Saturday, May 10, 2025
Call for cleantech applications from Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund
Building on the success of its inaugural year, the Rotary Environmental Innovators Fund (REIF) is poised to make an even more profound impact in 2024.…
Environment Journal
Proposed methane regulations to support cleaner energy and climate action
At COP28, Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced at the Global Methane Pledge Ministerial that Canada has published strengthened oil and gas…
Policy POV: Squeezing more reliability out of clean energy
The electric grid is undergoing transformation that is both massive and historic. New technology and new business models are changing almost every part of the…
Aslan Renewables’ sustainable hydroelectric solutions attract global interest
Aslan Renewables, a PEI-based company founded by successful tech entrepreneur Andrew Murray, is revolutionizing renewable energy with its scalable modular dams designed to bring Canada’s…
What Canadians can expect with the climate conversations at COP28
It’s been a difficult year for climate conversations in Canada. Record forest fires have forced thousands to evacuate, scorched earth in most provinces, and caused…
ALTRA SANEXEN wins international influence award from the CETEQ
Montreal, Quebec-based ALTRA | SANEXEN has won the International Influence Award from the Conseil des entreprises en technologies environnementales du Québec (CETEQ). The growing reach…
Nearly $500M invested to support clean energy projects in Manitoba
A joint investment of $475.6 million will strengthen Manitoba’s clean electricity grid and ensure Manitobans continue receiving affordable and reliable low carbon energy. This federal-provincial…
Sustainability leadership with a dream job and a LEEP toward net zero
Much of the conversation and coverage around the circular economy and emissions reductions puts the focus on government policy decisions and regulations, but there are…
Market Watch: Conquering industrial carbon emissions with Canadian engineering
General Market Commentary The Bank of Canada’s Senior Deputy Governor, Carolyn Rogers, recently presented her views on why interest rates could settle at a higher…
Policy POV: Resolving the PFAS problem
The Ontario Environment Industry Association became one of the first Canadian industry groups to hold a conference on the topic when it held a PFAS…
Call for input on Canadian women’s network for sustainable construction
We are reaching out to gauge interest among those working in the environmental industry regarding the establishment of a potential network for women within the…
Brownie Awards 2023: Putting the spotlight on the finalists and their outstanding projects
Brownfields, or “sites with personalities” as we like to call them, were once contaminated, under-utilized, or undeveloped, usually in an urban or industrial setting. The…
Contemplating the clean energy transition on the path to COP28
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest energy projections put ongoing fossil fuels expansion in Canada under the spotlight. The IEA’s World Energy Outlook report is…
Tallest tower in Saskatchewan awarded LEED platinum certification
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, is a point-based system used in more than 167 countries around the world, including Canada, to…
Public policy is powering cleantech and incentivizing record investment, according to EDC report
As the urgency to address climate change grows, Export Development Canada (EDC) is bringing innovators, partners and financiers together at its seventh annual Cleantech Export Week…
Feds alter the course of the carbon tax in Atlantic Canada
The Government of Canada is moving ahead with doubling the pollution price rebate (Climate Action Incentive Payment) rural top-up rate, increasing it from 10 to…
Wetlands restoration projects underway in Pickering
The Ontario government has invested over $925,000 in two projects led by conservation organizations to restore and enhance wetlands in the City of Pickering. These…
Recipient of the 2023 Pollution Probe Award announced: Bob McDonald
Pollution Probe, one of the first environmental non-governmental organizations in Canada, has announced that Bob McDonald is the recipient of the 2023 Pollution Probe Award.…
Concordia launches research program to redefine electrification, smart buildings, and net-zero
Concordia University in Montreal, Que. has launched a world-leading research program known as Volt-age. It will apply novel technologies to create innovative energy sources, secure…
Supreme Court ruling provides a pathway to rectify environmental impact assessment act
On October 13, 2023, when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that parts of the federal environmental Impact Assessment Act were unconstitutional, it also laid out a pathway for…
Canadians say cleantech can solve the climate crisis, according to Epson survey
The results of this year’s “Epson Global Climate Barometer” are in, and it captures views of over 30,000 people in 39 countries, attempting to better…
Ontario proposes to enhance Greenbelt protections
On October 16, 2023, the Ontario government introduced legislation that, if passed, would restore all properties that were redesignated or removed from the Greenbelt and…
Yukon tables EPR amendments to Environment Act
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental and economic policy approach to waste management. It means that the producers of products and packaging must ensure…
Market Watch: H2O Innovation acquisition makes a splash
General Market Commentary Today the Bank of Canada released the third quarter issue of the Business Outlook Survey, which summarizes interviews conducted by the Bank’s regional…