Snow Lake Lithium prepares first all-electric lithium mine

BIZ  Energy  •  Clean Energy, Technology  •  Winnipeg, Manitoba

Snow Lake Lithium Resources Ltd. is developing what it states is the world’s first all-electric lithium mine in Manitoba, targeting 2025 for commercial production.

TD Securities invests $10M into forest conservation

BIZ  Carbon  •  National

TD Securities has invested $10 million to preserve almost 1,500 square kilometres of boreal forest in Northern Ontario, joining other Canadian banks in pursuing a carbon offset strategy.

Slate Asset Mgmt. acquires minority stake in Roswall

BIZ  Energy  •  Clean Energy, Investment  •  Toronto / GTA, Atlantic Canada

Slate Asset Management has acquired a significant minority stake in renewable energy company Roswall Development Inc. — along with a strategic partnership.

Enbridge exec urges response to U.S. climate bill

Energy  •  Financial Post

Fossil fuels needs investment to reduce emissions: RBC

Real Estate  •  Toronto Star

Even as a growing number of activists urge financial institutions to take action against climate change by reducing funding to the fossil fuel sector, executives with RBC say Canada won’t reach its net-zero goals without the oil and gas sector.

Alberta’s carbon capture backers want more certainty

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

Craig Golinowski is president of a Calgary-based private equity firm that rebranded itself a year and a half ago from a backer exclusively of small and mid-sized oil companies to an outfit seeking to fund carbon capture and storage projects.

Salesforce will launch carbon credit marketplace

Carbon  •  Green Biz

Three big direct carbon capture deals to know

Carbon  •  Green Biz

Green condos on the rise in Toronto

Real Estate  •  Designlines

The best new eco-friendly condos going up in Toronto utilize mass timber and green energy to net low- or zero-carbon building standards.

Canada’s green bonds could energize private retrofits

Carbon  •  Daily Commercial News

Green bonds distributed across Canadian provinces are skyrocketing, and appear to have high potential to surge interest in private sector building retrofits like ground or air-source electric heat pumps, building insulation and air-sealing.

Starwood, EnergyRe launch green real estate venture

Real Estate  •  Financial Post

Private investment firm Starwood Capital Group and an affiliate of developer Related Companies have teamed up to start a venture that will sell clean energy products to big real estate owners.

150 MW battery project proposed for Sault Ste. Marie

Real Estate  •  SooToday

Sault Ste. Marie city councillors will get their first look Tuesday at a massive renewable energy project proposed for the historic Canal District. The project is a a $300 million battery energy storage initiative.

BIXI concept sold to Lyft for $215M

Transportation  •  La Presse

Acquired for $4 million after the debacle of BIXI in 2014, the international operator of the technology of this bike-sharing concept was finally sold to Lyft for $215 million seven years later.

DHL Canada invests $15M to electrify ground fleet

Transportation  •  Electric Autonomy

One of the largest global logistics and delivery companies, DHL Express, has announced that it will invest $15 million over the next 12 months to update its Canadian ground fleet by purchasing 110 electric vehicles.

Loop Energy claims better fuel economy than diesel

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

Hydrogen fuel cell maker Loop Energy said its latest cell system can deliver better fuel economy than a diesel engine at current price levels.

Green hydrogen future needs more investment

Energy  •  Globe and Mail

Global hydrogen production must double every year from 2023 to 2030 if it is to support a rapid clean energy transition and cut greenhouse gas emissions in sectors like heavy industry, a group of international energy watchdogs says in a new report.

Norway’s wealth fund tells firms to set 2050 net-zero plan

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

Norway’s $1.6 trillion wealth fund, one of the world’s largest investors, said on Tuesday it would push the companies it invests in to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement.

UN chief urges windfall tax on fossil fuel companies

Real Estate  •  Financial Post

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged rich countries to tax windfall profits of fossil fuel companies and use that money to help countries harmed by the climate crisis and people who are struggling with rising food and energy prices.

Can robots and drones clean the Great Lakes of plastics?

Waste  •  Green Biz

Robot-like drones are roaming popular Great Lakes beaches in an effort, backed by $1 million from Meijer supermarkets, to filter plastic particles from sand and water while drawing attention to plastic pollution.

Energy security, transition at Calgary conference

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

A major conference in Calgary is exploring how to transform the world’s energy supply at a time when war in Europe has disrupted energy global markets and as the industry attempts to reinvent itself to address climate change.