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Telus Garden’s data centre heat to be captured, reused

Telus Garden’s data centre heat to be captured, reused

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 Garden project.
TimberWest and nature conservancy received $10 million in carbon credits

TimberWest and nature conservancy received $10 million in carbon credits

TimberWest received $5.6 million from cash-strapped school districts, hospitals and municipal organizations under the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) to save old-growth timber that it had already decided not to log anyway, according to Freedom of Information (FOI) documents obtained by Business in Vancouver.
Pacific Carbon Trust pricing to be reviewed, government may tap surplus

Pacific Carbon Trust pricing to be reviewed, government may tap surplus

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 surplus it has accrued to help pay down the province's debt or to cut the price public bodies pay for carbon offsets.

Prices paid per tonne by Pacific Carbon Trust

Offsetters Clean Technology, $566,840, 35,146 tonnes at $16.13 per tonneSempa Power Systems Ltd. (Enbala), $45,019, 4,501 tonnes at $10
BioteQ to test new wastewater treatment process in U.S.

BioteQ to test new wastewater treatment process in U.S.

BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. (TSX:BQE) has entered a partnership in the U.S. to test a new process for cleaning up wastewater from flue gas.
Exclusive: Cash-strapped schools helped pay TimberWest $5.6m in carbon credits

Exclusive: Cash-strapped schools helped pay TimberWest $5.6m in carbon credits

Forestry company TimberWest received $5.6 million from cash-strapped school districts, hospitals and municipal bodies to save old-growth timber that it didn't plan to cut in the first place, under the controversial Pacific Carbon Trust program, Business in Vancouver has learned.
City trash talk: Vancouver's plans to turn garbage into power

City trash talk: Vancouver's plans to turn garbage into power

A proposed $400 million Metro Vancouver facility to convert garbage to electricity could reverse recent gains in waste reduction, say critics
Three B.C. cities are Canada’s finalists for Earth Hour City Challenge

Three B.C. cities are Canada’s finalists for Earth Hour City Challenge

Three cities in Canada have been selected as finalists for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)’s Earth Hour City Challenge – and they are all in B.C.

Exports key to building B.C.’s clean-tech sector

Expanding the market for clean technologies developed in B.C. is key to growing the province’s share of one of the global economy’s fastest growing segments.
Styrofoam compression is expanding business

Styrofoam compression is expanding business

Large polystyrene forms used to support construction of Port Mann Bridge