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Energir, Nature Energy to develop 10 Que. RNG plants

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Energir, Nature Energy to develop 10 Que. RNG plants

Énergir Development has teamed up with Nature Energy to codevelop 10 biomethanization plants in Quebec’s agriculturally dense regions, producing up to 200 million cubic metres of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year.

Fondaction leads $160M carbon credit fund

Fondaction Asset Management, a new asset management arm of the Quebec-based retirement fund, is intensifying efforts to provide carbon credits for voluntary and compliance markets in North America with plans for the $160-million Inlandsis II Fund.

PCL launches standalone solar division

Building on its increased solar production in 2022, PCL Construction has launched a separate division focused solely on solar manufacturing projects.

Enbridge launches EaaS Enbridge Sustain

Enbridge Inc. has launched a new energy-as-a-service (EaaS) line of business called Enbridge Sustain, offering clean energy solutions to homeowners, developers and commercial customers in Ontario.

$50B opportunity for renewables: CanREA CEO

It’s “go time” for wind, solar, and energy storage in Canada — thanks to low costs, abundant resources, climate imperatives, and an estimated $50-billion investment opportunity, says Vittoria Bellissimo, the Canadian Renewable Energy Association’s (CanREA) new president and CEO.

PSP to invest $250M in Norwegian wind company

Canadian pension manager Public Sector Pension (PSP) Investment Board, is putting $250 million into an investment vehicle that controls Norwegian wind-farm equipment owner Havfram, according to a statement Monday.

A new goldrush: The climate economy

With world-leading innovators and a robust tech sector, Canada has a head start in the race to lead the emerging climate economy. Will it ascend or fall behind?

Alberta's industrial carbon tax to triple by 2030

Alberta’s tax on industrial carbon dioxide emissions will triple by 2030 in order to keep pace with the federal carbon pricing schedule, according to an order in council issued Thursday.

SaskEnergy cut emissions 7% in 2022

SaskEnergy says in the last fiscal year it has cut its emissions by seven per cent, according to its latest sustainability report. The Sask. Environmental Society says the Crown Corp should be committing to net-zero emissions by 2050.

Brookfield linked to deforestation

UN Climate envoy and ex-Bank of England boss Mark Carney's firm Brookfield sold farms in Brazil linked to deforestation claims. The move comes despite his call on owners to fix rather than sell climate-damaging assets.

New roofing standard prepares for climate change

Climate change isn’t a myth and roofs are especially vulnerable to those changes, says a National Research Council Canada representative.

Choose 'nature over concrete' in Que.: Clifford Lincoln

Former Quebec environment minister Clifford Lincoln pleaded with the federal government on Thursday to protect from commercial development an ecologically sensitive area next to Montreal’s airport.

COP15 strikes ‘transformational’ deal for biodiversity

A “transformational” global deal to save nature was inked into reality in Montreal early Monday morning. A promise to protect a third of the planet in the next eight years was brokered by Canada after a marathon negotiation.

COP15 isn't moving fast for Minister Guilbeault

While Guilbeault might today represent a country with an enormous oil and gas sector and spotty climate record, he still embraces, literally and figuratively, environmental activists.

Scientists say don’t monetize the whales

Whales have been discovered as major carbon storers, sparking interest from institutions to create whale carbon credits. In a new paper, however, the scientists behind that carbon research deliver a message: Don’t monetize the whales.

Why us Wall Street so hot for biodiversity?

As climate change moved higher on the Wall Street agenda, there had been fewer indications that financial giants took similar interest in the biodiversity crisis. Carbon dioxide is something can be priced and traded. But how does finance value an insect?

Gas industry created global 'disinformation' playbook

The strategy documents from the International Gas Union appear to have been drafted with input from the Canadian Gas Association and show a global campaign to shape the role of liquefied natural gas in the face of climate action.

Make oil and gas emissions cap fit for 1.5C: MPs

The federal government should introduce an oil and gas emissions cap that aligns with a 1.5°C limit on average global warming and creates incentives for innovation without favouring any specific technology, the Commons Natural Resources Committee concluded.

EU agrees to carbon market overhaul

European Union negotiators reached agreement early on Sunday morning to reform the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, the biggest carbon market in the world and the bloc’s flagship climate policy instrument.

California approves 2045 net-zero plan

California’s authorities this week approved a roadmap for achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 that involves reducing oil demand by 86 per cent.

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