Tuesday, May 6, 2025
The project lists of the commercial, institutional, and residential building sector contains more high profile environmental innovations than almost any other industry sector in Canada.…
At the recent G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers Meeting in Berlin, Germany, delegates discussed the need to take urgent climate action in a way…
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) are investing in community building retrofit projects from coast to coast to coast. The…
Global design firm Stantec recently appointed Beth Tomlinson the Carbon and Climate Discipline Leader for the global Buildings practice. She will lead the company’s Carbon…
Reaching zero-emissions electricity by 2035 is not only possible; it can also be reliable and affordable. That’s according to a David Suzuki Foundation modelling study…
The economic cost caused by weather events in Canada is increasing, and according to regional modelers, the damage and losses are rising faster than in most…
In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the lights on and the electricity…
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver along with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok, Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane and Indigenous leaders from across the North recently issued the…
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs, announced the appointment of Sandra Odendahl to the new position of Senior Vice…
The Government of Canada has expanded the Low Carbon Economy Fund to support projects such as the Northern First Nations Home Retrofit Program. The $2.8-million…
According to a new report, modernizing Canada’s electricity systems can play a central role in ensuring affordable, secure energy in the face of global volatility—while…
Leaders from Zibi, Hydro Ottawa, Kruger Products, Hydro Québec and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, along with the Hull-Aylmer Member of Parliament and the mayors…
The latest version of the Toronto Green Standard (TGS) came into effect on May 1, 2022 for new development applications. The TGS is a critical…
With the rising urgency to find solutions to reduce carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect, Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is emerging as a…
The Government of Canada announced an investment of up to $17.5 million from the federal Low Carbon Economy Fund and $28.5 million from the Government…
Atura Power has signed an agreement with Imperial to study the potential for hydrogen production in Nanticoke, Ontario. The study will focus on the commercial…
Guidance on what it takes to support a claim of being a “sustainable business” is widely available but not always comprehensive or clear. A new…
Every year in April we celebrate Earth Day and the birth of the environmental movement in 1970, which over the years has become the largest…
On April 27 at Queen’s Park, a broad coalition of more than 125 groups from across Ontario, representing more than 475,000 people, launched the Ontario…
The majority of Canadian consumers (69 per cent) expect companies to partake in solving sustainability issues and 61 per cent of Canadian consumers will pay…
Regulators have given the green light to the $4.5 billion transmission line project that will deliver Canadian hydropower to New York City — a critical…
Today, the City of Toronto broke ground for the new North East Scarborough Community Recreation & Child Care Centre. The centre, which is located south…
Senator Rosa Galvez recently introduced Bill S-243, the Climate-Aligned Finance Act, a piece of legislation to align the activities of federal financial institutions and federally-regulated entities…
A new report by Efficiency Canada, a research group based at Carleton University, shows how federal investment in provincial low-income energy efficiency programming could help…