News by subject: ENP

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced the final decision in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into stainless steel flanges from India, imposing combined antidumping and countervailing duties of approximately...

Governor Rauner has signed two bills that will help ensure solar development benefits farmers and rural communities in Illinois.  The state's solar industry worked with the Illinois Farm Bureau, local authorities and other stakeholders to shape SB...

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) must decide whether a federal environmental assessment is required for the proposed Century Gold Project, located in Timmins, Ontario. To help inform this decision, the Agency is seeking...

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Canada's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, will make a clean technology announcement at Carleton University. A media...

The CSL Group ("CSL") today released its 2017 Corporate Sustainability Report, detailing the company's progress over the past year on a wide range of sustainability goals. The report features CSL's sustainability...

Investing in modern efficient public infrastructure is key to promoting economic growth, strengthening the middle class and developing healthy sustainable communities. The Government of Canada delivered the first of two $408-million annual...

26 countries and 40+ private sector partners create coalition to fast track climate action across the Caribbean  Prime Minister of Jamaica, The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto...

U.S. owners of underground storage tanks (USTs) need not fear a contractor shortage after the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) July 24 denial to extend by six years its Oct. 13 compliance deadline for portions of the 2015 federal UST...

The results of a new study conducted by researcher Maxime Larrivée of the Montréal Space for Life Insectarium and his colleagues at McGill University and Université du Québec à Rimouski demonstrate, with supporting evidence, that southern Québec up...

Under the Oceans Protection Plan, the Government of Canada is committed to providing the women and men of the Canadian Coast Guard with the equipment they need to carry out their important work on behalf of Canadians. Today, Darren Fisher, Member...

Canadians value a safe and clean environment. Environment and Climate Change Canada's enforcement officers strive to ensure that businesses and individuals comply with the laws and regulations administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada,...

Investing in innovative municipal infrastructure projects contributes to a clean growth economy and strengthens the middle class by ensuring communities are healthy and sustainable places to live. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister...

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has been granted intervenor status in the B.C. government's reference case at the B.C. Court of Appeal regarding the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project. "The AFN has a long history of participating in...

Alliant Energy today released its Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR) and announced its goal to cut carbon emissions 80 percent and eliminate all existing coal from its energy mix by 2050. The CSR can be accessed at...

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today joined businesses, affordable housing advocates, scholars, and local government leaders to announce the results of a new study it commissioned by Navigant Consulting, Inc. that advises policymakers to...

The Government of Canada is committed to protecting Canada's natural heritage, and part of that commitment is to protect and restore the ecosystem health and water quality of our freshwater resources, such as Lake Winnipeg. Lake Winnipeg is very...

Frost & Sullivan's Energy & Environment team will host the SWAN North American Alliance for a live, complimentary briefing?Smart Wastewater Solutions: Addressing Combined Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Challenges? on Tuesday, August 7, at 2:00 PM...

The National Energy Board (NEB or Board) announced today that it has approved NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL)'s request to construct and operate the Northwest Mainline Loop (Boundary Lake North Section) (Project). The Project will be located in...

General Iron Industries, Inc., an industry-leading metal recycling company located in Chicago for more than 100 years, welcomes the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) evaluation of the company's performance against environmental...

Clean growth is essential for Canada's transportation system ? to meet our emission reduction targets, grow our economy, and build resilience to a changing climate.  The Government of Canada is committed to protecting air quality and ensuring...

Today representatives from Colorado, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming signed the Confluence Accords, which outline shared political principles for the outdoor recreation industry....

Georgian Bay Great Lakes Foundation (GBGLF) issues an alert and calls for Ohio and US EPA to begin Grass Carp eradication measures immediately. GBGLF Chair, Mary Muter, returned on June 22 from the annual conference of International Association of...

The Government of Canada is dedicated to the protection of species at risk and their habitat from coast to coast to coast and is taking action to ensure their recovery. The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the...

A recent government-funded study (Bashash et al. 2017) corroborates hundreds of previously published studies showing fluoride damages the brain. These shocking findings cannot be dismissed as "just one study" because they provide compelling evidence...

The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, will travel to Napanee and Kingston tomorrow to make announcements on protecting nature and meet with local representatives who are taking climate action to protect the environment...

Wally Daudrich, Chair of the Churchill Beluga Whale Tour Operator Association (CBWTOA), announced, today, that members of the CBWTOA filed an application for judicial review in federal court, yesterday, of regulations recently brought into force by...

C-PACE Alliance announced today an upcoming U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) webinar on Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) that will feature the Alliance's best practices on how programs are designed and administered. The webinar will...

Ardagh Group, Glass ? North America, a division of Ardagh Group, today announced that its Dolton, Ill., facility achieved ISO 14001:2015 certification. ISO 14001 is the internationally recognized standard for the...

In August 2017, the established boundaries for the newest and largest marine protected area in Canada ? Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) ? were announced by the Government of Canada, the Government of Nunavut, and the...

A travel center executive testifying on behalf of NATSO told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the Agency needs a transparent process to guide its assessment of small refinery waiver requests to ensure that such exemptions don't continue...

During 3-5 July 2018, co-organized by Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM), Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province, and Science/AAAS, the 2nd Global Ocean Summit (hereinafter referred to as GOS 2018)...

The Member of Parliament for Madawaska-Restigouche, René Arseneault, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced on Thursday the official re-opening of the Fisheries and Oceans...

Clean growth is essential for Canada's transportation system ? to meet our emission reduction targets, grow our economy, and build resilience to a changing climate.  The Government of Canada is committed to protecting air quality and ensuring...

The BRITE coalition, a growing group of over 1,000 organizations and individuals, is committed to working with county supervisors and other civic leaders to find common solutions to the growing wildfire challenges in California. Unfortunately, the...

As Canada transitions to a low-carbon future, investments in clean technology will support jobs for the middle class and improve clean air by reducing pollution. Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Jim Carr, Canada's Minister of...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Nunavut Day: "Twenty-five years ago today, the Parliament of Canada passed two important pieces of legislation, which led to the creation of Nunavut as a recognized...

Terry Beech, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, will announce additional Coast Guard capacity in Victoria and other measures under the Oceans...

Energy efficiency is hard to see, but we feel its benefits in our homes, environment and economy. Investments in energy efficiency save Canadians' hard-earned money. Canada's clean energy future includes federal investments driving economic growth,...

The Government of Canada is working to protect the environment for future generations while growing our economy. Today, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the proposed North American Lithium...

Starting next year, the City of Beaconsfield will implement new regulations for electric and gas-powered leaf blowers in order to reduce their negative effect on human and animal health as well as on air and noise pollution....

The Michigan Chamber of Commerce today issued the following statement in response to Governor Snyder signing into law legislation to strengthen and improve administrative rulemaking at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)....

Nature is at the heart of Canada's national identity, from coast to coast to coast. Our rivers, mountains, lakes, and oceans?along with the wildlife that depends on them?are a natural legacy for all Canadians to discover, enjoy, and preserve....

Pela, creator of the world's first zero-waste, compostable phone case, has partnered with coastal conservation organization, Save The Waves, in advance of Plastic Free July. Pela's business model is built around...

Media representatives are advised that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, will hold a press conference with Alberta's Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister Responsible for the Climate Change Office,...

As part of an extensive journey to reduce waste in all of its restaurants, Recipe Unlimited (formerly Cara Operations) plans to eliminate plastic straws across its entire 19-brand network of restaurants. This includes brands such as Prime Pubs,...

Media representatives are advised that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, will hold a press conference with Alberta's Minister of Environment and Parks and the Minister Responsible for the Climate Change Office,...

Alan DeSousa, Mayor of Saint-Laurent, was recently appointed to the Green Municipal Fund (GMF) Council, the flagship, $625-million program of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, funded by the Government of Canada. He will sit on this Council...

The protection and restoration of the environment is a top priority of the Government of Canada, which is providing resources through the Oceans Protection Plan that will make our oceans and coasts safer, cleaner and healthier for the benefit of all...

Canada has some of the most spectacular oceans and coastlines in the world, and is home to rich biodiversity and ecosystems. Indigenous coastal communities have stewarded the Pacific North and Central Coast waters for generations. They bring valuable...

One of the world's largest photovoltaic plants in the automotive industry can be found in the SEAT Martorell factory   Covering an area equivalent to 40 football fields, its 53,000 panels reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 4,000 tonnes annually   The...