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Fusion Homes enlists Sasaki for the Guelph Innovation District
Fusion enlists Sasaki for the Guelph Innovation District
Guelph, Ont.-based home builder Fusion Homes has appointed Sasaki as the urban designer for the Guelph Innovation District — emphasizing sustainable building materials, energy and nature preservation. The partnership with Sasaki will focus on the sustainability of the community.
 | The ESG Report Aecon’s path for sustainable constructionTyler ChoiBusiness editor |
NRCan awards $5.9M to 28 groups for ZEV projects
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is investing $5.9 million to support 28 organizations undertaking zero-emission awareness projects across the country. The government is also launching a new Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Online Hub to consolidate ZEV-related information in one site.
Canada's financial institutions fuel the climate crisis
Canada's financial institutions fund the fossil fuel industry and are therefore helping fuel the climate crisis. To tackle this, professor Bruce Campbell urges holding financial institutions accountable for investments that increase climate risk to tackle regulatory capture.
What will a 1.5 C increase mean for Canada?
The World Meteorological Organization expects that global temperatures will temporarily exceed 1.5 C. Experts say the significance in Canada of passing this global threshold may be difficult to determine, given the warming here already — but it isn't good.
 | Diverso Energy A geothermal system under eight levels of parking!Diverso Energy is thrilled to announce that excavation is underway at Alba Condos, soon to feature a geothermal borefield under eight levels of underground parking. This makes it the deepest under-parking drilling exercise ever! Sponsored by: Diverso Energy |
QScale grows tomatoes using heat from computers
QScale is developing a $1-billion, 130-acre data centre campus in Lévis, Quebec, and will use the warmth that emanates from its servers to grow more than 80,000 tonnes of produce in adjacent greenhouses every year.
LinkedIn’s sustainability head on its ‘superpowers’
As director of global environmental sustainability at LinkedIn, Peggy Brannigan has an ambitious remit: to help protect the planet and support green economic growth. Brannigan knows more than most about how to put an ambition like that into action.
Carbon capture projects hit a record high in 2022
After activity fell off in the early 2010s, interest in carbon capture and removal is back in full force, with a record number of projects in the pipeline in 2022. But most new development is in the early stages.
Chevron’s CCS flagship is stuck at one-third capacity
Chevron Corp.’s flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Australia faces years of work to hit full capacity, underscoring the challenge of a technology seen as necessary to help the world hit climate goals.
Low-carbon concrete's potential for 'radical change'
CarbonBuilt, a rapidly growing low-carbon concrete startup, announced that it has begun commercial production of its climate-friendly concrete, together with Alabama-based concrete masonry production partner Blair Block. The companies also have their first commercial customer lined up.
U.S. regulations fail to contain methane from landfills
Methane emissions from landfills—one of the largest sources of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions—could be reduced through stronger regulations and better emissions monitoring, according to a new report by the Washington-based Environmental Integrity Project.
G7 shouldn't compete on renewables: EU head
The Group of Seven (G7) rich nations should work together to access technology and secure sources of critical minerals for a green transition, creating additional manufacturing capacity rather than competition, a top European diplomat said.
Three climate policies that the G7 must adopt
With climate impacts mounting and the transition to low-carbon energy at a crossroads, the G7 must make sure that the action it takes is swift and decisive, such as ending fossil fuel subsidies and making the Climate Club globally inclusive.
EU and South Korea partner under Green Deal
The European Union and South Korea have established a Green Partnership to cooperate across various aspects of the green transition, including developing low-carbon energy resources. The collaboration aims to strengthen cooperation on climate change, clean energy and the energy transition.
Kenya to regulate carbon trade
Kenya is taking steps to regulate the trade in carbon credits from projects in the country, in a bid to boost benefits for the state and give the profits to the communities that host activities that generate the emissions offsets.
El Niño could cost the global economy $3T
Forecasters predict the formation of an El Niño later this summer. A new study reveals there are also strong economic repercussions to an El Niño; the pattern threatens to slow the global economy by as much as $3 trillion.
Warming world may add 9M deaths annually: WHO
Rising temperatures could lead to more than nine million climate-related deaths each year by the end of the century, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report. Countries that contributed the least emissions are expected to face the brunt.
Fish face uncertain future with dipping oxygen levels
Global warming not only increases ocean temperatures, it triggers a cascade of effects that are stripping the seas of oxygen. Scientists are warning of the long-term threat to fish species and marine ecosystems from warming oceans.
Amazon deforestation down 40% so far this year
So far this year, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is down 40 per cent from the same period in 2022, according to government data. The drop comes as a win for Brazil's president, who has promised to curb forest loss.
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