A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the UCLA Luskin Centre for Innovation has developed a process for turning a harmful by-product of the cement industry into a harmless raw material …
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) is encouraging big investors to reconsider renewable energy, particularly solar, as a viable, profitable asset class. Renewable energy technology has made “exponential gains” in efficiency, …
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Canada’s industrial chemicals industry is reporting its second-best year for profitability. The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIACI) says that the year’s $4 billion operating profits are down slightly from …
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Toronto Hydro has released its first corporate responsibility report that follows the reporting guidelines set down by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The GRI G4 sustainability guidelines provide a framework …
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Other economies have made clean-energy technologies and services a trade priority, but Canada has clung to the notion that only carbon-based fuels give us the competitive advantage we want. Because …
Canada risks losing out in renewable energy revolution Read More »
A new study of options for Ontario’s future electricity needs finds that nuclear power is the best choice for the province. The study finds that Ontario’s current plans to increase …
Study of Ontario power needs finds nuclear is best option Read More »
Researchers at several US and Canadian academic institutions, with key industrial partners, are collaborating in a quest to make a cheaper fuel cell for electric cars. If they succeed, the …
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