WELL Building Standard registered or WELL-certified projects can be found in 34 different countries spanning every continent outside of Africa and Antarctica. Pavleas Design and Build image. WELL Building Standard footprint began massive growth in [Read more]
According to the US Energy Information Administration, the primary cause of the downward trend in coal inventories has been the retirement of coal-fired generating capacity. Greg Goebel photo via Wikimedia Commons. Coal inventories held by [Read more]
Cundall, an engineering consulting firm in the UK, spent about $80,000 in total costs for their WELL building standards transformation. The company says it has noted a 50 per cent drop in absenteeism and a [Read more]
The Doug Ford government in Ontario framed its reversal of carbon pricing and clean energy programs as an attempt to “save the little guy”, but it may have inadvertently thrown its economy in reverse while [Read more]
HSBC continues to offer investment funds in Russian equities to Canadian clients. These funds are weighted more than 40 per cent to Russian energy, with holdings in Gazprom, Lukoil and Rosneft – energy brands associated [Read more]
The WELL Building Standard was created as a voluntary third-party rating system, much like LEED, but this standard was the first to focus entirely on the health and wellness of occupants. WELL Building Standard focusses [Read more]
On Thursday, California along with 18 other US states said they would take the Trump administration to court over its proposal to weaken US fuel efficiency standards brought in by former President Barack Obama. Union [Read more]
The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it will no longer require oil drillers, miners or other industries to pay for damage they inflict on public lands while working under permitted projects. iStockphoto photo. Oil [Read more]
Russia remains the largest gas flaring country, but also showed the largest decline in flaring in 2017 while Iran and Libya both showed increases in flaring. Dreamstime photo by Bulat Karimov. Global gas flaring down 5 [Read more]
Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the IEA and Mr Liu Hua, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Environment met to discuss energy security, improving air quality and reducing carbon intensity. International Energy Agency photo. IEA [Read more]
Matt Chester assembles an All-Star Team with MLB players who have proven themselves to be the most conscious of issues surrounding energy, the environment, and climate change. Sports can be the ultimate awareness raiser for climate [Read more]
On Thursday, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced new carbon pollution regulations for school buses, transport trucks, garbage trucks, delivery vans and larger pickups. The Star photo by Vince Talotta. [Read more]
Under the Transportation Department’s proposal, California would not be able to set stricter US emissions standards implemented than the federal government. AFP/Getty photo by Mark Ralston. US emissions standards would stay at 2020 levels through [Read more]
In this article, the author, Maximilian Auffhammer questions how effective offering subsidies on used electric vehicles would be for the environment. Energy Institute at Haas photo. Does a program to subsidize used electric vehicles make [Read more]
Joule Bergerson and graduate student Matt Tierney completed a Low Carbon Economic Case Study developed in partnership with the City of Calgary By Andrea Kingwell, for the Office of the Vice-President (Research) The debate around [Read more]
In an article posted by The Energy Institute at Haas on April 8, 2018, James Sallee argued the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards are the reason cars in the United States are twice as fuel [Read more]
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers calling on Federal govt to align environmental policies with other jurisdictions The world’s thirst for energy is on the rise and Canada has an opportunity to meet the growing global [Read more]
First Nations LNG Alliance CEO Karen Ogen-Toews “The issue of poverty and the need for economic and employment opportunities for First Nations was raised consistently.” – Ogen-Toews There’s a “high degree of support” among First Nations for [Read more]
Heavy metals, including mercury and lead, have all decreased by more than 85% since 1990 The recent publication of the 2018 Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory for Canada shows that air pollution is declining, according to [Read more]
COSIA supports improvements in 4 key priority areas: greenhouse gases, land, water and tailings Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance says industry is making huge strides toward its goal of accelerating the pace of environmental performance in [Read more]
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