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Giants Enwave, RioCan partner to create greener buildings

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Enwave, RioCan partner to create greener buildings

RioCan and Enwave Energy Corporation have entered into a strategic partnership to explore sustainable energy solutions at designated RioCan development projects.

PCL earns LEED certifications at new GTA hospitals

PCL Constructors Canada Inc. has achieved LEED certifications for two hospitals in Ontario, making the facilities trailblazers in a building category notorious for the difficulty in achieving energy efficiency.

Clean02 unlocks key to carbon-capture soaps

CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies' CarbinX small-scale carbon capture device has proved to be the key to creating soap and other cleaning products made with the CO2 taken from the atmosphere.

Canada’s climate-related risk disclosures lacking: ISF

A study from the Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF) suggests Canada's climate-related risk disclosure landscape is “inadequate” and places the country’s financial industry and markets at a disadvantage.

Audette raises $12.8M for building decarbonization

B.C.-based Audette has raised $12.8 million in seed funding to ‘level up’ the decarbonization of buildings, with a plan to launch across 150 North American cities over the next two years, including 40 in Canada.

Canadian banks focus on carbon offsets despite doubt

Banks know a growth market when they see it, and they’re increasingly seeing one in the buying, selling and generating of carbon offsets.

Carbon Streaming signs deal with Standard Biocarbon

Toronto-based Carbon Streaming Corporation has entered into a carbon credit streaming agreement with Standard Biocarbon Corporation to support the construction of a biochar pyrolysis pilot facility in Enfield, Maine.

Fall budget to draw clean energy investment: Enbridge

The new incentives for clean energy development in the federal government’s fall fiscal update will make a real difference in helping to attract investment capital to Canada, the chief executive of Enbridge Inc. said Friday.

Hydro-Quebec proposes electricity ban on blockchain

Hydro-Quebec proposed to stop providing electricity to the blockchain industry to battle growing power demand, the utility company said in a new proposal.

The top players and movers of COP27

Each of the 197 signatories to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change has its own concerns and interests, which can make reaching any consensus a huge challenge. Here are some of the main stakeholders and blocs engaged in COP27.

Alberta’s role at COP27

COP27 is underway in Egypt and as one of Canada’s biggest emitters, Alberta has a big role to play. Representatives from the Alberta government, industry representatives public interest groups and researchers are all part of the United Nation’s climate summit.

40 countries to unveil methane plans at COP27

Some forty of the 119 countries that pledged last year to slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane will unveil their plans to do so at the UN climate summit next week, according to a senior U.S. official.

Salesforce to announce 3 climate initiatives at COP27

Salesforce is set to launch three new initiatives at the COP27 next week in Egypt, deepening its climate commitment while boosting efforts to promote climate solutions. 

Three priorities for COP27

To reach net-zero, the International Monetary Fund says steadfast policies, strong measures to adapt to the global warming that’s already locked in and staunch financial support to help vulnerable countries pay for these efforts are required.

IMF chief urges $75/ton carbon price

The price of carbon needs to average at least $75 a ton globally by the end of the decade for global climate goals to succeed, the head of the International Monetary Fund told Reuters.

Can a 'carbon coin' save the world?

Steps are inching forward toward a real-world demonstration of the planet-saving financial tool from the sci-fi novel 'Ministry for the Future.'

How to leap the great sustainability skills gap

The demand for knowledge about sustainability subjects is intensifying in corporate roles such as procurement, product design and accounting. Here’s how tech giants Microsoft and Salesforce are addressing the gap.

How homebuilders are adapting to climate change

The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficient windows make it a home built for a warming world.

B.C.’s slow flood recovery leaves farmers worried about future threats

The first sound of rainfall after three months of drought should have been a delightful moment for Abbotsford farmers in late October. It triggered anxiety instead: The threat of another flood in British Columbia, after last November’s destruction, is real.

DOE looks at microgrids as ‘essential building blocks’

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is working on six strategies to make microgrids “essential building blocks” of future electric delivery.

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