Tag: Natural Resources Canada
Canada launches Impact Canada Oil Spill Response Challenge
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, launched the $10-million Impact Canada Oil Spill Response Challenge, which encourages innovators to develop rapidly deployable...
Dodging the Peak: Smart grid to cut carbon and incorporate renewables
By Zack Metcalfe
Picture Saint John in the throes of autumn. Temperatures are cool but predictable, the city’s electrical grid smoothly supplies its 36,000 customers,...
New report recommends strategic cleantech procurement
Clean technologies will play a critical role in helping Canada meet its environmental and economic goals in the coming years. According to a new...
Powerful People: Ensuring Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Solutions
By Zack Metcalfe
In 1923, the Maine Public Service (a bygone electrical utility) was keen to build a hydroelectric dam on the Aroostook River flowing...
Renewable Energy and Building Initiatives Open Doors to Net Zero Homes
By Anna DeSimone
Thanks to sweeping initiatives across the nation, the dream of having a net zero home is within for reach for Canada’s homeowners...
Federal Funds for New and Retrofitted Energy Efficient Housing
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) created the Sustainable Affordable Housing (SAH) initiative to support their work to help...
What is Possible for Canada’s Renewable Energy Infrastructure?
The Government of Canada has set a national goal of reaching net-zero emissions across all sectors by 2050. Achieving our climate goals is going...
Regulations to Reduce Methane Emissions
New regulations have been introduced to reduce methane emissions apply to oil and gas production activities in three provinces.
Minister of Environment and Climate Change,...
Clean Energy Funds Support Five Indigenous-led Initiatives in Yukon
Larry Bagnell, Member of Parliament for Yukon, on behalf of Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced a $5.4-million investment in five community-led...
Quebec Clean Mining Tech Receives Support from Feds
Jean-Yves Duclos, president of Treasury Board of Canada and member of parliament for Quebec, on behalf of Seamus O'Regan, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources,...
