Thursday, April 24, 2025
Gleichen Solar Project in Alberta commences construction
Construction is well underway at the Gleichen Solar Project site which will bring online over 13 megawatts of clean, renewable energy to surrounding communities in…
Decarbonization
Ontario government releases plan to reduce province-wide emissions
The Ontario government has released Ontario’s Affordable Energy Future: The Pressing Case for More Power, outlining the challenges facing the province as demand for energy continues…
CIMA+ welcomes new director responsible for decarbonizing buildings
CIMA+, one of Canada’s largest private consulting engineering firms, recently announced the nomination of Martino Fanfani as senior director of Buildings East Ontario. In this…
Is it time to nip the bud off the wood pellet industry?
By Donald MacCallum A little known but fast-growing industry has been causing a disturbance in the Canadian environmental space recently, as the burning of wood…
Co-operators opens new zero carbon head office in Guelph
Co-operators recently celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters, consolidating five southern Ontario locations and approximately 1,200 staff into a state-of-the-art facility at 101…
Canada commits to carbon dioxide removal services to green government operations
Yesterday, at the Carbon Removal Canada’s “Procuring with Purpose: Canada’s Opportunity to Shape the Carbon Removal Market” report launch event, Anita Anand, president of the…
Lafarge and Geocycle commission low-carbon fuel plant in Nova Scotia
Lafarge Canada and Geocycle Canada, members of the Holcim Group, and the Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Office of Energy Research and Development (OERD),…
Tech Revolution or Nature’s Nightmare? Computing the environmental costs of AI
By Andrea Zanon The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) investment is a double-edged sword. While it promises unprecedented advancements, the environmental cost of AI’s…
Taking climate action and delivering on decarbonization
By Colleen Connors The initial buzz and fanfare of the first few days of Climate Week NYC has given way to deeper, more substantive discussions…
Experts estimate modest drop in 2023 emissions, with big differences across sectors
The latest Early Estimate of National Emissions (EENE) from the Canadian Climate Institute shows a modest improvement in national emissions in 2023, with a drop…
Electric Vehicle Network and PowerON receive national EV awards
The Electric Vehicle Network and PowerON and are the winners of the 2024 Canadian Electric Vehicle (EV) Awards, presented at EVVE 2024 in Halifax, Canada’s…
Clean Energy Opportunities: Exploring the dynamics of distributed energy projects
By Jake Brooks Significant change could be coming to an electrical grid near you. Opportunities may soon open up for a wide variety of clean…
Most net-zero pledges will fail unless decarbonization approaches improve
A little over half of the world’s largest 2,000 companies have adopted pledges to achieve net-zero carbon emissions (a number that has jumped 40 per cent…
The Retrofit Challenge: The transition to net-zero includes building retrofits
By Mark Douglas Wessel A telling observation made by the World Economic Forum is that cities, where over half of the planet’s population now live,…
New research puts climate and carbon tax policies to the test
Do climate policies work? An international research team found only 19 per cent of climate policies have been successful over the past two decades. The…
Boralex closes $95M in financing for Quebec wind farm
Boralex Inc. of Montreal, Que. has closed on $95 million in financing for the 52-megawatt Témiscouata II wind farm, located on public lands in the…
Funds to help NWT communities monitor the effects of climate change
The North and the Artic are bearing the brunt of the effects of climate change. Building resiliency in Indigenous and northern communities through climate monitoring…
Are EVs driving a carbon neutral future? Not without accelerating clean energy and a trained workforce
By Colin Simpson Conventional wisdom dictates that electric vehicles (EVs) are the cleanest alternative to cars burning fossil-fuels. The federal government’s target of 100% zero-emission…
Algonquin Power to sell renewable energy business for $3.4B
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. of Oakville, Ont. has entered into an agreement to sell its renewable energy business (excluding hydro) to a wholly-owned subsidiary…
Navigating the GHG protocol and the potential pitfalls on the way to net zero
By Brendan Player, Josh Running, and Benjamin Smith Let’s say you’re a large energy producer and you’re hitting your ambitious goal of being net zero…
New green buildings strategy to decarbonize and decrease costs
The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources recently released Canada’s first Green Buildings Strategy a strategy focused on saving Canadians money on their energy bills,…
Arctic expedition to empower youth and educate on climate change
The SOI Foundation, based in Gatineau, Que., is hosting the Kalaallit Nunaat to Nunavut Expedition with 20 youth (aged 18 to 24) and SOI staff…
B.C. powers southern Interior with clean electricity expansion
BC Hydro will invest nearly $6 billion in capital projects across B.C.’s southern Interior over the next decade to expand the electricity grid, and upgrade…
Arctic researchers assess climate change impact on oceans
A research team led by University of Galway is investigating whether climate change is reducing the impact that some of tiniest organisms in the oceans…