Environment Journal Canada

Environment Journal offers insightful views on the Canadian environmental sector and the expanding green economy. It features articles on trending topics such as clean technology, renewable energy, net-zero initiatives, the circular economy, environmental policies, sustainable finance, and additional relevant subjects. The Enviro News & Views e-newsletter curates important industry updates, announcements, and events for its readers. The audience comprises environmental experts, industry participants, policymakers, and scholars throughout Canada.

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SPONSORED STORY: Not IF, But WHEN: Building a greener future with recycled materials

1 month ago | environmentjournal.ca | Ritu Upadhyay

Discover how Ontario can cut costs, reduce emissions, and conserve natural resources by making Recycled Crushed Aggregates (RCA) the industry standard in linear infrastructure projects. In 2021, the Town of East Gwillimbury took a step toward building infrastructure more sustainably by incorporating 13,230 tonnes of Recycled Crushed Aggregate (RCA) into its Queensville Subdivision Phase 6 project.
Mapping project on green infrastructure to improve climate resilience in B.C.

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.
SPONSORED: Meet four RBC Foundation Green Skills Scholarship recipients who plan to make a difference

Nov 25, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Ritu Upadhyay

From learning how to create more efficient solar panels to developing a produce-sharing app for community and backyard gardeners, a new scholarship is helping older Canadian students go back to school to help address environmental challenges.
Funds to turn natural resources into materials of the future in Alberta

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.
Navigating net zero and the new realities for Canadian competitiveness

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...
Protecting northern water supplies from toxic metals with careful remediation

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.
Is it time to nip the bud off the wood pellet industry?

Oct 22, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Donald MacCallum

By Donald MacCallumA little known but fast-growing industry has been causing a disturbance in the Canadian environmental space recently, as the burning of wood pellets in thermal power plants is raising concerns over a higher-than-expected environmental impact and increased risk of deforestation.
Dirt and Due Diligence: Evolving rules on excess soils

Oct 7, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Matthew Gardner

By Matthew GardnerEvery year, Canadian provinces generate millions of cubic metres of excess soil – in Ontario alone, an estimated 25 million cubic metres of excess soil is generated annually. Reuse of excess soil has the potential to improve a development’s sustainable footprint if properly reclaimed. However, when laws are not followed, excess soil may contaminate receiving sites or properties at which excess soil is unlawfully dumped.
Policy POV: Addressing problems with public infrastructure

Oct 2, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Colin Isaacs

By Colin IsaacsFor four months this summer many of the one and a half million residents of Calgary were asked to participate in an aggressive water conservation program. The reason was a catastrophic break in the feeder main serving large parts of the city. City Council has promised a full enquiry into the causes of the several ruptures in the main along with implementation of the steps necessary to ensure that breakages of this magnitude do not recur.
SPONSORED: Making Nature-related Financial Disclosures Easier for the Business Community

Sep 30, 2024 | environmentjournal.ca | Ritu Upadhyay

WSP in Canada StaffThe introduction of nature-related financial disclosures has added a layer of complexity to the reporting mechanisms at companies across the country. If it is not something that teams are familiar with, and can thus be seen as a daunting task with hours and hours committed to its completion. It doesn’t have to be this way.