Environment Canada Nature Matters Contest
Friday, March 19th, 2010To help celebrate the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, Environment Canada is holding a national contest open to those between the ages of 9 and 35. With a theme of why nature matters to you as a Canadian, the Canadian Biodiversity Information Network aims to help raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity. Budding participants [...]
Canadian Green Technology Announced
Monday, January 18th, 2010Often considered to be one of the more dirty industries when it comes to the wider environment, the oil and gas industry has been undergoing a green movement to help it clean up, reduce carbon emissions and more. The oil and gas industry will never be completely clean, but until a complete movement away from [...]
Attempt at Green Buildings Failing in Ottawa and Surrounding Provinces
Monday, January 11th, 2010Canada’s Green Building Report Card projects major gaps and flaws in the codes of federal and provincial buildings. Poor grades were issued by the Environmental Defense Center to many of Canada’s governments for the low quality of their policies to promote green buildings. The evaluations of the policies, programs and codes that proved influential in [...]
Biogas – Organic Material to Power Generation
Saturday, December 26th, 2009Two new anaerobic digestion plants via RCI Technologies, Inc are being retained as a result of of Hydro-Québec’s tender for their acquisition of biomass cogeneration. These new anaerobic digestion plants are to be situated in the borough of Anjou near Montreal and Longueuil Quebec. The total investment output is some $60 million. RCI Technologies is [...]
Greener Train Travel by VIA Rail Canada
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009The VIA Rail Canada’s Montreal Maintenance Centre has taken delivery of the first of 54 rebuilt F-40 locomotives from CAD Railway Industries. CAD Railway Industries is located in Lachine, Québec and was awarded a $100 million rebuild contract for VIA Rail Canada. Not only will these new locomotives be friendlier to the environment, they are [...]
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