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Environment
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B.C. should demand miners pay cleanup costs up front: Indigenous study
VANCOUVER – A report is urging British Columbia to get better financial guarantees that mining companies will pay for the mess they make. The First Nations who commissioned the study say that if the government doesn’t do it, they will.…
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Hydro Quebec making headway in aftermath of fierce autumn storm, but will need more time
MONTREAL – Hydro-Quebec’s president said the number of clients without power will drop to less than 100,000 by late Sunday, with the remaining, more complex cases to take a few more days to fix as the utility deals with the…
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Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation
EDMONTON – Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province’s big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government’s plan and at less cost. “Our projections are that we’re looking…
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Quebec hopes Trump administration lawsuit doesn’t force California out of carbon market
MONTREAL – The Trump administration won’t slow down Quebec’s progress on reducing carbon emissions, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday following news that California is being sued for working with the province on fighting climate change. Legault said he would prefer…
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New LNG technology developed at University of Calgary touted as greener, cheaper
CALGARY – University of Calgary researchers focused on nanotechnology say they have developed a cheaper and more environmentally friendly way to create liquefied natural gas. The Split Flow Integrated LNG process uses specialized materials and chemistry to remove carbon dioxide…
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California promises fight to keep auto emission authority
(AP) SACRAMENTO – Preparing for a lengthy legal battle with the Trump administration about how much pollution to allow from cars, California regulators on Thursday said they were considering cracking down on other emissions to make up for any impacts…
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Pipeline construction hampered by hearings, permits, court action: report
VANCOUVER – Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will likely be delayed due to detailed route hearings, outstanding provincial permits and Indigenous court challenges, says a report from environmental group Stand.earth. The report argues that the Crown corporation that…
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B.C. greenhouse gas emissions near 2007 levels despite carbon tax
VICTORIA – Carbon emissions in British Columbia in 2017 were only slightly below 2007 levels despite a long-running strategy to fight climate change that includes a carbon tax, new data shows. The data released Monday by the B.C. Ministry of…
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Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
SURREY, B.C. – The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the two governments and BC Hydro are forming a…
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Bonterra has 70 workers cleaning up oil spill site in Alberta creek
DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. – Bonterra Energy Corp. says it has 70 workers cleaning up the site of an oil emulsion leak from a pipeline into a creek that feeds the North Saskatchewan River in west central Alberta. In an update…
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Group wants new agency to oversee oil and gas industry in British Columbia
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission isn’t taking action that would protect the environment in the public interest, favouring instead the companies it is intended to police, says a new report. Author Ben Parfitt accused the Crown corporation…
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Oil spills leave regulator unhappy with performance of N.L.’s offshore industry
ST. JOHN’S – The chairman of Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil industry regulator says back-to-back spills from the Hibernia platform over the last month represent concerning failures to meet obligations to society and the environment. An estimated 2,200 litres of…
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Electric Vehicles and Charging Stations
Is your facility and its electrical infrastructure prepared? Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming an increasingly popular mode of transportation amongst Canadian drivers. With government incentives (in some provinces and federally), consumers have been able to offset cost premiums associated with…
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Automated Process Helps Products Move
Distributor uses a collection of systems combined with best practices to ensure it minimizes downtime. What do a wire guide system, a computerized maintenance management system, and a continuously moving conveyor system have in common? These are the advanced systems…
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Maximum Uptime
Honda of Canada Manufacturing uses preventative and predictive maintenance to ensure production keeps moving. Back in 1986, Honda Motor Company became the first Japanese automotive manufacturer to build a production plant in Canada, creating Honda of Canada Manufacturing (HCM). The…
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Ottawa and P.E.I. spending $14.5 million to build climate change research centre
CHARLOTTETOWN – The federal government unveiled plans Friday to build a $14.5-million climate change research centre in a rural corner of Prince Edward Island. Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay said the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation will be…
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Pipeline spill spoils geothermal project announcement for oil company
CALGARY – A junior oil company is announcing government funding for an environmentally friendly geothermal power project at the same time that it is cleaning up a spill of oil and water from a pipeline in northern Alberta. Calgary-based Razor…
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B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, giving itself more time to sign a long-term strategy to protect dwindling caribou populations. The government said it…
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Fire triggers pollution concerns at US Steel coke plant
(AP) – The second fire in six months at U.S. Steel’s massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline for nearly 16 hours Monday, prompting a health warning for residents and stern words from the region’s…
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U.S. ramps up concern over B.C. pollution; eight senators write to premier
Eight U.S. senators say Canadian mines in British Columbia are endangering cross-border rivers through a combination of poor environmental assessments and inadequate monitoring. “We remain concerned about the lack of oversight of Canadian mining projects near multiple transboundary rivers that…
