Friday, August 1, 2025
Canada plastics pact brings ground-breaking industry-wide action
The Canada Plastics Pact is initiating a ground-breaking industry wide action plan to address plastic waste. The new shared action plan is expected to drive…
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CIB invests in world’s largest wastewater energy transfer project
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has reached financial close on the world’s largest raw wastewater energy transfer project, located at Toronto Western Hospital, part of…
Carbon-pricing system for large emitters one step closer in New Brunswick
The New Brunswick government has posted the proposed Reporting and Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard to support its output-based pricing system for large emitters, for…
RBC releases report on the $2 trillion transition to net zero
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Economics and Thought Leadership team set out on a year-long research project to map out some of the necessary…
Smart City Sandbox launches electric vehicle-to-building pilot
With a mission to foster innovative new products and solutions in urban environments, the IBI Group-led Smart City Sandbox has launched a first-of-its-kind in Canada pilot with…
Funds available for clean energy initiatives in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia communities that want to pursue clean energy projects can now apply for funding through the Low Carbon Communities program. “We have a strong…
Municipal leaders gather virtually for conference on sustainable communities
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is presenting its annual Sustainable Communities Conference, Canada’s leading sustainability event for municipal leaders and practitioners, on October 19…
New publication advocates CCUS approach to reduce GHG emissions
With greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets getting ever more ambitious, and the pressing need for concrete results, the technological tools at our disposal keep…
Show, Don’t Tell: Making the Case for Electric Vehicles in the Maritimes
By Zack Metcalfe Electric vehicles can’t catch a break. They’re still being accused of being short on range, short on chargers, short on options, too…
B.C. investing in proposed world-leading clean fuels plant in Merritt
The province British Columbia is contributing $2 million from the Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund to support the engineering and design of a first-of-its-kind plant in…
Ballard announces construction of hydrogen power plant
Ballard Power Systems announced that its partner, Hydrogene de France, commenced construction of the CEOG Renewstable Power Plant in French Guiana. CEOG is the world’s…
Canada confirms support for the Global Methane Pledge
During the Global Methane Pledge Ministerial Meeting, Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced Canada’s support for the Global Methane Pledge, which aims to…
Researcher investigating impact of plastic pollution on deep-sea organisms
Plastic pollution is reaching the deepest depths of the ocean and the impact of these contaminants on marine life that live in these high-pressure environments…
World’s largest miners pledge net zero carbon emissions
The world’s top miners have committed to a goal of net zero direct and indirect carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner, according to the International…
Severn Suzuki commences role as executive director
Severn Suzuki joined the David Suzuki Foundation as executive director on September 20, 2021. After settling in she provides an introduction to her background, a…
Innovative green buildings and visionaries recognized
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced the winners of the 2021 CAGBC Awards. The annual awards celebrate the projects and leaders transforming Canada’s building…
B.C. communities to benefit from green infrastructure upgrades
People in communities throughout British Columbia can look forward to improved environmental infrastructure thanks to a $270-million partnership between the provincial and federal governments. “Everyone…
Leveraging OPG’s clean electricity to power new vessels
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is helping lead the transition to transportation electrification — including two new electric ferries that recently arrived in Quebec City and…
Food waste prevention campaign kicks off for fall holiday season
In advance of the fall holiday season, a new food waste prevention campaign has launched in Canada aimed to combat Canada’s 2.2 million tonnes of…
Get it Right: What Climate Metrics are You Measuring and Why?
By Jeff Horlor Struggling to assess your progress in improving your climate resilience? There are three broad steps to help an organization get started on…
Waterloo launches Canada’s first research institute for sustainable aeronautics
A new institute at the University of Waterloo is aiming to shape the future of the aeronautics industry at a pivotal moment for the sector…
Canada’s Clean50 and top projects recognized
Approximately 130 Clean50 honourees and award winners and past honourees attended the in-person Clean50 Summit 11.0 in Toronto, Ontario recently and spent a day tackling…
WWF launches 10-year biodiversity regeneration plan
World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) has launched a new 10-year plan—Regenerate Canada—that is responsive to that urgency and sets ambitious goals for stewardship and restoration…
New beverage container recycling program for Ontario
Two of Ontario’s not-for-profit, producer-created organizations are collaborating to help meet beverage container targets. Circular Materials Ontario (CMO) and the Canadian Beverage Container Recycling Association…