Connie Vitello

Dec 2, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Connie Vitello

This year, the Green Roof Infrastructure Network (GRIN) launched a groundbreaking project to bring climate action and resilience to communities across British Columbia (B.C.) through green roofs and green infrastructure. The first round of results have recently been released, revealing how this UK-based technology can now help towns and cities across North America strategically establish climate resilience, manage stormwater, and reduce vulnerability to urban heat, while protecting biodiversity.

Nov 21, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Connie Vitello

New funding will advance technologies that turn Alberta’s natural resources, such as bitumen, into materials of the future. The province is Canada’s third-largest producer of manufactured goods and materials and a leader in clean technology innovation. At the same time, manufacturing companies around the world are looking for ways to make products like concrete, plastics, food, wood, chemicals and machinery more efficient, more durable, easier to recycle and better for the environment.

Nov 6, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Connie Vitello |Colin Isaacs

By Colin Isaacs In October 2024 the Canadian Climate Institute, which bills itself as Canada’s leading climate change policy research organization, and the Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB), a group of experts appointed by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, joined forces to present a day long event with the intriguing title “The Net‑Zero Edge: Navigating the New Realities for Canadian Competitiveness.” The event brought European...

Oct 30, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Connie Vitello

As the climate warms and arctic permafrost thaws, some of the toxic elements locked away in it are starting to emerge and could contaminate the water supplies that many northern communities rely on. Elliott Skierszkan, a geologist at Carleton University, and his colleagues recently measured the concentrations of naturally occurring uranium and arsenic in water released from permafrost samples collected in the Yukon.

Oct 6, 2024 | renewcanada.net | Connie Vitello

The Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) held its 10th Annual WIN Awards ceremony, honouring emerging and outstanding female leaders across the country. In total, 49 women were nominated across both categories, with a shortlist of five nominees named.