Friday, August 1, 2025
COP26 results in climate agreement but skepticism remains
COP26 – UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 wrapped up two eventful weeks of global climate pledges and high-level consensus on key climate action initiatives.…
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Feds support Canadian satellite-based emissions detection system
Canada’s cleantech entrepreneurs are proving their power to take on today’s environmental challenges. Working in partnership with innovative companies, the Government of Canada is supporting…
CEC releases recommendations following youth roundtable on sustainable solutions
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has submitted new Advice to the CEC Council, following a meeting of the JPAC and a youth roundtable alongside the…
Accelerate announces Matthew Fortier as president and CEO
Accelerate, Canada’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) supply chain alliance, has announced the appointment of Matthew Fortier as president and CEO. As the transition to ZEVs accelerates…
Global financial firms aligned with $130 trillion for net zero
More than 450 firms representing US$130 trillion in assets — 40 per cent of the world’s financial assets — now belong to the Glasgow Financial…
Canadian PM calls for clean energy initiative at COP26
At COP26 – UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada’s ambitious and enhanced plans to support the global phase-out of…
Canadian delegation calling for strong climate action at COP26
Newly appointed Minister of Environment and Climate Change Stephen Guilbeault is accompanying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Canadian delegation to United Nations Climate Change…
Cabinet shuffle leads to new environment minister: Steven Guilbeault
Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled a new cabinet, after a substantial shuffle. Only seven ministers are retaining the same portfolios they had before…
Climate commitments ahead of COP26 fall short, net-zero pledges provide hope
New and updated global climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on…
CIB invests in world’s largest wastewater energy transfer project
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has reached financial close on the world’s largest raw wastewater energy transfer project, located at Toronto Western Hospital, part of…
Federal election confirms existing environmental policy for Canada
A snap election during the fourth wave of the COVID pandemic has resulted in the Liberal Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,…
Climate solutions presented at the World Circular Economy Forum
Yesterday the fifth World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) opened in Toronto, Ontario, following the release of the ominous new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…
Hot Topic: How do the Campaign Climate Action Strategies Stack Up?
This summer, Canada has experienced some of the hottest temperatures in its recorded history, with wildfires in British Columbia and Ontario and devastating drought across…
Renewable energy transfer project to supply power to hospital
Noventa Energy Partners announced the delivery of the world’s largest raw wastewater energy transfer project at Toronto Western Hospital. The $38 million project, funded in…
Network to boost natural products and tech in Canada
Canada’s natural products sector has the potential to offer vast environmental, health and economic benefits to Canadians. This includes everything from agriculture to wastewater treatment,…
Inaugural green and inclusive building funds awarded
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna has announced the first recipients of the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) program, which supports green and…
$796 million to protect biodiversity and combat climate change
The federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, announced up to $796 million in funding to support…
Investment for first made-in-Canada electric vehicle
The Government of Canada has announced a $5-million FedDev Ontario investment for the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) to support Project Arrow, the automotive industry’s…
Indigenous-led conservation initiatives receive support
Indigenous Guardians and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) initiatives across Canada recognize the many lessons that can be learned from Indigenous partners when it…
Feds launch zero emission public transit fund
The federal Ministry of Infrastructure and Communities has launched a $2.75 billion Zero Emission Transit Fund — a five year national program that will help…
Clean energy project in downtown Winnipeg receives support
The Forks Renewal Corporation is cutting the use of natural gas in its buildings in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba with a geothermal energy system funded in…
IPCC Releases “Code Red” Global Climate Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — the United Nations (UN) body that assesses the science of climate change — has released its sixth…
New Green Municipal Funds for B.C. Communities
Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Natural Resources and Joanne Vanderheyden, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced $1.76-million of new investments through…
Pan-Canadian Team to Create Standards for Environmental DNA
Natural resource management decisions made by Canadian communities, Indigenous peoples, industries and regulators need timely and relevant information regarding risk and impacts of human activities,…