Environment
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Malaysia to send back plastic waste to foreign nations
Malaysia’s Environment Minister says 60 containers filled with contaminated waste were smuggled into Malaysia from the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia
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Alberta regulator restricts fracking near Brazeau dam following earthquake
The restrictions have been imposed as a precautionary measure following a 4.3 magnitude earthquake south of the area in March
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Canadian Utilities selling Canadian fossil fuel-based power assets
The sale includes 11 partly or fully owned natural gas-fired and coal-fired electricity generation assets in Alberta, B.C. and Ontario
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Greens call for ban on foreign oil imports, using Alberta oil instead
Elizabeth May wants to stop oil imports as a stop-gap measure until Canada can break its oil habit altogether
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Legault announces plan to electrify Quebec’s economy, reduce oil consumption
Quebec will only finance public transit projects that are electric, says Premier Francois Legault
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Waste to energy plant in B.C. to handle disputed garbage from Philippines
A mass-burn facility in Burnaby has been in operation since 1998 and handles about 260,000 tonnes of garbage a year
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Shell Quest carbon capture and storage project reaches milestone of 4M tonnes
Shell Canada says the accomplishment is ahead of schedule
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Ottawa commits $100M toward cleaning up toxic mess at Boat Harbour, N.S.
Sprawling lagoons are contaminated with millions of litres of treated waste water from the nearby Northern Pulp paper mill
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Alberta throne speech followed by bill to repeal provincial carbon tax
An Act to Repeal the Carbon Tax will kill Alberta’s greenhouse gas levy as of May 30
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Clean energy one of Canada’s fastest growing industries
The study concluded clean energy accounted for about 3% of Canada’s GDP in 2017, or around $57 billion
