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Climate-related risks dominate Global Risks Report 2022
Climate risks dominate global concerns as the world enters the third year of the pandemic. According to the Global Risks Report 2022, while the top long-term…
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Canadian environmentalist Louie Porta to lead the CEC’s JPAC
Canadian environmentalist Louie Porta has been appointed chair of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) for 2022. The CEC was…
Trent University ranked first for sustainability education
Trent University is one of Canada’s top three environmental universities and number one in Canada for sustainability education and research, according to the 2021 UI…
Sanexen Environmental Services appoints president
Jean-François Bolduc has been appointed president of Quebec-based Logistec Environmental Services Inc. subsidiary Sanexen Environmental Services Inc., a leading provider of innovative environmental solutions. Bolduc…
Olympic Games to be carbon neutral and climate positive
The third International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sustainability Report notes that the IOC has achieved 15 of its 18 sustainability objectives for the period 2017-2020, raising its ambition…
Water Canada announces new editor, Jennifer Smith
Water Canada, the only national publication dedicated to water quality and stewardship in Canada, is pleased to announce that Jennifer Smith is joining the company…
Canada moving forward with single-use plastics ban
The Government of Canada is moving forward with a comprehensive plan to address plastic pollution in the long term that includes a ban on certain…
Transportation Revolution: Take a page out of this book
By Zack Metcalfe Active transportation improves our health and the health of our communities. Leaving your vehicle at home results in several environmental benefits, including…
New hires at HDR provide sustainable performance expertise
HDR Inc., an engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services company with more than 200 locations around the world, recently hired Jason Heinrich, P.Eng., as building…
River District becomes first customer for Vancouver district energy project
Residents and businesses in Vancouver’s River District community will soon have their space and water heating needs met with energy generated by Metro Vancouver’s Waste-to-Energy…
Matrix Solutions announces merger with Ecosystem Recovery
Canadian environmental consulting, water, and engineering design firm Matrix Solutions Inc., based in Calgary, Alberta, has announced a merger with Ontario-based Ecosystem Recovery Inc. (ERI).…
Alberta energy transition could grow the green economy by $61B
The global energy transition could create 170,000 jobs in the cleantech sector in Alberta and contribute $61 billion to GDP by 2050, concludes the Alberta Energy Transition Study conducted for Calgary Economic Development, Edmonton Global, and supported by funding…
Report provides pathway to decarbonize large buildings
For Canada to achieve its 2030 and 2050 climate targets, building owners and operators will need to upgrade, retrofit, and ultimately decarbonize hundreds of millions…
Climate change impacts underline work to build cleaner B.C.
In a year marked by the escalating impacts of climate change, the British Columbia government took important steps to drive down carbon pollution and build…
GNWT’s climate action and energy reports show low-carbon progress
Newly released reports show that the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has taken action to address the climate crisis and make energy more secure,…
Englobe grows with acquisition of multidisciplinary firm MPE
Montreal, Quebec-based Englobe Corporation, a Canadian specialty engineering and environmental services firm with a network of offices across Canada and in Europe, recently announced the…
Radical Collaboration: Accelerating the low-carbon economy in the New Year
By James Viray, Greg Carli, and Michele Villa In many ways, the climate change challenge Canadians face over the coming years is analogous with the…
Environmental labour outlook to 2025 calls for more diversity
ECO Canada, a national environmental careers organization, has released its latest Environmental Labour Demand Outlook to 2025 — which forecasts 172,700 net environmental job openings…
Environment minister’s new mandate and to-do list for 2022
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has provided updated mandates for his ministers, including Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault. “During a difficult time,…
Canada’s electricity sector innovates for a net zero future
Earlier this year, the Government of Canada announced the introduction of a Clean Electricity Standard to achieve a 100 per cent net-zero emitting electricity system…
$200M in federal funds for nature smart climate solutions
Nature-based solutions are among the most powerful tools to address climate change. They leverage the power of Canada’s ecosystems to realize a number of key sustainability goals:…
Get the Dirt on Excess Soils: National perspectives presented at ESS 2021
On December 7, 2021, the Excess Soils Symposium provided an interactive platform for a virtual update on the business of excess soils and new regulations…
SaskTel advances partnership with eleven-x for smart city initiative
Global supplier of wireless smart city solutions, eleven-x, announced a partnership with telecommunications provider SaskTel to optimize information and communications technology networks in Saskatchewan. The…
Ecometrix acquires Calder Engineering to strengthen technical expertise
Ecometrix Incorporated recently announced a merger of operations with Calder Engineering Ltd. The Ontario-based companies have maintained strong working relationships dating back to the initial establishment…