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Canada Plastic Pact’s rules help country recycle plastic
Canada Plastic Pact’s rules help country recycle plastic
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste is receiving widespread support from Canadian retail and consumer packaged goods companies for its Golden Design Rules for Plastic Packaging.
Canadian solar company Heliene to open U.S. factory
Canadian solar panel maker Heliene will open its second U.S. factory in Florida next month to produce a new product targeting the residential market. The opening comes after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on overseas-made solar cells and panels.
Big Oil preventing world from reaching climate goal
• CDP
The most comprehensive study of the oil and gas industry’s performance against the Paris agreement goals shows that, without immediate and decisive action, the sector will prevent the world from meeting the IPCC’s 1.5°C by 2050 climate goal.
Era of cheap natural gas ends, prices surge 1000%
The era of inexpensive natural gas is over, giving way to an age of costly energy that will create ripple effects across the global economy. Natural gas, used to generate electricity, was cheap and abundant during the last decade
Edenshaw, Diverso create Canadian geothermal building
Edenshaw Developments, a Canadian real estate developer, is working with Diverso Energy to design a geothermal energy system for Alba, a 32-story, 48-unit condo building in the suburbs of Toronto, that will emit 80 per cent less carbon than a similar building heated by natural gas
Tech company, Alberta building net-zero power plant
• CBC
Frog Lake First Nation, Alberta, has partnered with Kanata Clean Power and Climate Technologies to use NET Power‘s patented technology to build what officials say will be the first net-zero natural gas-powered electricity plant in Canada.
Wood potential talent magnet as office life resumes
Architects are touting the allure of workplaces built from wood as a way to attract talent, at a time when the desire to return to offices remains uncertain. The aesthetics of wood offices are viewed as a recruitment tool.
Every house should be a passive house
As noted in the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, every ounce of carbon dioxide emissions adds to global warming. In Passive House concept, buildings (not just houses) are designed to minimize heat gain and loss.
How to make microgrid hardware choices
Even after decisions on distributed energy resources and the microgrid controller are made, there remain numerous hardware decisions on items such as switchgear, busbars, breakers, inverters and panel boards. Making the wrong “balance-of-plant” choices leads to additional development challenges.
Feds invest $5M to build Canadian zero-emissions car
The federal government will invest $5 million in Project Arrow, an initiative of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association aimed at creating the country’s first all-Canadian zero-emissions vehicle and showcasing domestic technologies to global automakers around the world.
Feds announce $2.75B for zero-emission buses
• H2 View
The Canadian Government has launched a $2.75 billion zero-emission transit fund to support the rollout of zero emission buses, such as those powered by hydrogen, to decarbonise public transit and school transportation in the country.
Why Walmart, Amazon and Ikea need greener ships
• GreenBiz
International shipping is big business. The world’s shipping fleet has quadrupled in size since the 1980s as the economy became increasingly globalized and consumers became dependent on products manufactured overseas and transported thousands of miles in giant shipping containers.
Focus on reducing GHG emissions risks OPEC pacts
Moves to mitigate climate change are drawing peak oil demand closer, current and former OPEC officials told Reuters, potentially giving OPEC’s biggest players and their allies more power and leaving some smaller producers struggling.
Reducing emissions from diesel generators
• Pembina
Diesel generators provide most of the electricity to remote communities across Canada. According to the Pembina Institute’s Diesel Reduction Progress Report, 79 per cent of the electricity used in remote communities originates from diesel generation, making transitioning to clean energy challenging.
Methane burning through global carbon budget
The oil and gas industry needs to move quickly to capture methane that currently leaks from its operations, even as the world faces urgent calls to transition off fossil-fuel energy entirely.
VIDEO: End of hydrocarbon energy a ‘utopian’ notion
Premier Jason Kenney told reporters that Alberta can’t “flick a switch” and end the use of hydrocarbon energy in response to a new UN climate report that renewed questions about Canada’s climate plan.
Amazon programs aim to curtail eCommerce waste
Amazon has launched two new Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) programs designed to make it easier for its third-party sellers to resell customer-returned items or overstock inventory, while also giving more products a second life.
Entrepreneurs want consumers to reuse wine bottles
• GreenBiz • Sustainable Brands
Despite glass being highly recyclable, about 4.3 billion single-use bottles still find their way into landfills, making single-use packaging the largest percentage of the industry’s carbon footprint. Approximately 1 – 2.7 lbs of carbon dioxide is emitted during the production of one wine bottle.
TrinamiX develops device to help combat plastic waste
• GreenBiz
TrinamiX has developed a scanning device that employs near infrared spectroscopy to determine the type of plastic used in an item. Different types of plastic must be separated prior to being recycled because they are made of different materials.
Southern Company develops clean hydrogen from waste
Southern Company Gas, a subsidiary of leading national energy firm Southern Company, is collaborating with Electro-Active Technologies and T2M Global, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, to develop technology for production of clean hydrogen from waste.
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Nov 12 2024
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