Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Federal registry proposed to help tackle plastics pollution
The Government of Canada is taking action to reduce plastic pollution and move toward a circular economy addressing the entire lifecycle of plastics, keeping it…
Government of Alberta
Pilot projects to improve oil and gas site reclamation work in Alberta
The Alberta government is launching new pilot projects to test ways to speed up oil and gas well site reclamation while protecting the environment. Reclamation…
New funds for emissions-reducing technologies in Alberta
The Alberta government is investing more than $60 million into cutting-edge technologies that will reduce emissions and increase economic performance for industries across the province.…
Feeling the heat? Strategic recommendations to combat climate change
As climate change unfolds before our eyes, we are starting to experience the impacts of extreme weather conditions. Unseasonably hot weather and dry conditions has…
Alberta government advancing hydrogen use in transportation
Alberta’s government is seeking input on developing hydrogen fuelling stations to help support future low-emission transportation needs. Currently the largest hydrogen producer in Canada, research…
Alberta-based Sunnynook solar project expands capacity
Westbridge Renewable Energy Corporation has announced the expansion of the Sunnynook Project, one of the company’s most advanced projects under development in Alberta. The project solar…
Major investments energize Alberta’s hydrogen sector
The Alberta government is awarding more than $161 million in funding from the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program (APIP) to grow Alberta’s clean hydrogen sector. Alberta…
Alberta’s cabinet shuffle results in new environment minister
Twenty-four members of the Government of Alberta’s cabinet have been introduced to Albertans. The new cabinet represents a mix of rural and urban Members of…
Federal energy efficiency investments for four Alberta communities
The Government of Canada is working with municipalities in Alberta and across Canada to make it easier for retrofits to take place, as well as…
TC Energy to build its first solar farm in Canada
TC Energy Corporation will soon begin pre-construction activities of the Saddlebrook Solar Project located near Aldersyde, Alberta. TC Energy is investing $146 million to build…
Billion-dollar Indigenous energy partnership launched in Alberta
An energy partnership between Enbridge and 23 communities, called Athabasca Indigenous Investments, is the largest of its kind in North America. The major investment of…
WSP to design hydrogen facilities for ATCO and CP in Alberta
WSP in Canada (WSP) has been awarded the detailed design for two hydrogen production and refueling facilities in Alberta. The facilities, located in Calgary and…
Burntfields: New land designation to build more resilient communities
Extreme weather conditions are driving the risk of major wildfires globally. Last summer the small town of Lytton, British Columbia faced three consecutive days of…
Funds for Alberta projects support green economy, lower emissions
The Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund is supporting 11 carbon capture projects to accelerate Alberta’s transition to a lower-emissions future. TIER funding of…
Meet Alberta’s new minister of environment and parks
The Government of Alberta recently shuffled some key cabinet positions. Former Minister of Environment & Parks, Jason Nixon, is now Minister of Finance. The new…
Alberta launches Clean Hydrogen Centre of Excellence
The Alberta government is investing $50 million to create the new Clean Hydrogen Centre of Excellence, which will drive innovation in the production, deployment and…
NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem advance commercialization of chemical recycling tech
NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Enerkem Inc. are advancing their versatile and energy efficient chemical recycling technology to pilot stage in Edmonton, Alberta, thanks in part to…
EnviroTech 2022 event agenda now available
The Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) is presenting EnviroTech 2022 as an in-person event on April 20-22 at the Hyatt Regency in Calgary. Event…
Alberta supports STEM learning opportunities for women
Women are under-represented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professions; making up half of Alberta’s population but only representing about one-third of enrolments and…
EnviroTech 2022 calls for technical abstracts
The Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA) has announced that EnviroTech 2022 is returning as an in-person event and will be held April 20-22 at…
Federal funds to support Alberta energy transition
A recent Alberta Energy Transition Study suggests the clean technology sector could create 170,000 jobs and contribute $61 billion to gross domestic product by 2050 in Alberta alone. Today,…
Alberta energy transition could grow the green economy by $61B
The global energy transition could create 170,000 jobs in the cleantech sector in Alberta and contribute $61 billion to GDP by 2050, concludes the Alberta Energy Transition Study conducted for Calgary Economic Development, Edmonton Global, and supported by funding…
New Alberta initiatives to cut industry emissions, create jobs
More investments from Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction System fund will diversify Alberta’s economy and create jobs through cutting-edge emissions reduction technology. Up to…
New accessible environmental enforcement info service in Alberta
The Alberta government is launching a new web-based service to provide Albertans with free and direct access to environmental enforcement history records. The Environmental Historical…