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TAF study highlights challenge in reducing GTHA emissions
TAF study shows hurdles of reducing GTHA emissions
A 2021 regional inventory from The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) has revealed an increase in carbon emissions across all regions in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), demonstrating the challenge of decarbonizing cities.
875 Heron Road plots green retrofit for 2027
The renovation of the Taxation Data Centre Complex on 875 Heron Road in Ottawa was held up at the Green Building Festival as an example of a successful deep energy retrofit in progress for its positive environmental and community impacts.
EV company VinFast opens first Canadian retail space
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) company VinFast has opened its first retail showroom in Canada at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre. It’s the first of eight showrooms that will open over the next several weeks.
How auto visionaries are reimagining car recycling
When you set up an auto-wrecking yard on the edge of an environmentally sensitive watershed, you can anticipate some pushback.
Canadians preparing for sustainable holiday season
Ernst & Young’s latest Future Consumer Index Survey said Canadians are trying to be more sustainable and financially cautious this year, with over a quarter scaling back celebratory meals to reduce waste.
Axine cleantech firm taps new CEO
Axine Water Technologies Inc., a wastewater treatment firm based in Vancouver, announced Tuesday it has tapped U.S.-based Mark Ralph to replace co-founder Jonathan Rhone as CEO.
Trillions needed for Canada's "Next Green Revolution"
The next green revolution needs to be just as significant, but with a different end result: more food, yes, but produced with fewer greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
Canada’s system for disaster aid is overwhelmed
Consider the extensive flooding that struck British Columbia a year ago this week, with estimated recovery costs of $3.9 billion. Canadian taxpayers will pay nearly all of that amount ($3.5 billion) through an obscure program.
Canada’s First Nations move to protect their lands
Faced with mounting impacts from warming and a push for resource development, Indigenous communities in northern Canada are setting aside vast areas for protection.
Alberta ponders well clean up plan
The Alberta government is considering a controversial plan that would provide incentives to oil and gas companies to clean up their wells, but critics say it amounts to a royalty giveaway.
Rifts over climate divide countries at COP27
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the relationship between developed and developing countries is breaking down as he returned to the COP27 global climate summit in Egypt.
Fossil fuel phase-out clubs struggle to recruit
An alliance committed to banning new domestic oil and gas drilling added Portugal as a member at the COP27 climate talks on Wednesday, but big fossil fuel producers stayed away as the world reels from energy turmoil.
Natural gas in the spotlight as COP27 continues
After long enjoying a reputation as a "bridge fuel" capable of helping the world achieve its climate goals, natural gas is losing some of its environmental lustre — and that has implications for Canada's energy sector.
More join methane pact at COP27
More than 150 countries have signed up to a global pact to reduce methane emissions, around 50 more than when the initiative launched last year, the United States and European Union said on Thursday.
EU proposes loss and damage fund, emissions peak
A dramatic new offer from COP27, in which rich countries would immediately set up a loss and damage fund in exchange for a pledge to peak greenhouse gas emissions before 2025, may have salvaged the outcome of climate negotiations.
China, U.S. to revive climate collaboration
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to restart formal climate cooperation during a side meeting at this year’s G20 summit in Bali.
How COP27 became the food systems COP
For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken centre stage at the global negotiations.
COP27 gets chaotic with mysterious draft text
There is collective exasperation among attendees at the COP27 summit over the status of talks essential to advance humanity’s fight against climate change as the summit nears the end.
Bankers bet billions on debt-for-nature deals
The Galapagos Islands, whose thousands of unique species inspired Darwin's theory of evolution, have incalculable ecological value. But what are they worth?
How Qatar's World Cup uses dodgy carbon credits
FIFA and Qatar said the 2022 World Cup will be the first carbon neutral event using carbon offsets. However, the use of a new organization to sign off the carbon credits is signing off projects with no credence.
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Greenbuild 2024: Built to Scale
Nov 12 2024
to Nov 15 2024
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Nov 28 2024
to Nov 29 2024
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
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