Tag: environment
Which Canadian climate policies will have the biggest impact by 2030?
By Dale Beugin, Anna Kanduth, Dave Sawyer, and Rick Smith
Debate about Canada’s climate policies has often been disconnected from their actual emissions impact. In...
Remembering one of Canada’s greenest prime ministers
Brian Mulroney was a lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. He was also...
New guide examines the environmental impact of the mining industry
Mining is well known to be an environmentally harmful practice, but despite this fact, it’s still a hugely profitable business across the globe. The...
Agenda now available for ESAA’s Environmental Summit
The 2nd Annual Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) Environmental Summit will feature all of the things you expect from an ESAA event: great talks, great location...
Pioneering partnership to provide green hydrogen in Nova Scotia
EverWind Fuels Company, a pioneering developer of green hydrogen and ammonia production in Atlantic Canada, has signed of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with...
New tech can remove microplastics from water with 94 per cent...
University of Waterloo researchers have created a new technology that can remove harmful microplastics from contaminated water with 94 per cent efficiency.
The amount of...
Report reveals challenges to cleantech adoption for manufacturing SMEs
Developed by the Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) in collaboration with Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen), a new report presents insights gleaned from extensive...
Climate adaptation funds proposed for Alberta communities
Alberta’s new Drought and Flood Protection Program will fund a new wave of projects to help communities from climate change.
In recent years, many parts...
The balancing act of oil and clean energy investment
By Andrea Zanon
Last year, both the United States and Canada have increased their oil and gas production, reaching record targets and profits. In fact,...
PFAS in Mining: How to manage potential impacts, risks, and challenges
By Tanya Shanoff and Justin Hains
We see that PFAS—or per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances—are showing up around the world. In Canada, regulators looking for...