Glencore invests $200M in battery recycler Li-Cycle

BIZ  Energy, Waste  •  Infrastructure, Technology  •  National, Toronto / GTA, International

Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with commodity trading and mining company Glencore plc, including a $200-million investment by Glencore expected to close in the third quarter of 2022.

Minus Global acquires Planet Earth Recycling

BIZ  Waste  •  Technology  •  Toronto / GTA

Minus Global Holdings Inc. has acquired food waste company Planet Earth Recycling, a provider of organic recycling services in southern Ontario.

UBC student residence gets Passive House certification

Carbon, Real Estate  •  UBC Okanagan News

While climate change is seeing global temperatures trending up, UBC’s Okanagan campus is committed to trending greenhouse gas emissions down. Its newest and most efficient student residence building is playing no small part in those ambitious plans.

Planetary Technologies wins $1M XPRIZE award

Carbon, Energy  •  Business Wire

Planetary Technologies has been awarded the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone Award for its accelerated carbon transition platform. Planetary will use the $1 million prize winnings to achieve a full-scale demonstration of its technology.

Canadian hydropower headed for U.S. hits a roadblock

Carbon, Energy  •  New York Times

Hydro Quebec and Avangrid spent hundreds of millions of dollars readying construction and installing the first 78 of more than 832 new high-voltage transmission poles that would deliver hydroelectric power to Boston. However, resistance to the project has stalled plans.

Record oil exports test Canada’s climate-change goals

Carbon, Energy  •  BNNBloomberg

Canada is becoming more reliant on the fossil-fuel sector, even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeks to strengthen the country’s policies on climate change. Exports hit a one-month record of $17.4 billion in March, according to data from StatsCan.

Rockpoint and co. developing hydrogen storage project

Carbon, Energy  •  Newswire

A pilot project involving FortisBC, Certarus Ltd. and Rockpoint Gas Storage is demonstrating how existing natural gas storage infrastructure can accelerate the energy transition by bridging the timing and location challenges of matching hydrogen production and consumer demand.

Construction to begin on Alberta flood mitigation project

Real Estate, Transportation  •  Toronto Star

Nine years after a catastrophic flood caused billions of dollars in damage to parts of Calgary and surrounding communities, work is to begin on a dam to protect the area from rising water in the future.

EvGateway launches Canadian operations in Toronto

Carbon, Energy  •  Newswire

EvGateway, a California-based turnkey EV infrastructure solutions provider, announced the launch of its first location in the Greater Toronto Area. The company will provide innovation in the Canadian EV charging management marketplace and help advance EV adoption.

Biden allocates $3.1B to make EV batteries in U.S.

Carbon, Energy  •  Treehugger

President Joe Biden’s administration has announced $3.1 billion in funding by the D.O.E. to help companies build factories or retrofit current factories to make batteries for EVs in the U.S. The announcement comes as the price of gas has skyrocketed.

Rivian lands $1.5B for Georgia megafactory

Transportation  •  Bisnow

Rivian Automotive’s plans to build a $5B electric vehicle manufacturing plant and facility outside Atlanta could be funded by a record $1.5B in local and state economic incentives. Still, the race is on for the company to cash in.

Plastic recycling in the U.S. ‘does not work’

Social, Waste  •  Treehugger

There is no circular economy of plastics, according to a report from The Last Beach Cleanup and Beyond Plastic. Instead, researchers say consumer brand companies and governments need to adopt policies that reduce the production, usage, and disposal of plastics.

Atlanta office complex incorporating solar on site

Energy, Real Estate  •  Environmental Leader

Palisades, an office building complex in Atlanta, is poised to become one of the most sustainable in the region. The 640,000-square-foot office building will feature a one-megawatt solar plant at the site and will produce no Scope-1 emissions.

1,000GW of solar energy needed in EU by 2030

Carbon, Energy  •  BNNBloomberg

Officials are urging the European Union to set an ambitious goal for boosting solar energy capacity across the region as it seeks to free itself from a dependency on Russian gas, according to five member states.

We need humans to achieve a just energy transition

Social, Health  •  GreenBiz

To truly achieve a just energy transition, we must ensure an inclusive human-centred approach that recognizes that people are at the forefront of trailblazing and refining solutions and experiencing impacts.

Microgrid 2022 bringing experts to the forefront

Energy, Real Estate  •  Microgrid Knowledge

Now just a few weeks away — June 1 and 2 — Microgrid 2022: Microgrids as Climate Heroes will bring nearly 100 microgrid experts to its stage, providing an opportunity for companies to learn about the latest microgrid trends, technologies and innovations.

Panama’s Indigenous groups using tech to fight logging

Carbon, Energy  •  Yale Environment 360

Cow burps measured from space tracking emissions

Carbon, Energy  •  Globe and Mail

VIDEO: Satellites have detected methane emissions from belching cows at a California feedlot, marking the first time emissions from livestock — a major component of agricultural methane — could be measured from space.

American Express issues inaugural $1B ESG bond

Finance, ESG  •  Environmental Leader

American Express has announced the settlement of the company’s first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Bond. To guide the plan, the strategy includes a $1 billion DE&I Action Plan and a commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by 2035.

Sunshine Hydro unveils $2B hydrogen project in Australia

Carbon, Energy  •  Renewables Now

Australian renewable energy company Sunshine Hydro has unveiled plans for an AUD-2-billion pumped hydropower and green hydrogen project in Queensland in partnership with domestic advisory firm Energy Estate. The project could offset four million tonnes of carbon per annum.