Environment

Province could miss renewable energy market bonanza, Globe conference told

The Surrey Board of Trade (SBoT) has added its voice to those opposing the province's new industry-led recycling regime, saying the system will increase costs for businesses who are still struggling to recover from the recession.

Household products giant S.C. Johnson plans to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in a recycling program in Canada for plastic bags next month in conjunction with Walmart, the company's general manager for Canada Ana Dominquez told Business in Vancouver March 26.

British Columbians have every right to be proud of our world-leading built-in-B.C. recycling program.

Surrey’s City Centre Library has been granted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification in recognition of its environmentally sustainable features.

Globe's biannual event features prominent environmentalists and business executives

Metro Vancouver taxpayers will be on the hook for more than $100,000 in fines and environmental restoration costs after the region’s wastewater utility pleaded guilty to dumping raw sewage into Burrard Inlet.

A coalition of business groups is putting the spotlight on British Columbia's new industry-led recycling program, saying it will end up costing both businesses and consumers more without delivering promised environmental benefits.

Metro Vancouver plans to recoup costs from what you flush down the toilet.

A British Columbia researcher is making a case for establishment of a provincial biochar industry that could lead to a massive reduction in the province's greenhouse-gas emissions.