“Changing our branches from energy users to energy generators is one more way that we can lead by example in the transformation to a greener economy,” said Karen Clarke-Whistler, Chief environment Officer, TD Bank Group. “Net zero energy is good for the environment and it makes good business sense – and that is fundamental to being the better bank.” [Click on Logo to learn more]
The province invested $84,000 through the Community Led Emissions Reduction (CLER) Initiative’s competitive fund. CLER is a pilot initiative aimed at supporting projects and providing incentives to encourage locally driven efforts to achieve reductions in Manitoba’s greenhouse-gas emissions and build toward sustainable, long-term changes. [Click on Pic to learn more]
The Clean Energy SME Capacity Building Program is providing 150 companies from across the West with access to resources such as workshops, training and business advisory services geared towards increasing their capacity to attract trade and investment opportunities. Up to 50 of these companies will also be selected to showcase and demonstrate their technologies to potential investors and partners at the Global Clean Energy Congress. [Click on Pic to learn more]
Mr. Prentice cited a CIBC Economics report released today entitled “Energizing Infrastructure” that concluded approximately $295 billion would be invested over the next 20 years to accommodate both electricity replacement needs and future expansion plans. [Click on Pic to learn more]
While the literature on energy subsidies is considerable and growing, only a fraction of this literature focuses on subsidies to electricity generation, and only a small subset attempts to quantify the level of these subsidies. This paper reviews the information currently available for each fuel type, identifies the major gaps in the literature and makes a preliminary comparison of results. [Click on Pic to learn more]
The Province of Manitoba through legislative direction expands the mandate of Manitoba Hydro from a hydro-electric company to one that is an International leader in clean energy. [Click on Logo to learn more]
Once it is in operation, the new system will eliminate 21,000 metric tons of fossil fuel emissions annually, in addition to mitigating the facility’s electric energy requirements by producing 1.4 megawatts of power. Using organic waste that would otherwise go to landfills also reduces the load on those sites. [Click on Logo to learn more]
The IEA estimated that in 2009 global consumer subsidies for fossil fuels totalled US$312 billion. These estimates do not include subsidies to fossil fuel producers, which may be another US$100 billion per year globally. This commentary argues that fossil fuel subsidies can hold back economic development, are not an effective way to help the poor and can have adverse environmental impacts. [Click on Pic to learn more]
The “Cleantech Report Card for British Columbia,” conducted by KPMG in partnership with the BC Cleantech CEO Alliance. The survey benchmarks the size and growth of the sector and identifies success factors and hurdles to its continuing growth. [Click on Pic to learn more]
IISD’s Senior Economist Peter Wooders detailed how Rio+20 could most usefully focus on a few high-impact initiatives that governments could implement in the short term without international agreement and for their own benefit. (Video) [Click on Logo to learn more]
What does a not-for-profit contractor in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a home builder in Bathurst, New Brunswick and a student from Calgary, Alberta have in common? They all have been named the winners of the inaugural Scotiabank EcoLiving Awards and will share a total of $75,000 in award incentives. [Click on Logo to learn more]
The new company combines Cargill’s experience in trading ethanol and sugar, as one of the world’s largest exporters of this commodity, and the 65 years of experience of the USJ Group in the sugarcane industry. [Click on Logo to learn more]
