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Imperial Oil vows to employ oilsands technology to cut GHG intensity by 10 per cent
CALGARY – Imperial Oil Ltd. is pledging to cut its oilsands greenhouse gas emissions per barrel by 10 per cent over the next five years as it ramps up production and works to get in line with increasingly stringent environmental…
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Best Practices for EHS Managers
Graphic Products has launched a free 20-page downloadable guide to help environmental health and safety (EHS) managers create workplace safety programs. The Best Practice Guide for Environmental Health and Safety Managers also helps EHS managers to achieve performance goals. “The…
Sustainable packaging an increasingly high priority for consumers: GlobalData
According to GlobalData, a data and analytics company, consumers are increasingly putting pressure on manufacturers to improve the impact that packaging has on the environment. “This sudden interest in sustainability has been driven by more open discussion via social media,…
Canada to modernize heating and cooling plants in national capital region
Ottawa – The Government of Canada is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions – which includes greening its own operations and making emissions data available to the public – in order to lower costs and leave a healthier, cleaner planet…
Government of Canada approves Towerbirch Pipeline Expansion Project
Ottawa – Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, has announced the Government of Canada’s decision to approve NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.’s (NGTL) Towerbirch Expansion Project subject to 24 binding conditions. The $439-million project will involve the construction…
Ontario releases new Climate Change Action Plan
Ontario is continuing to lead in the growth of the low-carbon economy with the release of the province’s Climate Change Action Plan, which will provide people and businesses with tools and incentives to accelerate the use of clean technology that exists…
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Ontario is top performer on environment report card
Ottawa – Lower air pollution and higher shares of low-emitting electricity production place Ontario ahead of all the provinces on The Conference Board of Canada’s How Canada Performs: Environment report card. Released on the eve of Earth Day, the report card…
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…
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.
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:
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.
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,…
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…
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.
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:
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:
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:
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.
Deadline approaches in contest to find the toughest cold-weather worker
Cincinnati, OH – Dave is a bus mechanic that relies on Carhartt in the winter months to get children to school safely in below-zero temperatures. Nancy from Wisconsin wears Carhartt while she does maintenance on outdoor industrial pipeline…
Ontario to increase attention to Alberta to maximize business
Edmonton, AB — The province of Ontario has gone from criticizing the oilsands to increasing its efforts to capture their economic benefits. Brad Duguid, Ontario’s minister for economic development, says he plans to increase his department’s…
