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Lion Electric unveils zero-emission trucks for commercial sector

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Lion Electric recently unveiled several Lion6 vehicles at Work Truck Week 2022, one of North America’s largest commercial vehicle events. Using parts from truck upfitters, Lion Electric walked away with key partnerships that will expand its commercial electric vehicle truck fleet.

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Honda has announced it will spend $1.38 billion over six years to upgrade an Ontario manufacturing plant to make electric hybrid vehicles, an investment that totals $268 million from the federal and provincial governments.

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Car dealerships are facing an increasing demand to upgrade their electrical infrastructure, as auto executives say that car dealerships need to start planning for the electric capacity and interconnection issues they may face.

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Ballard Power Systems Inc. and the Swedish-Swiss company ABB have joined to develop a hydrogen fuel concept for large commercial ships and similar vessels to reduce global emissions in the shipping industry.

Decarbonizing Canada’s Large Buildings

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An SEC proposal to extend mandate climate disclosures to drive climate-conscious investing and veer away from greenwashing is coming. While critics say the SEC has no authority to impose this regarding climate, some believe that such measures are needed.

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Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney’s initiative to boost the market for carbon offsets is being scaled back, in the wake of fierce debate around whether the traded assets really help avert global warming.

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The legitimacy of nature-based carbon offsets is in question. This, according to some who believe that current REDD+ standards give companies an incentive to delay the necessary and costly processes of phasing out fossil fuels and transitioning to renewable energy.

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Real estate portfolios feel the pinch as ESG performance expectations rise, and objectives and targets are shifting from operational savings via energy and water efficiency to more comprehensive strategies to achieve GHG reductions and, ultimately, net-zero emissions.

Yardi Energy

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Canada is set to introduce a national insurance program over the next 18 months to provide coverage to the estimated 800,000 Canadian homes that are at such high risk of flooding, according to Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair.

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Get an inside look at Highway 8 — following a river dump from a month’s worth of rain, the flooding that followed over the next two days caused catastrophic damage that has wreaked havoc on its surrounding communities and environment.

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Approximately 14,000 Canadians were forced to flee their homes. Rising water levels and flooding near the Nooksack river contributed to flooding on the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford, B.C., and resulted in billions of dollars of damage.

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Montreal’s long-awaited ozonation wastewater treatment plant will finally open in December 2024 — six years later than originally scheduled and at triple the price, the city announced Wednesday.

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An innovative coffee cup designed by a mechanical engineer from Shanghai could drastically reduce plastic waste. Launched by A&W Canada recently, the go-to coffee cup is made entirely from biodegradable paper and features no plastic coating and no plastic lid.

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As countries dedicated major resources towards ending single-use plastics in the food and hospitality sector, the impact of COVID-19 has impeded progress. Now countries like Mexico are looking at solutions to reapply fines and take action against polluters.

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NatureWorks, a polylactic acid (PLA) manufacturer, will automate its plant in Thailand to ferment and distill sugar cane to convert its sugars into lactic acid, then lactide, before polymerizing it into Ingeo — a biopolymer used for sustainable plastic production.

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Producing fuel from plastic waste does not qualify as recycling by international standards. This, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council report showing that approximately 90 per cent of plastic waste is landfilled, incinerated or leaked into the environment.

Anchor Corp

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Letters were sent out Monday (March 14) from investors to company board members requesting that firms disclose their data on a range of issues, including climate change, deforestation, and water security, according to a report from CDP Worldwide.

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With the fertilizer supply at risk due to the war in Ukraine, experts are wondering how the transition from natural gas to clean energy sources will affect food prices and production.

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An initiative designed to incentivize farmers to create farm environments that can capture carbon, increase biodiversity, and support nature-positive food production is catching steam. In New Zealand, Silver Fern Farms, which exports beef to 60 countries, is leading the charge.

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Women operate only 14 per cent of farms and control seven per cent of farmland in the U.S, according to the UN report. Since 1982, female-led farms have tripled in the US; however, challenges facing women farmers today persist.

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