Devolved NWT eyes deals with China to capitalize on vast oil, gas, hydro potential
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
As Northwest Territories (NWT) Premier Bob McLeod is busy shopping his territory’s rivers to China for hydroelectric power and gas projects, a new report sheds light on the fragility of the northern ecosystem the premier wants to...
6/14/2013 | Full Story
Alberta wind report lobbies for clean energy standard, higher carbon prices
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
A new report from the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) makes the case that Alberta has untapped wind potential and the chance to combat its oil sands-tainted image, but political policy barriers need to be crossed for change to occur.
5/31/2013 | Full Story
Wal-Mart pleads guilty to dumping hazardous materials in California
Source: www.hazmatmag.com Daily News
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is forced to pay $81.6 million after the retail giant pled guilty on May 28, 2013 to disposing of fertilizer, pesticides and other hazardous products in landfill and sewer systems.
5/30/2013 | Full Story
Brownfield Bootcamp wants Canadian cities to share remediation game plans
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
When Nanaimo, British Columbia officials spent $3.4 million on a 26.7-acre property from Canadian Pacific Rail in March of 2013, they had their eyes set on a federal fund that could offset most of the brownfield’s redevelopment costs....
5/24/2013 | Full Story
Supreme Court ruling sets precedent for taxes on clean-up obligations
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
A new Supreme Court of Canada ruling on deforestation could have wide-reaching implications for the tax treatment of oil and gas companies’ clean-up obligations.
5/24/2013 | Full Story
Alberta energy regulators rewarding firms for over-investing in operations, warns report
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
The way that government agencies regulate the rate-of-return model for Canada’s pipelines unnecessarily increases costs for both utilities and customers, warns a new report from the University of Calgary’s School of Public...
5/24/2013 | Full Story
Vancouver firm leading the way in European fuel cell technology for public transit
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
By 2014, a British Columbia (B.C.) firm says it will be responsible for 80 per cent of public transit bus fuel cells used in Europe.
5/17/2013 | Full Story
US LEEDing the way, while Canada ranks sixth in world for green buildings
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
When it comes to which country is leading the way in LEED-certified projects — primarily green buildings — it’s not exactly a close race.
5/10/2013 | Full Story
Is Europe really the world's recycling celebrity?
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
For years, Canadian recycling activists have positioned western European countries, and Germany in particular, as the poster children for the most advanced recycling in the world.
5/3/2013 | Full Story
CEO conference panel shares visions for a safer Canadian workplace
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
Greg Nordal says he likes to walk his offices as if he was a safety inspector looking for hazards. He calls it walking the talk.
5/3/2013 | Full Story
