September 17 2019 8:21pm Jason Kenney is pushing for more investment in Alberta’s oil sector after the attack on a massive oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia. Tom Vernon reports. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if(…
Tag: Environment
Report says Edmontonians will have to spend millions to demolish composter
September 16 2019 8:10pm For the first time, the city has put a price on just how much it will cost Edmontonians to tear down the composting building. As Fletcher Kent explains, it will cost millions. ‘ }); } else…
Edmonton composter building to cost $12M to tear down
For the first time since it was shut down for good this past spring, City of Edmonton staff have put a price tag on what it’ll cost to tear down the dilapidated building that has housed the composter for the…
Edmonton social enterprise unveils new aluminum bottled water product
September 13 2019 10:16pm The world is shifting away from single-use plastics and as Margeaux Maron tells us, an Alberta-based bottled water company is riding that wave with a big product change. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id =…
Edmonton social enterprise Earth Group unveils new aluminum bottled water product
Edmonton social enterprise Earth Group has been selling plastic bottled water, fair trade coffee and locally sourced tea to fund a partnership with the UN World Food Programme for 14 years. “We’ve funded over 3.6 million school meals for children,”…
Edmonton company works for solutions to move away from single-use plastics
Single-use plastics are on their way out as everyone from individual citizens to national governments grapple with the amount of waste we’re creating. Edmonton-born company Earth Group is working on some exciting solutions. Jennifer Crosby sits down with Kori Chilibeck…
Alberta ending separate offices for climate change, environmental monitoring
Alberta’s United Conservative government is eliminating stand-alone offices for climate change policy and environmental monitoring. Some say the move will damage the province’s ability to make science-based decisions and damage its international reputation. READ MORE: UCP MLAs to campaign for…
The Edmonton summer that wasn’t… and what fall may bring
Any time over the last three months in Alberta has shown that when it comes to “normal,” the term is best left to the washing machine dial, and not the weather. Or is it? “The average temperature for summer 2019…
500,000 litres of produced salt water leaks from pipeline in northern Alberta
A Calgary-based energy company says a pipeline has been shut down after it was found to have leaked an estimated 500,000 litres of produced salt water. In a news release issued on behalf of NuVista Energy Ltd. on Thursday, Peak…
How wet was this summer in Edmonton?
September 12 2019 8:53pm For many Edmontonians, it was the summer that never happened. Weather specialist Phil Darlington crunches the numbers on this season. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection[rel_id] != “object” ) {…