Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Call for abstracts for 2025 Excess Soils Symposium
The Excess Soils Symposium, which is taking place on September 25th, 2025, is opening up opportunities for program content in the form of individual abstracts, session…
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Federal funds for made in Canada tech to advance clean fuels
By investing in innovative technologies and alternative energy sources like clean fuels, the Government of Canada is gearing up to provide lower energy costs and position its…
Competition Bureau seeks feedback on new guidelines
The Competition Bureau has launched a public consultation to solicit feedback from Canadians on its proposed guidelines concerning environmental claims. This follows an initial round…
Canada’s largest Arctic research meeting brings experts together
More than 1700 researchers, academics, students, and Indigenous experts met in Ottawa recently for Arctic Change 2024, the country’s largest Arctic research conference. With climate…
Yukon government continues monitoring of creek contamination near Eagle Gold Mine
The Government of Yukon continues to provide updates to Yukoners regarding progress on the remediation work and environmental monitoring at the Eagle Gold heap leach…
Policy POV: Resignations impact federal proposals on the environment
It is turning out to be the winter of our discontent. There have been some high-level resignations for the federal government in recent weeks, starting…
Compensation and governance data for the cleantech industry
The Bedford Group/TRANSEARCH has released the 2024 Report on Board and Executive Compensation in the Clean Technology Industry. The report gathers detailed compensation data from…
Advancing hydrogen as a replacement for carbon fuels
University of Toronto researchers are working to improve a device used for splitting the water molecule. While the notion of using hydrogen for energy has…
SFU study urges Canada to build mega solar projects
Canada should focus on building mass utility-scale solar mega-projects to kickstart its green energy transition, according to a new report from Simon Fraser University’s Clean…
PFAS cleanup project at Jack Garland airport underway
The City of North Bay has initiated its on-site remediation project at the Jack Garland Airport. Under a $20-million agreement with the Department of National…
New battery could outlast EVs and be used for grid energy
There’s a big push underway to increase the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries powering electric vehicles (EVs) on the road today. By law, in the United…
ESAA announces new executive director: Erin Ciezki
The Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) has announced Erin Ciezki as the new Executive Director. Ciezki joined ESAA in July of 2023 as the…
Funding support for startups and green tech researchers
The 2025 edition of the Climate Solutions Prize will offer the biggest envelope of cash prizes ever to climate tech startups and researchers in Quebec,…
Largest competitive energy procurement in Ontario’s history
The Ontario government is expanding the largest competitive energy procurement in the province’s history by 50 per cent to meet soaring energy demand. The government…
Feds revise targets to achieve net zero grid in Canada
About 85 per cent of Canada’s electricity is generated from clean sources like hydropower, wind, solar, and nuclear—and it’s a big part of the reason…
Leading ENGOs call for funding to tackle “intersecting crises”
The Green Budget Coalition (GBC) released a comprehensive set of strategic recommendations for the 2025 federal budget to address the climate and biodiversity crises while…
Commitment to revitalize Matawa Training and Wellness Centre
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and Matawa First Nations Management (Matawa) have reached financial close on a retrofit project for the…
LOGISTEC appoints new president of water and environment division
LOGISTEC, based in Montreal, Que., has announced the appointment of Nathalie Viens as president of its Water and Environment Division. Viens brings a wealth of…
Top 10 weather stories illuminate impacts of climate change
Climate change has led to another record-breaking year of warmth across the globe, along with the second-hottest November that has been documented. The data points…
Charges laid in relation to tailings pond breach at Mount Polley Mine
Charges have been laid in relation to the tailings pond breach at the Mount Polley Mine that occurred in August 2014. In total, 15 charges have now been approved…
ICE launches next edition of 20/20 Catalysts Program
The Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE) 20/20 Catalysts Program is an award-winning capacity-building program that equips participants with the skills, tools, and resources to maximize the social…
Climate disclosure on the rise, according to report from Torys
Amid the backdrop of evolving climate change trends and developments in Canada and worldwide, Torys LLP decided it was an opportune time to survey the…
Lakeridge Logistics Centre is east GTA’s first fully net zero carbon designed property
Lakeridge Logistics Centre, Canada’s largest speculative industrial property, is now available for lease by global commercial real estate advisor, Avison Young. At 1.2 million square…
Policy POV: The struggle to end plastic pollution persists
The recent fifth round of negotiations toward a United Nations convention to end plastic pollution ended in failure, according to the popular press. But the…