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Trash talk far from over in recycling controversy

Feb 11, 2014 - Multi Material BC’s program updated, but business concerns persist over system’s impact Full Article

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Flush power: Metro Vancouver plans to sell methane

Feb 27, 2014 - Metro Vancouver plans to recoup costs from what you flush down the toilet. Full Article

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Sustainability report: Cashing in on construction in

Jan 07, 2014 - Deconstructing a building piecemeal makes it easier for companies to reuse and recycle construction materials Full Article


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Researcher makes case for B.C. biochar industry
Feb 21, 2014 - A British Columbia researcher is making a case for establishment of a provincial biochar industry that could lead to a massive reduction in the... Full Article

Tags: Michael Weedon University Of Northern British Columbia Pacific Institute For Climate Solutions Coal Natural Gas Energy

Trash talk far from over in recycling controversy
Feb 11, 2014 - Multi Material BC’s program updated, but business concerns persist over system’s impact Full Article

Tags: Sustainability Burnaby Municipal Regulation Provincial Government Metro Vancouver

Landmark agreement reached on B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest
Jan 29, 2014 - After 20 years of conflict, the British Columbia forest industry and leading environmental groups say they have reached a final agreement between... Full Article

Tags: Environment Conservation Glen Clark Ecosystem Greenpeace Sierra Club Forests First Nations Western Forest Products

North Vancouver, Surrey chosen as Earth Hour finalists
Jan 29, 2014 - The City of North Vancouver and Surrey are two of Canada's three most environmentally friendly cities, according to the World Wildlife Fund.... Full Article

Tags: Environment Climate Change Sustainability Dianne Watts Water Surrey North Vancouver World Wildlife Fund Energy

Sustainability report: Old proves new for Vancouver architect striving to design buildings for optium sustainability
Jan 07, 2014 - Classic Pacific Northwest longhouse design and other First Nations technology provide solutions for West Coast green challenges Full Article

Tags: Education Nature Sustainability University Of Victoria First Nations Aboriginal Architecture

Sustainability report: Cashing in on construction in reverse
Jan 07, 2014 - Deconstructing a building piecemeal makes it easier for companies to reuse and recycle construction materials Full Article

Tags: Law Sustainability Building Material

Great Bear Rainforest group moves ahead with controversial carbon offset plan
Dec 10, 2013 - A First Nations group is moving ahead with its plan to create and market carbon offsets tied to the Great Bear Rainforest conservation agreement.... Full Article

Tags: Environment Conservation Harbour Air Kpmg Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives Forests Pacific Carbon Trust First Nations

Controversial recycling scheme collects support from cities, business still skeptical
Nov 29, 2013 - A new provincial recycling program that sparked outcry from both cities and small businesses two months ago has now earned the support of many... Full Article

Tags: Environment John Winter Malcolm Brodie Bc Chamber Of Commerce Retail Metro Vancouver

BC Supreme Court lawsuit targets water use by resource extraction industry in the province
Nov 26, 2013 - Ecojustice Canada claims B.C.'s oil and gas commission is a serial Water Act violator Full Article

Tags: Law Kitimat Apache Corp. Encana Corp. Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives Sierra Club Natural Gas Energy

Metro Vancouver reveals four potential incinerator sites
Nov 21, 2013 - Metro Vancouver revealed four potential sites for new waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities at a Zero Waste Committee meeting November 21.... Full Article

Tags: Marc Lee Renewable Energy Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives Metal Energy Metro Vancouver

Vancouver wins international green building awards
Nov 20, 2013 - Vancouver has won a global award from the World Green Building Council for the city’s policies that promote green building initiatives.... Full Article

Tags: Environment Climate Change Canada Green Building Council Regulation Energy

Pacific Carbon Trust to be shut down
Nov 19, 2013 - The British Columbia government's controversial carbon offsetter, the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT), is being shut down as part of the government's... Full Article

Tags: Environment Nature John Doyle Mark Jaccard Nature Conservancy Of Canada Pacific Carbon Trust

Surrey's energy initiatives net city a national award
Nov 19, 2013 - Proposed $68 million biofuel facility will use kitchen and yard waste to produce methane to drive the municipality's truck fleet Full Article

Tags: Dianne Watts Surrey Transport Food Natural Gas Energy Engineering

Environment minister attending UN climate change conference
Nov 18, 2013 - Minister of the Environment Leona Aglukkaq is in Warsaw, Poland, to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),... Full Article

Tags: Climate Change Leona Aglukkaq Global Warming David Suzuki Foundation United Nations Coal Energy

Sustainability report: Rate my green business
Oct 22, 2013 - Full Article

Tags: Environment Conservation Climate Change Sustainability Water

Sustainability report: Adera buildings set platinum standards with wastewater heat recovery
Oct 22, 2013 - Richmond company developed system to reclaim heat from wastewater in residential buildings Full Article

Tags: Environment Sustainability Water Energy And Resource Natural Gas Energy

Canadians see benefits of green home renos: Scotiabank
Oct 17, 2013 - Two-thirds of Canadians say they are likely to consider making green renovations to their homes in order to make them more energy efficient or... Full Article

Tags: Environment Sustainability Scotiabank Mortgage Real Estate Energy

Metro Vancouver needs to back up its “zero waste” talk: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Oct 16, 2013 - Metro Vancouver's Zero Waste Challenge is not going to result in as dramatic a reduction in our environmental footprint as is being hyped,... Full Article

Tags: Environment Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives Waste Management And Pollution Control Metro Vancouver

Emergency oil spill response plan needs more work: study
Oct 10, 2013 - The Ministry of Environment has released the results of a marine-spill preparedness study, the province announced October 10.... Full Article

Tags: Environment Environmental Pollution Research

“Green jobs” won’t solve economic or environmental problems: University of Calgary
Oct 09, 2013 - The idea that "green jobs" can save the environment while aiding the economy is nothing but a fantasy, according to an October 9 report from the... Full Article

Tags: Environment Economy Employment University Of Calgary Energy

B.C. government to spend $650,000 on Kitimat airshed study
Oct 03, 2013 - The provincial government announced October 3 it is funding a $650,000 environmental study of the potential impacts large-scale industrial... Full Article

Tags: Environment Health Environmental Pollution Research David Black Prince Rupert Kitimat Apache Corp. Energy Provincial Government Northern Gateway Pipeline

Canada requires a holistic approach to evaluating environmental-economic links: TD Economics
Oct 02, 2013 - Canada needs a new approach to assessing links between economic performance and environmental quality, according to an October 2 TD Economics... Full Article

Tags: Environment Sustainability Td Bank Financial Group Economic Growth

Critics turn up heat on B.C. recycling plan
Sep 24, 2013 - Onerous reporting requirements, vague targets and timeline criticized Full Article

Tags: Andrea Reimer John Winter Bc Chamber Of Commerce Regulation Consumers

Municipalities get recycling reprieve
Sep 17, 2013 - The pressure is off for many B.C. municipalities reluctant to sign a new recycling contract many had complained was one-sided and unrealistic.... Full Article

Tags: Environment Sustainability Andrea Reimer Municipal Consumers Vancouver Council

Business blasts recycling scheme
Sep 17, 2013 - Unknown contract costs, environmental impact raise company red flags Full Article

Tags: Environment Law Municipality Geoff Meggs John Winter Naomi Yamamoto Newspaper Vancouver Council Bc Chamber Of Commerce Consumers Metro Vancouver

Vancouver council wants to renegotiate new recycling contract terms
Sep 13, 2013 - The City of Vancouver has said it will opt in to a controversial new recycling program – but only if it can renegotiate a contract that so... Full Article

Tags: Environment Geoff Meggs Gregor Robertson Vancouver Municipal Consumers Prince George

Sustainable Swiss architecture exhibit reveals lessons
Sep 12, 2013 - An exhibition of sustainable Swiss architecture at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia, opening today (September 12) and running... Full Article

Tags: Switzerland Canadian Chamber Of Commerce Energy Architecture

Food set to feed new Metro Vancouver energy opportunities
Sep 10, 2013 - Local recyclers and composters gear up for food-scraps business boom as 9.3-hectare composting facility installed in Richmond Full Article

Tags: Law Sustainability Food Alternative Energy Natural Gas Energy

City expanding beverage container recycling program
Sep 09, 2013 - The City of Vancouver is extending a pilot beverage container recycling program that was launched last summer as part of the city’s green... Full Article

Tags: Sustainability Gregor Robertson Parks Beverage Energy

Carbon taxes constitute a war on the poor
Aug 27, 2013 - For tens of thousands of public servants and contract workers, carbon is a gold rush Full Article

Tags: Crime Barack Obama Christy Clark Fraud Poverty University Of Victoria Nature Conservancy Of Canada Regulation Forests Pacific Carbon Trust Food

Vancouver to get one of Canada’s tallest sustainable office towers
Aug 13, 2013 - Credit Suisse Real Estate Asset Management has received the green light from the City of Vancouver to construct what will be one of Canada’s ... Full Article

Tags: Conservation Sustainability Renewable Energy Switzerland Vancouver Canada Green Building Council Real Estate Energy Energy Saving

Women in business report: Socially savvy swag
Aug 06, 2013 - Vancouver's Fairware – promo products with a difference Full Article

Tags: Sustainability Judy Brooks Mountain Equipment Co-op Women In Business

B.C. issues call to clean up coastal debris from Japanese tsunami

Jul 30, 2013 - The B.C. government has put out a call to First Nations, local government and community organizations on the B.C. coast to apply for $1 million... Full Article

Tags: Environment Natural Disasters Canada Japan Earthquake Japanese Government Provincial Government First Nations

Scientists urge further protection for boreal forest
Jul 22, 2013 - Scientists are calling for more of Canada's vast boreal forest to be protected against logging, mining and oil and gas activity, which they say... Full Article

Tags: Conservation Sustainability British Columbia Newfoundland Forests Mining

Sustainability report: Burnaby businesses pledge to go green
Jul 09, 2013 - A new website developed by the Burnaby Board of Trade encourages businesses to adopt and share sustainability initiatives Full Article

Tags: Sustainability Water Travel Burnaby Burnaby Board Of Trade Energy Pacific Blue Cross

B.C. claims carbon neutrality for third consecutive year

Jul 02, 2013 - B.C. released a report on June 28 that claimed that, for the third consecutive year, it is carbon neutral. Full Article

Tags: Environment School John Doyle Regulation Pacific Carbon Trust Provincial Government

10 green questions to ask your printer
Jun 21, 2013 - Ask your printer these questions to gauge its environmental performance in a number of key areas: Full Article

Tags: Environment Sustainability Hemlock Printers Ltd. Management Forest Stewardship Council

BDC Venture Capital creates $100 million clean-tech fund
Jun 20, 2013 - BDC Venture Capital has announced a new $100 million fund for smaller, scalable renewable energy and clean-technology projects.... Full Article

Tags: Sustainability Renewable Energy Business Development Bank Of Canada

New '4D' movie attraction to be powered by green electricity
Jun 18, 2013 - A new tourist attraction hitting Vancouver’s waterfront will be powered entirely by green electricity, according to its operator.... Full Article

Tags: Environment Canada Aquilini Investment Group Tourism Tourism And Leisure Film

Burnaby Board of Trade nets green award
Jun 12, 2013 - The City of Burnaby has awarded the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT) its annual environmental star award for building and implementing a... Full Article

Tags: Sustainability Burnaby Burnaby Board Of Trade

Vancouver named fourth most sustainable city in North America
Jun 10, 2013 - Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson’s aim has long been to make his city the world’s "greenest" by 2020, but according to researchers at... Full Article

Tags: Environment Sustainability Gregor Robertson Air Pollution

Vancity named one of Canada’s most socially responsible companies
Jun 10, 2013 - Vancity has been chosen as one of Canada’s 50 most socially responsible companies in Maclean’s fifth annual survey of corporate social ... Full Article

Tags: Tamara Vrooman Royal Bank Of Canada Vancity Savings Credit Union

New environmental process threatens Sacred Headwaters: Tahltan Central Council
Jun 07, 2013 - The Tahltan Central Council says it has grave concerns about a coal mine proposed for the Klappan region in northern B.C.... Full Article

Tags: Environment Water Ottawa Shell Canada Ltd. Coal Mining Provincial Government First Nations

Surrey report: You are where you eat
Jun 04, 2013 - B.C. startups want to make sustainable urban agriculture easy, local and profitable Full Article

Tags: Environment Peter Ladner Agriculture Surrey Food Energy

Kitimat smelter expansion will increase some pollutants, but decrease others
May 14, 2013 - Expansion means acid levels higher but other emissions lower Full Article

Tags: Environmental Pollution Sustainability Air Pollution Kitimat Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association Sustainet Software International Inc.

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