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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
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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... Full Article
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BC Supreme Court lawsuit targets water use by resource
Nov 26, 2013 - Ecojustice Canada claims B.C.'s oil and gas commission is a serial Water Act violator Full Article
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Sustainability report: Adera buildings set platinum
Oct 22, 2013 - Richmond company developed system to reclaim heat from wastewater in residential buildings Full Article
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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...
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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
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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....
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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....
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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...
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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
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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),...
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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
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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.
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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:
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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....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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....
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Surrey report: You are where you eat
Jun 04, 2013 -
B.C. startups want to make sustainable urban agriculture easy, local and profitable
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Climate experts issue warning to energy minister over fossil fuels
May 09, 2013 -
A team of climate scientists is warning energy minister Joe Oliver that his continued support of Canada’s oil and gas industry will have...
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David Suzuki getting Bayer award for renewable energy focus
May 08, 2013 -
Vancouver scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki is among the Canadian scientists and educators being recognized by pharmaceutical giant...
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NDP would scrap Pacific Carbon Trust, oppose pipelines
Apr 22, 2013 -
If a Liberal government won't accept B.C.'s Auditor General John Doyle's criticisms of the Pacific Carbon Trust, an NDP government will, says NDP...
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Carbon tax tactics: Raise, freeze or scrap?
Apr 16, 2013 -
Economists weigh in on what government should and shouldn't do with B.C.'s carbon tax
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Carbon trading: A multibillion-dollar boondoggle?
Apr 16, 2013 -
The carbon offsetting market is worth billions, but insiders say it’s ineffective
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Greenhouses getting much-anticipated break on carbon tax
Apr 10, 2013 -
B.C.’s carbon tax will be permanently reduced for B.C. greenhouses by 80%.
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B.C. exploring carbon offsets potential of eelgrass
Apr 10, 2013 -
As if the funding of forestry conservation projects through Pacific Carbon Trust offsets were not controversial enough, the B.C. government is now ...
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B.C. government signs protected lands agreement with Lake Babine First Nation
Apr 09, 2013 -
The B.C. government and the Lake Babine First Nation signed an agreement today to collaboratively manage protected areas....
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Sustainability requires economic strength: panel
Apr 09, 2013 -
Metro Vancouver forum eyes high costs of living as threat to environmental goals
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Auditor general and province in almighty carbon clash
Apr 02, 2013 -
Two projects that received $6 million from the Pacific Carbon Trust dubbed ‘freeriders’ by John Doyle, whose report is slammed by...
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Vancouver engineer joins UN disaster-mitigation effort
Apr 01, 2013 -
The Weir-Jones Group, a Vancouver engineering firm specializing in early detection systems for earthquakes, landslides and oil and gas pipeline...
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Pacific Carbon Trust slammed in hotly anticipated Auditor General report
Mar 27, 2013 -
The Pacific Carbon Trust leaked confidential information while being audited and spent $6 million of public money on two large carbon-reduction...
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Carbon offsets at boiling point as AG report remains under wraps
Mar 27, 2013 -
A potentially damning report by the auditor general on the provincial government's controversial carbon-neutrality policies is being withheld from ...
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First Nations group releases anti-pipeline commercial
Mar 25, 2013 -
Coastal First Nations have fired back at Enbridge’s Northern Gateway media campaign with a two-minute video....
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Land-based oil-spill prevention symposium begins today
Mar 25, 2013 -
Approximately 200 people are participating in a symposium today through Wednesday to help develop a world-leading land-based spill prevention and...
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Vancouver crowned Earth Hour world champion
Mar 19, 2013 -
After going through a rigorous selection process that lasted several months, Vancouver was today named Global Earth Hour......
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Victoria, Ottawa ink single environmental review agreement
Mar 18, 2013 -
Two new coal mines proposed for Hudson’s Hope and Chetwynd could be the first projects in B.C. to get an environmental review by the...
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Green seafood processing plant in Richmond opens
Mar 14, 2013 -
A fish processing plant in Richmond that is the first to be built under the city’s green roof design guidelines has begun operations, the...
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Environmental groups want tax hikes to fund climate-change solutions
Mar 08, 2013 -
Leading environmental groups are urging the B.C. government to raise gasoline taxes, tweak the carbon tax and close tax loopholes to get more...
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Vancouver wins national Earth Hour title, in the running for global prize
Mar 05, 2013 -
Vancouver has been chosen as the Canadian winner of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) green city challenge, keeping the city in the running for the title...
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Engineering report: Greening the Port Mann
Mar 05, 2013 -
Environmental consultants play a key role in B.C.'s large-scale infrastructure projects
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Engineering report: Engineering creates opportunity from waste
Mar 05, 2013 -
If trash disposal is going to be made cheaper and more sustainable, engineering entrepreneurs need to first provide proof of concept before these...
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Telus Garden’s data centre heat to be captured, reused
Mar 01, 2013 -
Heat from the Telus (TSX:T) data centre will be captured and reused in a district energy system being built as part of the $750 million Telus...
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TimberWest and nature conservancy received $10 million in carbon credits
Feb 19, 2013 -
B.C. government to review structure for carbon pricing after questions raised over Pacific Carbon Trust's payouts for offsets
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Pacific Carbon Trust pricing to be reviewed, government may tap surplus
Feb 15, 2013 -
B.C. environment minister Terry Lake wants to know how much money the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) has banked, and says his government may tap any...
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Prices paid per tonne by Pacific Carbon Trust
Feb 15, 2013 -
Offsetters Clean Technology, $566,840, 35,146 tonnes at $16.13 per tonneSempa Power Systems Ltd. (Enbala), $45,019, 4,501 tonnes at $10...
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