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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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.
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:
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.
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,…
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…
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.
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:
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:
Toronto – Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne made the following statement about the provinces gas plant controversy on Feb. 28, 2013:
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.
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…
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…
Ottawa, ON — Federal and provincial environment ministers are poised to announce a new deal to better control industrial air pollution and reduce smog. The Canadian Press has learned that officials from both levels of government have agreed in…
Gothenburg, Sweden — SKF has announced the launch of the SKF BeyondZero portfolio that enables SKF customers to reduce their own environmental impact. The environmental improvements provided by solutions within the SKF BeyondZero portfolio are…
Montreal, QC — Walter Surface Technologies of Montreal is supplying the Canadian Armed Forces Army, Navy and Air Force divisions with Bio-Circle, a green cleaning alternative to solvents. Like many civilian industries that require clean parts…