Sunday, April 20, 2025
Taza: Sustainable Design Influenced by Tsuut’ina Culture
By Lana Rogers Taza is the largest First Nation development in Canada and is actively putting sustainable practices at the forefront of its design and…
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Stewardship Ontario Appoints New Executive Director
The Stewardship Ontario Board of Directors has appointed Lyle Clarke as the organization’s new executive director. Clarke has more than 20 years of experience in…
Ecosystem Restoration and Appreciation Activities for Canadian Environment Week
Activities are underway to help celebrate Canadian Environment Week 2021 during May 30 to June 5. Established in 1971, Canadian Environment Week celebrates Canada’s environmental…
AI Tech Receives Support to Sort Recyclable Plastic in B.C.
A British Columbia-based technology company was recently awarded a grant from the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund to support the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered technology…
Investments to Support Low Carbon Communities in Ottawa
Cities and communities are at the leading edge of developing and deploying the low-carbon solutions Canada needs for a net-zero future. The Ottawa Community Foundation…
CanREA Appoints New VP of Policy, Brandy Giannetta
The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) has appointed Brandy Giannetta as the new vice-president of policy, regulatory and government affairs. In her new role, Giannetta…
Canadian Communities Can Take Climate Action and Host Pond Hockey
The Climate and Sport Initiative has launched a call for applications for communities to host Save Pond Hockey events featuring top athletes, funded in part by the…
Funds to Turn Old Plastic Into New Opportunities in B.C.
Turning plastics from old car batteries into new ones, developing artificial intelligence to sort plastics for recycling, and supporting local micro-recycling facilities are among the…
McGill Launches Centre for Energy Tech Innovation
McGill University in Montreal, Quebec has announced the launch of the McGill Centre for Innovation in Storage and Conversion of Energy (McISCE). The new centre…
Online Tool to Improve Pollution Reporting in Ontario
The Ontario government is launching a new user-friendly online tool so the public can report incidents of pollution in real-time from a smartphone. The new…
Quebec Interconnection Project Gets the Final Green Light
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has issued the permit authorizing the construction and operation of the Appalaches-Maine Interconnection line. This energy infrastructure will link to…
Carbon Pricing vs. Carbon Tax: Understanding the Difference
By Natalie Yelton When the carbon dioxide (CO2) we emit costs money, we generally produce less of it. Economists worldwide point to carbon pricing as the…
FCM Investments to Improve Energy Efficiency in the Maritimes
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced a $14.1-million investment through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) and drive cost savings in…
Canada Takes Regulatory Action to Address Plastic Pollution
Several major environmental organizations are applauding the Government of Canada’s decision to list “plastic manufactured items” on Schedule 1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act…
Heidi Yang is Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s Next CEO
Engineers and Geoscientists BC has appointed Heidi Yang as the organization’s next chief executive officer (CEO), effective June 1, 2021. Yang has broad-based experience in…
Rouge National Park Site for First of Canada’s Two Billion Trees
Forests Ontario, with Parks Canada and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), is planting the first trees to take root under the federal government’s…
CIB Invests into one of World’s Largest Clean Energy Storage Projects
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) will invest up to $170 million in the half billion dollar Oneida Energy Storage project, in Southwestern Ontario. Under the…
First Agreement in Canada to Cut Carbon Impact of Air Travel
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and Air Canada are signing a new partnership to reduce carbon emissions and advance a green and sustainable aviation sector. The…
Canadian Solar Enters into Strategic Partnership with Habitat Energy
Canadian Solar Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership and investment with Habitat Energy Limited, a UK-based market leader in power trading and asset optimization…
New National Energy and Emissions Database Launched
The Ministry of Natural Resources is supporting the development of the Municipal Energy and Emission Database (MEED), an integrated geospatial platform that tracks greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Net Zero for No Extra Cost: Reimagining Energy Efficiency Retrofits
By Chris Benjamin Lorrie Rand remembers two pivotal moments leading to the creation of the ReCover Initiative, which aims to reimagine energy-efficient buildings in Nova…
Federal Government Launches Sustainable Finance Action Council
Investors and governments around the world are recognizing that key to a sustainable economic future are sustainable financial investments. Sustainable finance is about incorporating environmental,…
University of Regina Launches Canadian Energy Transition Hub
To help meet Canada’s climate change goals, the University of Regina has launched the Canadian Energy Transition Hub (CETH) to assist with the country’s clean-energy…
Natural Infrastructure Case Studies Provide Insight into Possibilities for Canada
Three new case studies—co-developed by the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices of Canada Institute and Smart Prosperity Institute—provide important insights into the possibilities for urban natural…