Environment

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 funding for projects designed to clean up debris washing up from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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 threatens wildlife habitats.

A new website developed by the Burnaby Board of Trade encourages businesses to adopt and share sustainability initiatives

B.C. released a report on June 28 that claimed that, for the third consecutive year, it is carbon neutral.

Ask your printer these questions to gauge its environmental performance in a number of key areas:

BDC Venture Capital has announced a new $100 million fund for smaller, scalable renewable energy and clean-technology projects.

A new tourist attraction hitting Vancouver’s waterfront will be powered entirely by green electricity, according to its operator.

The City of Burnaby has awarded the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT) its annual environmental star award for building and implementing a comprehensive online environmental resource.

Vancity has been chosen as one of Canada’s 50 most socially responsible companies in Maclean’s fifth annual survey of corporate social responsibility, the credit union announced Friday.

Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson’s aim has long been to make his city the world’s “greenest” by 2020, but according to researchers at Corporate Knights magazine, he has work to do.