Oil Industry Eyed as Catalyst for Floating Offshore Wind
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Exxon Mobil Corp. has been researching how it can use floating wind turbines to enhance offshore oil production as a part of a five-year, just-concluded research program, making it the first U.S. oil major to express interest in offshore wind....
6/14/2019 | Full Story
Manitoba emissions reduction target ignores impact of carbon price
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Manitoba has set its first greenhouse gas emissions reduction target under its “A Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan”. The province is aiming at a modest one-megatonne (1-Mt) reduction over the 2018-2022 period under its unique...
6/14/2019 | Full Story
Analysis finds Ont's climate plan more expensive than feds' plan
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford won the election in part by campaigning against economy-wide carbon pricing, calling it “job killing”, a “tax grab”, and likely to induce a recession. Economists have pushed back on that claim,...
6/7/2019 | Full Story
Radical transformation in built environment is possible by 2050
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A joint report by the National Energy Board (NEB) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) says that carbon emissions from Canadian buildings could be 80% lower by 2050. The joint NEB-IEA report draws upon known technology to explore the...
5/31/2019 | Full Story
Carbon Cuts Need Company, Consumer Buy-In, Study Says
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A climate research group says companies and consumers will need to join governments in a big-tent effort if net-zero greenhouse gas emissions are to occur by mid-century, Abby Smith writes. Read more.
5/31/2019 | Full Story
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR - environment legislation
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Atlantic RBCA (Risk-Based Corrective Action) For Impacted Sites in Atlantic Canada - Guidance for Vapour Intrusion Assessments. Latest version. Updated April 2019.
5/29/2019 | Full Story
Examining the challenges of a national climate policy
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They didn’t join in a chorus of Kumbaya on December 9, 2016, but the Prime Minister and 11 of 13 provincial and territorial leaders spoke in one voice that day when they agreed on the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate...
5/29/2019 | Full Story
Quest CCS facility reaches another milestone
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The Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta has announced another milestone: four million tonnes of CO2 stored and captured, ahead of schedule and below projected cost.
5/24/2019 | Full Story
Quebec, Montreal well-positioned for the transportation revolution, says study
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Quebec generally, and Montreal specifically, are well positioned to take advantage of the coming revolution in transportation, says Michel Leblanc, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. “We have everything...
5/10/2019 | Full Story
Clean Energy Bill Would Be Neutral on Sources, Sponsors Say
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Democratic lawmakers are proposing a bill to wean the U.S. off earth-warming emissions without favoring renewable energy sources over older, more reliable options like nuclear energy. Read more.
5/10/2019 | Full Story
