Sustainability
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Scientists use 'eyes in the sky' to monitor Alberta forests
Information will be used to help plan future development in areas with threatened wildlife populations
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Petcoke piling up in U.S. as refineries handle more Canadian oil
Detroit, Chicago home to growing piles of oil byproduct due to lack of capacity to remove it
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Tire recycling plant in eastern Ontario gets $18M overhaul
Moose Creek Tire Recycling plant makes rubber mats out of tires recycled in province
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Volkswagen announces optimized global manufacturing strategy
“Bumper-to-bumper” plan will see VW produce conventional, alternative vehicles on same lines
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The future of carbon capture strategy in Canada
SaskPower’s $1.3-billion CCS endeavor at Boundary Dam one example of Canada’s changing landscape
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IKEA buying massive $90M wind farm project in southern Alberta
Will buy 46-megawatt project in Pincher Creek, Alta., from Mainstream Renewable Power
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Federal carbon pricing could help boost pipeline support: study
Authors say efforts to reduce emissions across Canada being eclipsed by output in Alberta’s oilsands
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CCEMC shortlists 55 projects in $35M carbon use challenge
As many as 20 projects will receive as much as $500,000 each to support development
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$40M fund to boost projects that reduce GHGs
Funding will focus on the use of biological organisms such as plants, animals or microbes that reduce emissions or enhance carbon capture
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Microsoft signs 20-year deal to buy power from Texas wind farm
The deal is funded in part by money collected from an internal “carbon fee” the company has been charging all of its departments
