Face-to-face conferences a luxury the planet can no longer afford
Covid-19 has proven the feasibility of online conferences. But as we emerge from the pandemic, will we slip back into our old ways?…
OPEC+ opens oil production taps after U.S pressure
With the continuing OPEC+ oil output cuts, markets were going into an overdrive mode. Prices at U.S. gas stations rose sharply…
Why birds sing before winter weather breaks
As the days grow longer, environmental and behavioural changes ensue, and wildlife responds accordingly. Many species court and breed in the dead of winter…
Carbon tax will cost British Columbians more
The average BC family will be paying about $240 more for natural gas in Trudeau’s carbon tax each year. That’s a year of new shoes for four kids…
Project to create jet fuel from biowaste gets federal funding boost
Industrial project based on innovative research could provide a supply of renewable fuel while creating a new market for Alberta agriculture…
A web of pipelines binds the Canada, U.S. economies together
453,000 km worth of tubes carries crude oil, refined petroleum and natural gas products; a plethora of jobs, families and homes dependent on it…
Agricultural and forestry waste fanning the flames of innovation
Product derived from agricultural and forestry waste has uses ranging from reclaiming wastewater to capturing carbon and decontaminating soil…
How changing boreal forests could affect caribou
Researchers examine what logging, climate change and other factors mean for caribou populations…
Nanotechnology could significantly reduce industrial use of freshwater
Advance in water filtration technology has applications everywhere from the energy industry and agriculture to municipal water treatment…
Meeting Canada’s aggressive green targets a tall order
Speed and efficiency are not things that Canada’s lumbering and increasingly dysfunctional regulatory systems are known for…