Modern Niagara to acquire RNG from StormFisher

BIZ  Energy, Waste  •  Clean Energy, Technology  •  Ontario, Ottawa

Modern Niagara Group Inc. has partnered with StormFisher Environmental Ltd., allowing it to take renewable natural gas (RNG) from StormFisher’s London, Ont. anaerobic digestion facility.

GIP to build Future Energy Park in Calgary

BIZ  Energy  •  Technology  •  Calgary

Green Impact Partners Inc. is developing the Future Energy Park in Calgary — a net CO2-negative biofuels facility expected to produce millions of litres of biofuels annually.

Meet StoreDot: the EV startup changing battery tech

Carbon, Energy  •  Sustainable Brands

Thanks to a unique approach to addressing ‘range anxiety’ due to limited battery life, StoreDot, an Israeli startup valued at $1.6 billion, has reinvented the EV battery with a breakthrough that could finally leapfrog EVs into the mainstream.

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World’s first airport for flying cars has landed

Carbon, Energy  •  GreenBiz

The world’s first airport for electric drones and flying cars just opened in the centre of a city in the United Kingdom. If it’s a success, it will be the blueprint for hundreds more around the world.

A look at Edmonton’s ambitious sustainable community

Real Estate  •  CBC

A sustainable community being developed in Blatchford, near the former City Centre Airport in Edmonton, has been off to a slow start, but city officials are hoping to sell some of the land to builders to speed things up.

Using proptech to combat climate change

Carbon, Energy  •  Globe and Mail

Property technology is being deployed to streamline work and control costs. According to Benjamin Shinewald, CEO of BOMA Canada, the industry group representing building owners and maintenance operators, proptech is becoming a significant aspect of Canadian commercial real estate.

Alberta government to use caverns for CCUS

Carbon, Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

The Alberta government is sorting through more than 40 applications to use underground caverns across the province for carbon capture, utilization and storage hubs. The flood of applications underscores the optimism in the province for the emissions-reducing technology.

$744M contract awarded for Springbank reservoir

Real Estate  •  Western Investor

Nine years after a catastrophic flood caused billions of dollars in damage to parts of Calgary and surrounding communities, work is to begin on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR-1) to protect the area from rising water in the future.

Fire-ravaged Lytton lands $416 million in rebuild funding

Real Estate  •  Western Investor  •  Globe and Mail

Little appears to have changed in Lytton, B.C., since most of the community was destroyed by fire almost eleven months ago, but the village’s mayor says the townsite will be rebuilt.

Resilient infrastructure needed to fight climate change

Carbon, Energy  •  Globe and Mail

Dozens of experts advising the government on adapting to climate change say Canada needs to do more to prepare infrastructure for the threats of extreme weather and get faster at helping Canadians recover from floods, fires and major storms.

Canada opens consultations on national climate plan

Carbon, Energy  •  Reuters

Canada launched the public consultation phase of a national climate adaptation strategy on Monday, aimed at developing its first-ever framework to help cope with increasing natural disasters and other severe impacts from global warming.

Wellington Brewery bringing upcycling to food industry

Real Estate  •  CBC

Using already-used ingredients to create a new food product is the latest iteration of “upcycling” — a word that typically refers to transforming clothing or furniture. Guelph’s Wellington Brewery is changing the game with broths and plant-based protein powder.

Que. company creates recyclable cardboard clip solution

Real Estate  •  CBC

Cardboard bread clips are beginning to appear on grocery shelves across Canada, after a Quebec manufacturer made the decision to ditch plastic. Looking for a more sustainable way, KLR Systems now has two production lines producing the cardboard versions.

Seven biochar companies you should know

Carbon, Energy  •  GreenBiz

One of the most promising carbon reduction technologies building momentum, though it’s been around. Biochar is a high-carbon charcoal created by heating organic matter, such as scraps from lumber or forest debris. Here are seven biochar organizations you should know.

Could a flexitarian diet cut agricultural emissions?

Carbon, Energy  •  Corporate Knights

A new study published in Nature that concludes veggie foods offer a “double climate dividend” that could save the planet. Not only will the environment benefit, but the grazing land freed up could regenerate as woodlands that sequester carbon.

US builder plans 200,000 home microgrids using zinc batteries

Carbon, Energy  •  Microgrid Knowledge

The Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), Emera Technologies and Pepco are moving forward on a residential microgrid project at a subdivision of net-zero, low-to-moderate income houses with the support of a $200,000 grant from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA).

U.S. retrofit offers model for multifamily energy savings

Energy, Real Estate  •  GreenBiz

A Massachusetts apartment complex has nearly completed an extensive and challenging clean energy overhaul, a process that planners say helped create a playbook for tackling difficult multifamily retrofits.

Bahamas first island nation to sell ocean-based credits

Carbon, Energy  •  GreenBiz

Bahamas plans to offer “blue carbon” credits this year as a way for companies to offset their emissions, the country’s prime minister announced recently. Coastal ecosystems can reportedly store three to five times more carbon per hectare than tropical forests.

Renowned scientist on running toward the climate crisis

Carbon, Energy  •  Globe and Mail

A discussion with climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, a professor of public policy at Texas Tech University and global chief scientist for the environmental organization Nature United. She recently discussed why tackling climate change begins with dialogue.