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Environment
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Suncor Energy to exchange select wind power facilities for TransAlta cogeneration facilities
Calgary, AB – Suncor Energy has reached an agreement with TransAlta Corporation to exchange Suncor’s Kent Breeze and its share of the Wintering Hills wind power facilities for TransAlta’s Poplar Creek cogeneration facilities. The Poplar Creek facilities provide steam and…
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Warning to workers: pay attention to the humidity this summer
Hamilton, ON – When the thermometer reads 24°C but it feels more like 30°C, you’re likely feeling the humidity. The combined effect of warm temperatures and humidity affects how hot people feel. Whether you are working outside in the summer…
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Surface treatment firm wins two awards in Montreal
Montreal, QC – Walter Surface Technologies, a supplier of surface treatment technologies, has received the award for High Technology and Innovation, as well as the grand prize, Business of the Year Award, from the West Island of Montreal Chamber of…
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Bearing manufacturer continues to contribute to a sustainable planet
Ann Arbor, MI. – NSK Americas (NSK) has released its 2014 sustainability achievements, demonstrating the company’s continued commitment to environmental protection. The manufacturer of motion and control products annually measures its achievements to advance global warming countermeasures, resource conservation and…
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BC city replacing ageing flood control pumps
Richmond, BC – Richmond, BC, a dynamic and rapidly growing municipality near Vancouver, faces serious challenges from flooding. Built on several low-lying islands in the Fraser Delta, the city has an average elevation of just one metre above sea-level. In…
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Timken world headquarters receives prestigious LEED Gold Certification for Green-Building Excellence
North Canton, OH – The Timken Company’s World Headquarters building has earned LEED Gold certification from the US Green Building Council. LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) sets the international standard for green-building excellence, and this certification recognizes The…
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Cleanup of former Saskatchewan uranium mill a challenging task
Uranium City, SK – It was more than 50 years ago that the Saskatchewan uranium mill closed. This mill played a key part of Canada’s nuclear history and now, once again, heavy machinery can be seen rumbling across the remote northern…
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Infrequent audits among 18 factors that led to Lac-Megantic rail disaster
Lac-Megantic, QC — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says many factors contributed to the Lac-Megantic train derailment in 2013, including lax safety measures at the company that owned the runaway train.
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Bearing manufacturer continues to demonstrate environmental leadership
Ann Arbor, MI – NSK Americas (NSK) has released its 2013 sustainability achievements, demonstrating the company’s ongoing commitment to environmental protection. The year’s accomplishments show that NSK saved:
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Walter wins Best of the Best supplier award from Grainger Mexico
Montreal – Walter Surface Technologies, a global industry provider of surface treatment technologies, has been recognized by W.W. Grainger Inc. with the prestigious Best of the Best supplier partner award during Grainger’s Mexico supplier…
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Panel recommends approval for Northern Gateway, with conditions
A review panel is recommending that the proposed 1,178 km Northern Gateway pipeline that would connect the Alberta oilsands to tankers on the BC coast go ahead.
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Alberta flooding in June caused loss of 5 million hours of work
Ottawa – Extensive flooding affected Southern Alberta in the second half of June 2013. As a result, 300,000 employed Albertans, or 13.5% of the total employed population in the province, lost 7.5 million hours of work during that period,…
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Oil and spill clean-up experts move to larger facility
Oakville, ON – Can-Ross Environmental Services Ltd. recently moved its head office and manufacturing facility to a larger facility in Oakville, now encompassing over 38,000 sq. ft. of space. The new location is located at: 1-2340 Winston…
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Initiatives for bearings among the steps to greener manufacturing
Washington, DC – The WasteWise initiative of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the first national, voluntary solid waste reduction program that helps companies to go ‘green’ with their manufacturing.
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Bearing manufacturer continues commitment to environmental leadership
Ann Arbor, MI – NSK Americas has released the results of its 2012 sustainability initiatives, demonstrating the company’s ongoing commitment to achieving environmental excellence. The year’s accomplishments show that NSK saved:
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Payback from AC drives includes energy savings and reduced emissions
Vaasa, Finland – AC drives manufacturer Vacon estimates that its products helped save approximately 50 TWh of energy in 2012. The energy savings helped reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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Bearing manufacturer tackles sustainability initiatives
Ann Arbor, MI – The results of the NSK Americas (NSK) 2012 sustainability initiatives demonstrate the company’s ongoing commitment to achieving environmental excellence. The year’s accomplishments show that NSK saved:
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Germany’s Bosch to abandon solar energy business, says no way to make it competitive
Berlin, Germany – German engineering company Bosch says that it is abandoning its solar energy business, because there is no way to make it economically viable amid overcapacity and huge price pressure in the industry.
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Ontario’s gas plant controversy to undergo further scrutiny
Toronto – Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne made the following statement about the provinces gas plant controversy on Feb. 28, 2013:
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City of broken glass: Russian region labours to replace acres of windows smashed in meteor fall
Chelyabinsk, Russia – As a small army of people worked to replace acres of windows shattered by the enormous explosion from a meteor, many joked on Saturday about what had happened in this troubled pocket of Russia.
