Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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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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…
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,…
Women’s Work: How to Empower More Women to Enter and Stay in the Environment Sector
By Connie Vitello The scarcity of women in the environment sector and working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) positions is an ongoing concern.…
Environmental Testing Can Catch COVID-19 Outbreaks Faster
A study at three Calgary hospitals has proven that testing wastewater for COVID-19 can help identify cases and predict outbreaks in individual high-risk facilities. The…
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna Makes Big Moves for a Green Recovery
How Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna is supporting a cleaner, greener, more inclusive Canada. By Connie Vitello Catherine McKenna presented a confident keynote…
Report Warns Climate Change to Increase Health Costs and Inequities
Governments can save lives and minimize costs by investing proactively in measures that improve people’s health and security in the face of rising climate impacts,…
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…
Survey Reveals Concern for Achieving Net Zero Targets
A survey by GHD, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, has found that only 47 per cent of Canadian consumers and 42 per cent…
Prime Minister Takes Stronger Action on Climate Change
During today’s Leaders Summit on Climate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, announced that Canada will enhance emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement – known as…
Earth Day 2021 Activities Available Virtually
Happy Earth Day across Canada and globally. The theme for this year’s Earth Day is “Let’s Take Care of the Planet,” which focuses on citizen…
Environmental Surveillance Can Provide Early Warning System for Detecting COVID-19
Wastewater samples prove everyone infected with COVID-19 releases a little of the rapidly evolving disease, according to researchers at Western University in London, Ontario. While…
Ontario’s Record-Breaking Recovery Budget Not Green Enough?
Ontario’s Minister of Finance and president of the Treasury Board, Peter Bethlenfalvy, has released the 2021 budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health and Our Economy which…
Innovative Efforts to Restore Contaminated Sites in B.C.
The British Columbia government is launching a first-of-its-kind effort to restore oil and gas “legacy sites” across northeastern B.C. This initiative is expected to support…
Green and Inclusive: How FCM’s CEO is Helping Municipalities Build Back Better
Carole Saab, the chief executive officer of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) brings a clear and ambitious vision for Canadian municipalities on the national…
ESAA Calls for Abstracts for Virtual EnviroTech Conference
With the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) EnviroTech conference will once again be on-line, scheduled for June 2nd and 3rd.…
Canadian Company Pioneers Biodegradable PPE Mask
Montreal, Quebec-based FPInnovations has successfully developed a biodegradable mask ready to be manufactured in Canada and ready for public use. The collaborative research and scientific…
Move to Hybrid Parliament Meetings Reduces GHG Emissions
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) published a report on the cost-savings and greenhouse gas emissions reduction from the implementation of a hybrid Parliament system as a…
Canadians Recycled a Record Amount of Batteries in 2020
Canada’s national consumer battery collection and recycling program, Call2Recycle Canada Inc., recently revealed that a record 4.1 million kilograms of household batteries were recycled in…
First Intake Launched for the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative
The Government of Canada has launched the first application intake for projects under the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative, which is helping support a green and…
Largest Coastal Cleanup in B.C. Continues with New Funds
British Columbia’s largest coastal marine debris cleanup has resulted in over 127 tonnes of marine debris removed from B.C.’s central coast and Queen Charlotte Sound…
Ontario Supports Air Monitoring Tech to Detect COVID
The Ontario government is providing CEM Specialties Inc. (CEMSI) $2 million through the Ontario Together Fund to help commercialize and accelerate production of its airborne COVID-19…
Report and Roundtable on Corporate ESG Trends
Sixteen years after the first Global 100 ranking, and one year after a global pandemic, there are clear indications that corporations that “do good” also…
New Carbon Budget Framework to Calculate Climate Deadlines
A professor from Concordia University has outlined a more comprehensive method of calculating how much carbon dioxide (CO2) Canada can emit and still meet Paris…