SARNIA, ON and NEW YORK — Bluewater Power Distribution Corporation, an Ontario-based provider of electrical distribution services serving the Sarnia, Ontario area and CPower, a leading energy management and demand response firm, announced the enrollment of Lambton College into the Ontario Power Authority's (OPA) Demand Response 3 (DR3) program. The ...

News | Rob Colman | Feb 23, 2010

NORTHBROOK, IL — UL Environment, Inc. (ULE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and a global leader in environmental evaluation and certification, announced this week that it is launching the Energy Efficiency Certification (EEC) program for compliance with energy efficiency standards and regulations. Consumers will be able to look ...

News | Rob Colman | Feb 5, 2010

Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, announced on Saturday, January 30, 2010, the submission of Canada’s 2020 emissions reduction target under the Copenhagen Accord. Canada’s target, a 17 per cent reduction from 2005 levels, was created to align with the U.S. target, and according to the government is still subject to ...

News | Rob Colman | Feb 3, 2010

KELOWNA, BC — The Honourable Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, announced last week a Regional Adaptation Collaborative led by the Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia and the Fraser Basin Council. A series of projects will be undertaken over the next ...

News | Rob Colman | Feb 2, 2010

NORTHBROOK, IL — Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certification, has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the non-profit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) to support Project Get Ready, an initiative to aid U.S. cities preparing for widespread use of electric vehicles (EVs) in their ...

News | Rob Colman | Jan 28, 2010

OTTAWA — Mr. Hans Matthews was appointed as a temporary member of the National Energy Board (NEB) today. Matthews is a professional geologist with more than 25 years of experience. He has been the President of the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association since 1992. Mr. Matthews has also held executive positions focused ...

News | Rob Colman | Jan 19, 2010

In his March 2 budget speech to the B.C. legislature, finance minister Colin Hansen announced $100 million over three years in new climate action and clean energy development funding. The future of B.C., he said, "is a future where our clean-energy expertise supports both our economy and our environment, and a ...

Features | Ricki Normandin | Mar 3, 2010

The power and utilities sector is rarely considered ground zero for green business practices. However, as the political and social climate mandates a more rapid reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions, power and utilities organizations find themselves in the spotlight. Dealing with this mandate implies more than simply identifying strategies ...

Features | Jane Allen | Jan 20, 2010

An agreement dubbed the Copenhagen Accord was drawn up by a limited group of countries late on Friday December 18th. It was formally accepted by the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15) during a closing session on Saturday morning. The climate change talks ...

Features | Robert Colman | Dec 21, 2009

On December 1, 2009 Ontario filed its final Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation (O. Reg. 452/09) under the Environmental Protection Act. The regulation will ensure that an estimated 200 to 300 large emitters of prescribed greenhouse gases (GHGs) will provide regulators detailed GHG emissions data to support a multi-jurisdictional cap-and-trade ...

Features | Paul Manning | Dec 17, 2009

The past year has appeared to be a watershed in climate action, smart grid development (in some places), green building and clean technology promotion. It’s difficult to say what it will all amount to in another 12 months, but the following five stories are worth keeping a watch on throughout ...

Features | Robert Colman | Dec 17, 2009

The first week and a half of discussions at the climate talks in Copenhagen have been marred by the entrenched positions of various countries (including Canada), perceived slights by developed nations and at least two protest walk-outs by delegates from developing nations. These same stresses are likely to make any ...

Features | Robert Colman | Dec 16, 2009

Climate change has been around as an environmental issue since the late 1980s and finally emerged to capture the spotlight in 2007, helped by a combination of climatic, political and media events (including Al Gore’s award-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth). Polls showed the public in most parts of the world ...

Columns | Keith Neuman, Ph.D. | Dec 2, 2009

British Columbia is aggressive in its determination to remain a global leader in clean and renewable energy. This is not surprising, given that a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers study predicts that BC’s independent power sector could inject $26.1 billion into the provincial economy by 2020.  Determined to maximize this economic potential, the ...

Columns | Cheryl Slusarchuk | Dec 2, 2009

The British Columbian renewable energy sector is back on the straight-away after a few tight corners over the past few months. First, there was the economic downturn. Then, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) decided that it wouldn’t endorse BC Hydro’s 2008 Clean Power Call.  Despite these setbacks, the provincial ...

Columns | Cheryl Slusarchuk | Oct 26, 2009

The COP 15 international summit on climate change will be convening in Copenhagen in less than two months. While few would confidently predict the outcome, almost everyone agrees this will be a critical event in determining whether or not it is possible to reach a multi-lateral agreement on a problem ...

Columns | Keith Neuman, Ph.D. | Oct 16, 2009

How times have changed. Just a few years ago, Canada was viewed as a leader on the climate change front (Chretien signing the Kyoto Accord, Dion hosting an international conference in Montreal), while the United States was widely castigated as the principal villain in the piece. Now in 2009, U...

Columns | Keith Neuman, Ph.D. | Jun 12, 2009

By Keith Neuman, Ph.D. Environmental pricing reform (or EPR) is the term now used to describe the various types of market mechanisms (e.g. carbon pricing, cap and trade, congestion fees) which are now being given serious attention as the most promising strategy for addressing climate change and other pressing environmental ch...

Columns | | Apr 29, 2009