Friday, May 30, 2025
Climate adaptation investments announced for Atlantic Canada
To protect Canadian communities from the worst economic and environmental impacts of climate change, the Government of Canada is preparing for the changes that are…
Environment Journal
Growing imperative to report on impacts of digital economy
By Alper Cezmi Ozdemir Digital transformation is fundamentally changing the way companies across industries and sectors operate. This transformation is fueled by a wide array…
The Canadian companies that made the Global Cleantech 100
Who are the leading companies in cleantech today? The Global Cleantech 100 2025 report is the 16th annual showcase of the most promising private companies in…
Forests may be more resilient to climate change than we thought
Forests may be more resilient to climate change than previously thought, according to a feature in The University of Toronto’s The Bulletin Brief. A team…
Veolia awarded five-year contract for O&M of Moncton plant
Veolia Canada has been awarded a five-year contract extension to continue operating and maintaining the City of Moncton’s drinking water treatment plant. The extension builds…
$2.5B site redevelopment vision unveiled for Montreal waterfront
MONTONI and the Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ have unveiled their vision for the redevelopment of the former Molson brewery—a waterfront site extending over more…
Market Watch: Reflections on the past year and resolutions for 2025
General Market Commentary In his year-end speech for 2024, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem confirmed that inflation is back at the Bank’s 2% target…
CIB commits $224.2M to wind energy project in Nova Scotia
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is providing $224.2 million in loans to help Port Hawkesbury Paper Wind Ltd. build a large-scale wind energy project and…
What businesses need to know about Canada’s first sustainability standards
Canada’s first-ever sustainability disclosure standards offer a clear framework for reporting new types of risk, and CPA Canada’s expertise and guidance is focused on helping…
Pollution Probe charts path to zero emissions for long-haul trucking
Pollution Probe, in partnership with the Mobility Futures Lab and Delphi, has released a groundbreaking new report, “Charting the Path to Zero Emissions for Class 8 Long-Haul Freight,”…
Time to Move Forward: Turning the page to 2025
The new year has started off with a bang and a blaze of wildfire. Trudeau, Trump, a looming trade war, and a tremendous number of…
BC Hydro expands clean-energy supply with new solar project
BC Hydro has added a new solar-energy project to the clean-energy projects selected to advance from its call for power. BC Hydro has selected nine…
Call for abstracts for 2025 Excess Soils Symposium
The Excess Soils Symposium, which is taking place on September 25th, 2025, is opening up opportunities for program content in the form of individual abstracts, session…
Federal funds for made in Canada tech to advance clean fuels
By investing in innovative technologies and alternative energy sources like clean fuels, the Government of Canada is gearing up to provide lower energy costs and position its…
Competition Bureau seeks feedback on new guidelines
The Competition Bureau has launched a public consultation to solicit feedback from Canadians on its proposed guidelines concerning environmental claims. This follows an initial round…
Canada’s largest Arctic research meeting brings experts together
More than 1700 researchers, academics, students, and Indigenous experts met in Ottawa recently for Arctic Change 2024, the country’s largest Arctic research conference. With climate…
Yukon government continues monitoring of creek contamination near Eagle Gold Mine
The Government of Yukon continues to provide updates to Yukoners regarding progress on the remediation work and environmental monitoring at the Eagle Gold heap leach…
Policy POV: Resignations impact federal proposals on the environment
It is turning out to be the winter of our discontent. There have been some high-level resignations for the federal government in recent weeks, starting…
Compensation and governance data for the cleantech industry
The Bedford Group/TRANSEARCH has released the 2024 Report on Board and Executive Compensation in the Clean Technology Industry. The report gathers detailed compensation data from…
Advancing hydrogen as a replacement for carbon fuels
University of Toronto researchers are working to improve a device used for splitting the water molecule. While the notion of using hydrogen for energy has…
SFU study urges Canada to build mega solar projects
Canada should focus on building mass utility-scale solar mega-projects to kickstart its green energy transition, according to a new report from Simon Fraser University’s Clean…
PFAS cleanup project at Jack Garland airport underway
The City of North Bay has initiated its on-site remediation project at the Jack Garland Airport. Under a $20-million agreement with the Department of National…
New battery could outlast EVs and be used for grid energy
There’s a big push underway to increase the lifespan of lithium-ion batteries powering electric vehicles (EVs) on the road today. By law, in the United…
ESAA announces new executive director: Erin Ciezki
The Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) has announced Erin Ciezki as the new Executive Director. Ciezki joined ESAA in July of 2023 as the…