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The EV Plug-In: Honda teases electric SUV in 2024

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Honda Canada Inc. has revealed the first design sketch of its all-electric SUV Prologue launching in 2024. Also, Natural Resources Canada announced a $3.54-million investment for 810 new EV chargers in B.C. Check out the latest EV Plug-In column.

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To reduce Volvo Trucks’ carbon footprint, the automaker will use hydrogen-based green steel to equip its heavy-duty trucks, it was announced on May 24. The first steel produced with hydrogen will be used in the truck’s frame rails.

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After months of gestation, Quebec is giving birth to its Quebec Strategy for Green Hydrogen and Bioenergy 2026, which provides for public investments of $1.2 billion. The government hopes to generate public and private investments that could reach $10 billion.

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced on May 20 a proposal to build a dedicated artificial island in the North Sea for large-scale green hydrogen production called ‘Brintø.’ The company suggests that Brintø could be operational by 2030.

Building Lasting Change

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Calgary-based Parkland Corp. has received a commitment from the British Columbia government to cover more than 40 per cent of the cost of its proposed $600 million renewable fuels investment at its Burnaby, B.C. refinery.

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Montreal-based GHGSat Inc., which aims to be a world leader in the detection of greenhouse gas emissions from space, is poised to significantly boost its data-gathering capability with the launch of three additional satellites on Wednesday.

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Invest Windsor-Essex said the city is losing out on a $2.5-billion plant from the Korean chemical company because the region doesn’t have the electricity capacity needed to host the facility.

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Opponents of the highway say the solution to southern Ontario’s bottlenecks lies in plain sight: Highway 407. The 150-km stretch of highway, which first became functional in 1997, covers roughly the same cities that the proposed Highway 413 would cover.

Yardi Energy Suite

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Canada’s provincial governments need comprehensive net-zero climate strategies to drive growth in the green economy, but some are sending mixed policy signals to the companies that will create tomorrow’s jobs, says a new report from the Canadian Climate Institute.

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Pension fund managers who are slow to incorporate sustainable investment criteria run the risk of failing in their “fiduciary responsibility” to the members of the pension plans they have been entrusted to administer.

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A new microgrid now operating near Tampa, Fl. is bringing optimism and growth potential to the microgrid industry, due to the technology it uses, the customers it serves, and the cost recovery structure it employs.

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“The issue isn’t that Americans should be going without air conditioners, let alone refrigerators. It’s that the world needs to prioritize how to get much higher levels of energy to the poorest countries in the world,” Siobhan McDonough writes in VOX. 

Land & Development

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This six-storey mass timber condo does almost everything right — it has triple-glazed windows, an Intello+ smart air barrier all sealed up tight with Tescon Vana tapes, and Zehnder energy recovering ventilators for fresh air.

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Welcome to Schoonschip, a floating neighbourhood designed to rise with the water level in Amsterdam. As the canal splashes beneath Schoonschip’s houses, inside, residents are living in what some architects see as the climate-resilient future of urban housing.

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Action, innovation and changing the world — this is what I envisioned when I first entered sustainability consulting 10 years ago. Much of what I imagined became a reality. Here are five key things I learned about being a sustainability consultant.

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A Portland, Maine-based startup Running Tide wants to use kelp buoys to fight climate change. The plan might not work, but its story could still be a preview of our climate future.

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Over 300 colleges and universities will introduce carbon labelling to their dining halls, indicating which recipes have lower relative social and environmental impacts based on eight factors such as GHG emissions, water usage, land use, soil biodiversity, and labour conditions.

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Startup Choco, on the heels of a substantial funding round, is proposing the digitization of food systems as one way to combat that waste. The Berlin-based company has created a platform that connects food suppliers to directly restaurants and cafes.

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Carbon offsets have been criticized for failing to provide carbon savings and ignoring the needs of local communities. But in Tanzania, hunter-gatherer tribes are earning a return for their carbon credits and protecting their forests from poachers and encroaching agriculture.

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The Northwest Territories’ climate has warmed by two degrees in the past 70 years. A report released last week offers the first comprehensive analysis of how those rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns are affecting the territory’s forests.

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