SeekOps marks first Canadian commercial deployment

Austin-based SeekOps Inc. will deploy its SeekIR sensors on unmanned, aerial drones to detect greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas facilities after approval by the Alberta Energy Regulator for use with Repsol Canada.

EPCOR opens solar farm to lead net-zero plan

EPCOR Utilities Inc., an Edmonton-based energy company, has opened a solar farm in the Edmonton River Valley to provide clean energy for a critical water treatment plant and lead the company’s net-zero aspirations.

Canada creates new climate for risk disclosures

Tougher rules from regulators in Canada and around the world on how companies report on climate risks will have implications on how investment advisers approach their relationships with clients and invest their money.

A new tool shows homebuyers climate risks

The U.S. online real estate climate risk calculator ClimateCheck has partnered with Montreal-based platform Local Logic to deliver climate risk insights.

Vancouver entrepreneurs promote zero-waste economy

A new generation of business leaders in Vancouver are coming up with viable ideas to help reduce waste and slow the pace of climate change, from recycling electric vehicle batteries to furniture made from chopsticks.

Vancouver store aims for zero-waste

Brianne Miller is a champion of reuse and sustainability. She opened a grocery store in Vancouver that encourages shoppers to buy everything package-free and customers are encouraged to bring their own containers or buy reusable ones at the store.

What Alberta’s new premier means for the environment

Five ways to give central banking a makeover

Canada's central bank can respond to problems like the climate crisis and raise its transparency with solutions like requiring climate risk disclosures, injecting liquidity and seeking democratic guidance, according to Guy Dauncey.

Amazon to invest $1.3B to electrify European network

Amazon has announced plans to invest more than $1.3 billion over the next five years to further electrify and decarbonize its transportation network across Europe.

Climate Rock to combine with solar developer EEW

SPAC Climate Rock intends to combine with solar project developer Eco Energy World (EEW) through a deal that pegs the equity value of EEW at around $895 million.

Mainz to invest $268M in renewables

German city Mainz is planning to spend more than $268 million to expand renewables in the region in the next five to seven years through the municipal utility Mainzer Stadtwerke.

First solar-wind battery ‘hybrid’ plant is online

A new power plant in the tiny town of Lexington, Oregon is the first in North America to combine solar and wind energy with battery storage at utility scale.

Climate forces B.C. community choice

Communities like the Shackan First Nation aren’t alone in being confronted with a fight-or-flight decision in the face of climate change and increasingly extreme weather in Canada. 

A drying delta

From food to transportation, water is life for Indigenous peoples living in the remote Peace-Athabasca Delta. But in the face of climate change, their survival depends on their ability — and willingness — to adapt.

Indigenous leaders call for climate finance disruption

Acknowledging Indigenous people’s critical role in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises may have become the norm in climate circles, but these communities still aren’t being paid for it.

Australian government’s climate plans face hurdle

The Australian government’s climate plans face fresh scrutiny after it released draft legislation aimed at cutting industry emissions without providing the rules on how the scheme will work and prior to completing a review of the carbon credits scheme.

B.C. signs climate pact with Calif., Ore. and Wash.

British Columbia Premier John Horgan has signed a new climate pact with the governors of Washington, Oregon and California that includes investments in cross-border climate infrastructure like electric vehicle charging stations.

Utilities using tax tools in U.S. climate bill to finance renewables

U.S. utilities are already moving to take advantage of the new benefits of transferring clean energy extended investment tax credits and new production tax credits contained in the recent federal climate package.

A clean energy economy can create millions of U.S. jobs

The new federal Inflation Reduction Act alone could generate 900,000 net jobs by 2035, with other incentives creating even more, according to research from World Resources Institute.

U.S. seeks input on Cold War law to boost clean tech

The U.S. Energy Department is considering ways to boost the domestic production of clean energy technology such as solar panels, transformers and hydrogen fuel cells using the powers of a Cold War-era law.