Langley grappling with rash of expensive, illegally dumped construction material – BC
Dressed head to toe in hazmat suits and wearing respirators, Township of Langley crews spent Thursday and Friday shoveling old drywall and other construction debris off the side of the road. The crews were dealing with the latest in a string of illegal dumping events, that township sustainability manager Ryan Schmidt said are costing…
Green construction combats climate change
Chris Magwood had the first permitted straw bale home construction project in Ontario. Twenty years later and the green construction expert is about to teach the construction industry in Peterborough the significant impact of green choices in building. He is director of The Endeavour Centre and sits on the city’s newly-created environmental committee. Magwood will……
COMMENTARY: As climate changes, home construction must change too – National
The impacts of floods, wildfires and other catastrophic events are on the rise in Canada. They’re already costing the country billions of dollars in losses, which only stand to grow in the coming years. The Canadian insurance industry defines a catastrophic event as one that exceeds a threshold of $25 million in insured losses —…
Alberta’s Springbank off-stream reservoir receives $187M in federal funding – Calgary
The Springbank off-stream reservoir project, a response to the 2013 flood in southern Alberta, is one step closer with funding from the federal government. Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Francois-Phillipe Champagne, announced $168.5 million to go to the development of the project located 15 kilometers west of Calgary. “We heard from citizens who have been…
Nova Scotia set to regulate coastal construction as sea levels rise – Halifax
Nova Scotia is proposing legislation that would set rules for coastal construction and protect features such as salt marshes and dunes as sea levels rise in the future. Environment Minister Margaret Miller says the new Coastal Protection Act will ensure clear provincewide rules for what can and cannot be done along the province’s vulnerable coastlines….
Nova Scotia set to regulate coastal construction as sea levels rise – Halifax
Nova Scotia is proposing legislation that would set rules for coastal construction and protect features such as salt marshes and dunes as sea levels rise in the future. Environment Minister Margaret Miller says the new Coastal Protection Act will ensure clear provincewide rules for what can and cannot be done along the province’s vulnerable coastlines….
South Dakota governor offers bills aimed at possible Keystone XL pipeline protests
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday that she’s proposing legislation before construction begins on the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would create a way to go after out-of-state money that funds pipeline protests. The legislation would let the state follow such money and “cut it off at the source,” the Republican governor said in…
Deadline looms for Grow Calgary as province moves ahead with ring road construction – Calgary
The clock is ticking for Grow Calgary, Canada’s largest community farm, as the province moves forward with construction of the west leg of Calgary’s ring road. The Alberta government gave the farm until Jan. 31 to leave the property, but Grow Calgary organizers are still pushing to operate on the land, even during road construction….
Ottawa announces $15.3M for solar project in southeast Alberta – Lethbridge
The federal government has announced a $15.3-million funding commitment for a solar energy project in southeast Alberta. The funding, to be spread out over two years, will help fund the construction of a $49-million solar farm near Suffield, Alta. The Suffield Solar Project is owned and developed by Canadian Solar and will employ about 250…
UN panel warns Canada that Site C dam project may violate international agreements
A United Nations committee on eliminating discrimination is warning Canada that continued construction of the Site C hydro dam in British Columbia may violate international agreements. In a letter to Canada’s ambassador to the UN, the anti-discrimination committee says continuing work on the dam goes against the right to free and informed consent from local…