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Dream kicks off 19 building retrofits to cut emissions

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The group of companies collectively known as Dream has officially launched a multi-million-dollar program to retrofit 19 Toronto and Saskatoon buildings within its portfolios.

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The ONEC Group of Companies has developed a mobile generator which can produce 5 KW of power utilizing a hydrogen fuel cell module. The system can be used as a remote power source or in emergencies during power outages.

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Some environmental safeguards built into British Columbia mine approvals are being gradually whittled away without enough public or scientific oversight, says new university research.

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Canada’s pension industry looks increasingly out of step with at least 125 leading pension funds worldwide that have listened to their members and concluded that investments linked to fossil fuels are now too risky to hold in their portfolios.

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As concerns about greenwashing swell, Canadian banks, among the biggest financiers of fossil fuels globally, continue to tread a fine line between their net-zero commitments and their pledges to continue supporting oil and gas clients.

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One of Canada’s most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems is the subject of research on a new sustainable finance tool: a conservation impact bond that invests in habitat renewal, green economic development and reconciliation.

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To create real change and avert a climate crisis, we must move beyond earth-neutral and embrace earth-positive — and that starts with your narrative. Here are three ways to ensure that your business, your brand and your ethos are all earth-positive.

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Questions about electric vehicles are answered in this report, which shows that the cost of every EV analyzed was lower — often much lower — than the cost of its gas equivalent, with only one exception.

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The BC Liberals are calling on the NDP government to temporarily suspend provincial gas taxes and import taxes on gas from Alberta, while creating a one-time boost to the Climate Action Tax Credit.

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Residents in N.B. are undergoing a pilot project, and have been given sensors to install outside their homes that gauge the amount of small pollution particles in the air, from things like wildfires and burning home heating or engine fuels.

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Novelis is building a $2.5 billion aluminum recycling and rolling plant with a focus on advanced sustainability and circular manufacturing. Constructed in Bay Minette, Alabama, the plant will have a capacity of 600,000 metric tonnes of aluminum products per year.

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Does your company know exactly how much energy it uses? What efficiency incentives are available for its facilities? Where are the most beneficial sites for its clean energy investments? Data analytics company Arcadia has developed software to answer the questions.

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Unilever is launching two pilot programs that will use warmer ice cream freezers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing temperatures from minus-18 degrees Celsius to minus-12 degrees Celsius, energy use could be reduced by 20 to 30 per cent.

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Ben & Jerry’s, among others, have signed deals to begin using a natural seaweed supplement for their cows. The move could safely cut cows’ methane emissions by more than 80 per cent without changing the taste of milk or meat.

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IGA has teamed up with Reusables.com to do its part in the war on plastic. The grocery chain struck a partnership with Reusables.com, a container-sharing platform which aims to save thousands of single-use containers from waste streams.

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Sphera has developed a life cycle assessment automation software to give organizations a tool for sustainable improvements throughout their operations, including tackling Scope 3 emissions. The system will provide insight into a company’s supply chain, helping them reduce GHG emissions.

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Around the globe, the climate crisis is ravaging livestock farms. Last summer’s heat dome across much of western and central North America shrivelled crops and pastures, forcing farmers to send cows to slaughter before they starved.

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The global meat and dairy industry is facing a nexus of escalating risks that are sending a “red flag” to investors increasingly concerned about the sector’s ability to handle worsening climate impacts and growing demands for it to decarbonize.

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Country Crock has launched its Cover Crop whiskey project — a program to bring awareness to sustainable farming practices — and The Cover Crops Project, which provides Kansas-area farmers with financial resources and training to plant cover crops.

 

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The Arab oil embargo brought the U.S. economy to its knees. Still, it also kick-started an energy conservation drive that reshaped the American auto and building industries, to name but two. Could a similar trend happen with fertilizer in agriculture?

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