list is growing.
