Wildfires in Alberta, Manitoba trigger air quality warnings
Smoky conditions from wildfires in portions of Manitoba and Alberta have led to special air quality warnings from Environment Canada.
As of late last week,...
Air pollution could mean three-month shorter life expectancy for Canadians, study claims
A new study suggests that average worldwide life expectancy has dropped one year and eight months due to the effects of air pollution, with...
Nova Scotia grants controversial year-long pilot for Lafarge to burn tires as fuel
Nova Scotia’s Environment Department has greenlighted a controversial one-year pilot project at a Lafarge Canada Inc. cement plant in Brookfield, N.S., to burn tires...
Ontario calls it quits: Implications of Ontario’s decision to cancel cap-and-trade
The Ontario government has committed to ending the cap-and-trade program in Ontario, fulfilling an election promise. Here's what that means.
Northern Ontario’s Vale completes $1B atmospheric emissions reduction project
Following six years of construction efforts, Vale Canada Ltd.’s $1 billion Atmospheric Emissions Reduction (AER) Project has reached completion in Sudbury, Ontario. For the mining...
New Ontario ECO report questions provincial cuts to GHG reduction programs
As Ontario’s new government begins cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction programs such as cap and trade, and Drive Clean, the province’s Environmental Commissioner is...
BC wildfires max out air quality index, lead to health warnings across Canada
As wildfire smoke blankets Metro Vancouver, Health Canada’s Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) has reached a 10+ rating as a warning of very high...
Wastewater treatment plant monitors its greenhouse gas emissions
To help with Helsinki's efforts to combat climate change a large wastewater treatment facility now continuously monitors its emissions of greenhouse gases.
Composting facility fined $900,000 plus victim fine surcharges for discharging odour
On October 26, 2017, Orgaworld Canada Ltd. was convicted of nine offences under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA), was fined $900,000 plus a victim...
Evaluating the performance of new fluid bed incinerators
The Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) in Pickering, Ontario, is jointly owned by the Regional Municipalities of York and Durham.
Latest Articles
UBC students win WEF award for airport de-icing runoff treatment system
Four students from the University of British Columbia are winners of the Water Environment Federation’s 2019 Student Design Competition for their Vancouver International Airport...
