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Two-thirds of Canadian electricity now comes from renewables

The country's renewable supply jumped 17 per cent between 2005 and 2015. Hydro still makes up the lion's share of capacity, but wind, biomass and solar have all posted gains


Ship begins laying huge power cable connecting Newfoundland to Nova Scotia

Stretching 170 kilometres, the cable weighs in at about 5,500 tonnes and will carry power generated by the Muskrat Falls hydro site. The $1.7 billion project will create the continent's longest subsea electricity link


Ontario lowers projections for cap-and-trade revenues

The province originally expected the program to bring in $1.9 billion in revenue each year; it's now lowered those estimates considerably


Canadian firm completes sprawling 150-turbine wind farm off Netherlands coast

One of the largest offshore wind parks in the world, the Gemini project in the North Sea will generate power for about 1.5 million people
 
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Canadian bottled water start-up opens new Aurora, Ont. packaging plant

Forget conventional bottled water. Aiming to disrupt the plastic-reliant industry, Flow Water's new multimillion-dollar facility will churn out 120,000 cartons of water a day » read more

Oil and gas methane emissions higher than previously thought, reports say

Canada chose to delay new methane regulations for three years last week, but a pair of new studies show emissions of the potent greenhouse gas are worse than previously thought » read more
 
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100 days into Trump presidency, much of Obama climate, energy policy in tatters

The new U.S. president has faltered on many promises, but when it comes to unraveling his predecessor's environmental legacy, he's moved quickly. Still, one major question mark remains » read more

U.K. logs its first coal-free day since the 19th century

Once famously choked by "pea soup" fog, Britain has gone a full working day without turning on its coal plants for the first time since the Victorian era » read more