Saturday, April 1, 2023

Tag: Colin Isaacs

Policy Perspectives: Why is Canada having such a tough time meeting...

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A recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) on global methane emissions helps clarify why Canada is having such a difficult time meeting...

UN initiative to address climate confusion and misinformation

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At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was quite candid in his address: "We are flirting with climate...

Legal action launched for climate change-related damage

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What would you do if you were a member of a municipal council frustrated by the lack of government action on climate change and...

Investing in 2023? Developing cleantech — here and abroad — is...

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From precision farming to energy infrastructure, all indicators show that Canada is poised for future growth in clean technology. This was the focus of...

Conceptualizing the circular economy in the built environment

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Motivated by immediate environmental priorities such as climate change and marine plastic debris, the concept of Circular Economy (Circularity or CE) is often interpreted...

Greening Municipalities: Let’s head to the polls to pipe up on...

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This Fall, municipal elections are being held in the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island. Voters will head to the...

Read Between the Lines: New rules to strengthen recycling and composting...

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New data indicates that moving toward a more circular economy for plastics in Canada could reduce carbon emissions by 1.8 megatonnes annually, generate billions...

The Cost of Plastic Pollution: How economic instruments can address recovery...

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The problem of plastic pollution is gaining increasing attention from the media, from politicians, from scientists, from environmentalists, and, hopefully, from the public. However,...

Resource Recovery: Contemplating the controversy over compostable plastic packaging systems

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What happens to organic waste in Canada? With both aerobic and anaerobic digestion, the final product — compost — is sometimes sold to farms,...

Canadian perspective on LEEDing green building standards

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The project lists of the commercial, institutional, and residential building sector contains more high profile environmental innovations than almost any other industry sector in...