Sustainability
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Toyota’s Canadian manufacturing operations improve sustainability
New initiatives at Toyota plants in Ontario, B.C. reducing water, natural gas use, dependency on local grid
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NextEnergy lighting solutions competition gets underway
NextChallenge seeking proposals to “address unique lighting technology needs” of both Ford, Detroit urban farm
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Chevrolet first firm to join project that reduces carbon pollution
Bought more than 39,000 metric tons of carbon credits from North Dakota ranchers in prairie pothole region
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GM installing 2.2-MW solar array at Ohio assembly plant
Ground-mounted solar array will produce enough power to provide about 1.5 per cent of plant’s electricity needs
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Samsung, Pattern Energy announce 5th joint Ontario wind project
Belle River Wind project in Lakeshore, Ont., will produce enough power to meet annual energy needs of 35,000 Ontario homes
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Aerospace engineer bets on space tech to cash in on gas flaring
Mars Society founder says oil companies are wasting billions of dollars and natural resources with wasteful gas flaring
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University of Northern B.C. expands bioenergy heating
The school’s bioenergy plant is the first building in northern B.C. to be certified as LEED Platinum
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Ontario firm’s spill recovery innovation challenges status quo
When government and industry won’t embrace technological innovation, where do inventors like Imbibitive Technologies turn?
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Mercer, Resolute team up to commercialize cellulose filaments
Joint venture company will develop commercial applications for wood fibre-based cellulose filaments
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Guernsey firm to build US$240M waste-to-energy plant in Barbados
Cahill Energy plans to build plant that could provide as much as 25 per cent of Caribbean island’s power