Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Flip the Switch: It’s Canada’s time to shine
Energy is so integrated into our lives that it’s almost invisible. We use it for lighting, heating, cooling, and powering countless devices without often considering its…
environment
Evolving PFAS Regulations in Canada: What you need to know
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of human-made chemicals used in many everyday products for their heat, stain, and water-resistant properties. These include…
MultiRés: A decarbonization program for multi-residential building owners opens in Montreal
The Greater Montreal Climate Fund and Efficiency Capital have partnered to launch MultiRés and have announced that applications are now open for building owners to…
Alberta government using science and tech to reduce tailings ponds
Alberta’s government has received the first recommendations to help speed up oil sands mine water management and tailings pond reclamation. Over the last year, the…
Brownfield practitioners come together to evolve reuse projects
Environment Journal joined 150 brownfield pracitioners and project stakeholders at the Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) annual conference yesterday. This year, CBN presented the theme of…
BluEarth Renewables announces leadership transition
BluEarth Renewables (BluEarth), based in Calgary, Alta., announced today that Grant Arnold, President & Chief Executive Officer and BluEarth’s Board of Directors, have agreed to…
Market Watch: Canadian grid modernization company joins the index
General Market Commentary The Bank of Canada maintained its target for the policy rate at 2.75 per cent on June 4, 2025. Since the previous…
City of Brampton and Zenobe to electrify transit fleet in $4B deal
The City of Brampton announced a landmark $4 billion partnership with Zenobe, a global fleet electrification and battery storage specialist headquartered in London, UK, to…
GHD opens Montreal office to expand service offerings
GHD, a global professional services company operating in the water, transportation, environmental and energy markets, has opened a new Montréal office, located in the heart…
Englobe to acquire Cambium in third firm acquisition
Englobe Corporation, a leading Canadian engineering and environmental services firm, has announced its intention to acquire Cambium Inc., a 235 person employee-owned, multi-service consulting and…
B.C. calls for proposals for clean energy procurement
BC Hydro has launched two requests for expressions of interest (RFEOI) to explore the next era of the province’s power potential, expand clean-energy resources and…
Ensuring renewable power readiness to face extreme weather
As the energy transition accelerates worldwide, power systems with high shares of renewables are due to become the norm in a net-zero and affordable energy…
Last chance to submit abstracts for RemTech 2025
The Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) is presenting the 24th edition of RemTech 2025, which will be held on October 15-17, 2025 at the Fairmont Banff…
$108.3M investment for clean power project in Gespe’gewa’gi
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is investing $108.3 million, including its first Indigenous equity loan in Quebec, to support construction of the 102.2-megawatt Mesgi’g Ugju’s’n 2 Wind Farm (MU2),…
Hydro-Quebec to add 3,000 MW of solar energy by 2035
At a time when achieving Quebec’s energy independence is more important than ever, solar energy is a promising option. It allows the province to diversify…
Event to explore the evolution and integration of brownfield reuse
The Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) is inviting brownfield practitioners to discover the latest tools, technologies, and services transforming how to approach site assessment, remediation, and…
Survey Says: Women in the environment space are eager to enter the C suite
Women account for just over one-quarter (26.6%) of management positions within the Canadian environment and cleantech sector—12.6 percentage points below the share of women among…
Green hydrogen projects fuelled by Nova Scotia’s Clean Fuels Fund
The Nova Scotia government is supporting several green hydrogen projects in the second round of funding from the Clean Fuels Fund. In all, seven projects…
Guidance for financial institutions to support net zero transition strategies
Today, the Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF), in collaboration with Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), launched the “Transition Finance Playbook”, a guide for financial institutions to…
BSI releases report on need for critical collaboration in net zero journey
BSI released a newly published 2024 net zero report which includes commentary, surveys and original case studies from some of the top organizations in the…
Schneider Electric launches AI ecosystem for sustainability and energy management
Schneider Electric has launched a landmark multi-year initiative dedicated to building a new kind of integrated ecosystem for sustainability and energy management, backed by a…
Foresight reveals winners of the 2025 Alberta Cleantech Awards
Foresight Canada announced the winners of the Alberta Cleantech Awards at the Inventures 2025 Conference in Calgary. The event celebrated the region’s top innovators, funders,…
Carbonity, a Que.-based partnership to regenerate soil and sequester carbon
Airex Energy, an innovative leader in the development of world-class decarbonization solutions, Groupe Rémabec, a cornerstone of Quebec’s forest industry committed to responsible transformation and…
Energy transition gaining momentum in Nunavik with two new projects
First, Makivvik and Hydro-Québec have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at strengthening their relationship and fostering economic development in Nunavik. The partnership aligns with Hydro-Québec’s Strategy…