Canada-wide EV tour to educate residents, building owners

BIZ  Transportation  •  Infrastructure, Technology  •  National, Toronto / GTA

Wyse Meter Solutions Inc. and EVSTART are sponsoring a nationwide 6,500-kilometre electric vehicle tour to educate apartment and condo residents and building managers about EV technology, charging infrastructure and Canada’s emissions reduction plans.

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Sarah Bingham: Director of Development and Sustainability, Adera

Canada must race ahead on hydrogen, backer warns

Energy  •  JWN Energy

It is feasible to start exporting small shipments of Canadian-made hydrogen to Europe within three years but only if everyone moves quickly, the chairman of a company behind one of the biggest proposed green hydrogen projects in Atlantic Canada said Wednesday.

N.B.’s nuclear power could impede firm’s hydrogen sales

Energy  •  CBC

Nuclear energy’s role in powering a proposed “green hydrogen” plant in northern New Brunswick could make sales from the facility to Germany more difficult.

Amazon signs green hydrogen deal with Plug Power

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

Plug Power Inc. has signed a deal with Amazon to supply liquid green hydrogen, the companies said on Thursday, sending the hydrogen fuel cell maker’s shares up over 12 per cent in early trade.

Coca-Cola Canada tests electric vans in Montreal pilot

Transportation  •  Electric Autonomy

Three electric Ford E-Transit vans will be in service for Coca-Cola Canada Bottling as part of an almost year-long pilot project in the Greater Montreal area

CPP Investments to buy carbon credits

Carbon  •  Carbon Credits

CPP Investments is putting its significant effort and funding in attractive investment opportunities that arise as economies scale up initiatives to decarbonize in response to climate change. One of those opportunities is the market for credible and high quality carbon credits.

Octopus rolls out $285M in green energy funding

Finance  •  Tech.eu

Octopus Energy Group has unveiled a $285 million fund to drive new green power generation to reduce Europe’s gas reliance. U.K-based Octopus has taken in hundreds of millions in funding from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Parks Canada unveils climate, traffic plan for mountains

Real Estate  •  Globe and Mail

Parks Canada has outlined a series of targets designed to mitigate climate change and traffic congestion in a handful of the country’s premier mountain destinations, including Banff National Park.

Quebec refuses to exclude mining activity at Mont Rigaud

Real Estate  •  La Presse

The government of Quebec refused to protect Mont Rigaud, in Montérégie, from mining development. It also refused to protect the area’s groundwater from these activities, much to the dismay of local officials.

The climate depends on real estate’s priorities

Real Estate  •  Allwork.Space

With the consequences of climate change becoming increasingly apparent, decarbonization is rising to the top of the real estate industry’s agenda. But what will it take to achieve net-zero in an industry that has one of the highest carbon footprints?

Portland mass-timber office sets record

Real Estate  •  Dezeen

Mass-timber framing, compostable toilets and a rooftop photovoltaic array are among the sustainable features in PAE Living Building, an Oregon office building that was designed and partly funded by U.S. studio ZGF Architects.

How government action moves corporate climate policy

ESG  •  Green Biz

The congressional and federal climate action of the last few weeks is likely to have a significant impact on the climate movement for years to come. It will also have a snowball effect on American companies’ climate actions.

Estonia sets 2030 target for renewable-only electricity

Energy  •  ERR

Australia could power the world with green energy

Energy  •  Bloomberg

Australia is finally getting serious about global warming and everyone from oil majors to billionaire mining magnates are looking for a way to capitalize on the transformation.

Edmonton’s ‘urban heat islands’ raise health risks

Real Estate  •  Global News  •  Folio

A new study out of the University of Alberta has revealed that Edmonton has “urban heat islands” where temperatures are significantly higher than surrounding rural areas in both the summer and winter.

Rivers, canals, reservoirs are turning to dust

Real Estate  •  Bloomberg

Rivers across the globe are disappearing. From the U.S. to Italy to China, waters have receded, leaving nothing but barren banks of silt and oozing, muddied sand. Canals are empty. Reservoirs have turned to dust.

China’s unrivaled 70-day heat wave

Real Estate  •  Axios

The extreme heat and drought that has been roasting a vast swath of southern China for at least 70 straight days has no parallel in modern record-keeping in China, or elsewhere around the world for that matter.

Cities brace for this season’s colliding climate disasters

Real Estate  •  Bloomberg

As summer in the U.S. approaches peak wildfire and hurricane seasons, with above-normal activity predicted for the latter, experts worry that persistent heat waves can pack a deadly one-two punch as they coincide with extreme storms and severe droughts.

Rising rates lead thousands to drop FEMA flood coverage

Real Estate  •  The Hill

Changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) carried out in 2021 have resulted in hundreds of thousands of residents forgoing the agency’s flood insurance, even as the U.S. faces the threat of more extreme weather events thanks to climate change.