Saturday, April 19, 2025
Excess soil regulations and resource recovery in Canada event
On September 21, 2023, the 7th Annual Excess Soils Symposium will provide a first-rate update on the business of excess soils and new regulations impacting…
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Ontario Ford plant prepares $1.8 billion renovation to build EVs
Ford Motor Company is investing C$1.8 billion in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada – a key part…
Celebrating the energy transition this Earth Day
This year, EnvironmentJournal will celebrate Earth Day on April 21 with the 9th Annual Lumesmart EarthDay, with the theme of “Energy Transition.” The goal of…
Guardians program receives support to continue environmental stewardship
With an investment of $8.9 million over three years, the Government of British Columbia is partnering with First Nations representatives to develop the first training…
SANEXEN awarded first of its kind contract by Waste Connections
ALTRA | SANEXEN, a leading environmental and water solutions provider headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, has been awarded a contract by Waste Connections to provide the…
ECO Canada’s survey on salaries in the environmental sector
ECO Canada’s 2023 HR Series survey has just launched! Share your knowledge and illuminate key trends impacting environmental workforce diversity and compensation. Studies from 2021…
Disarming the Disinformation: Finding energy solutions or burning our future?
Victor Hugo is credited with stating, “Nothing else in the world… not all the armies… is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.”…
CanREA Operations Summit brings together leading industry clean energy operators
Nearly 350 operations professionals from the renewable energy sector gathered in Toronto this week for CanREA’s Operations Summit 2023, the country’s largest wind, solar and energy-storage…
Cadillac Fairview cutting carbon emissions with AI from SHIFT Energy
Building operations account for nearly 30 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Heating and cooling of buildings is responsible for a significant portion of these…
CanREA launches workforce strategy to support renewables workforce
The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) has launched a National Workforce Strategy to support Canada’s growing renewable energy and energy storage workforce. This report, which…
B.C.’s new energy action framework to cap emissions, electrify clean economy
The British Columbia government’s new energy action framework will ensure oil and gas sector projects fit within B.C.’s climate commitments and create new opportunities for…
Trends that are shaping the energy transition to non-emitting sources
Climate change, increasing costs of fossil fuels, and rapid technological advancement continue to drive changes in how we generate and use energy. Canada has committed…
Policy POV: The big-ticket green budget
The concept of a green economy, led by green budgets from governments, has been around for several decades but this year’s budget may be the…
Quest to cross Great Lakes by paddleboard to raise awareness
Three men will cross Lake Ontario on stand up paddleboards this June to help raise awareness about water pollution. Jeff Guy, Joe Lorenz and Kwin…
TD Bank sets new $500B sustainable and decarbonization finance target
The TD Bank Group has launched a new Sustainable & Decarbonization Finance Target to support its customers, clients and the communities it serves by aiming…
Ontario government launches clean energy credit registry
Ontario is leveraging its world-class clean electricity grid by launching a clean energy credit (CEC) registry to boost competitiveness and attract jobs, by helping businesses…
NextGen Perspectives: Contemplating the controversy of deep-seabed mining
As the first part of the 28th annual session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) ends, debates about deep-seabed mining have raised a lot of…
SFU scientists create roadmap to convert waste into clean energy
Professor Vincenzo Pecunia of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, has led a team of more than 100 internationally-recognized scientists in creating a comprehensive…
Recommendations for competing in the clean energy transition
As the shift toward clean energy gathers speed, fuelled in part by the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, Canada is under pressure to accelerate the flow…
Two calls for Indigenous-led zero-emission vehicles projects
The Government of Canada is working with Indigenous communities on reducing pollution from the transportation sector, which is critical to Canada achieving its climate targets.…
PFAS in Canadian Provinces: Where are the environmental regulations?
Per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) are all around us, in many places. You can find these persistent contaminants in our soils, water, and in our…
CIB commits $277M towards biorefinery and Canada’s largest electrolyzer
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has concluded the financing on its first project from its low-carbon fuels, carbon capture utilization storage (CCUS) and hydrogen initiative…
Global trade slows, but green products and services grow
Global trade was worth a record $32 trillion in 2022, but amid deteriorating economic conditions and rising uncertainties, growth turned negative in the last half…
NextGen Perspectives: Finding hope in the IPCC’s synthesis report
Like many people in Generation Z (born 1997 to 2013), climate change is a big topic in my day-to-day life. It is a matter of…