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• Staying true to our editorial roots

  March 24, 2010

  As the editor of Environmental Solutions Magazine, I’m constantly amazed by the depth of topics in the environmental industry. I’ve covered a lot of industries in my career, but never one...

• A new look for our twenty-second year

  February 19, 2010

  Welcome to the first issue of Environmental Solutions Magazine. This is the new name and look for Canadian Environmental Protection magazine; we feel that with the environmental protection industry...

• Opportunity knocking for wastewater, remediation businesses

  March 11, 2008

  This month’s focus on wastewater treatment and environmental remediation is a good opportunity to take a closer look at these two sectors of our industry to determine some of the growth areas...

• Climate change calls for group effort

  December 10, 2009

  In 1997, world leaders gathered to put together a treaty for the reduction of emissions that came to be known as the Kyoto protocol. While it wasn’t a unanimous agreement – the United...

• Canadian clean transportation roadmap charging for boost by 2018

  October 10, 2009

  Is it possible that by the end of the next decade, the sounds of our cities will have far less rumble of internal-combustion engines and far more hum of electric drives?That’s the hope of a...

• Ontario gets tougher on polluters with new Toxics Reduction Act

  August 19, 2009

  Companies in Ontario that discharge toxic substances into the environment could face stiff penalties for failing to develop a plan to reduce such toxins, according to a new law passed recently in...

• Action needed to address contaminated groundwater

  May 28, 2009

  Decisive steps need to be taken to improve groundwater management across Canada, says a new report released this month by the Council of Canadian Academies, a national science advisory body. Nearly...

• Canada lagging behind U.S. in cap and trade

  April 21, 2009

  Climate change discussions figured prominently during U.S. President Barack  Obama's recent state visit to Ottawa. Yet for those hoping to see the first etchings of a continental treaty to deal...

• Hope for Canada’s ailing infrastructure

  February 25, 2009

  The federal government’s 2009 budget looks like good news for those involved in the water and wastewater industries as well as roadbuilding and other areas related to municipal infrastructure....

• Mining going solar? Welcome to the new world energy order

  December 16, 2008

  The rise and fall of world oil prices certainly does create some strange bedfellows.Who would have thought that the mining industry, which has always faced a lot of environmental challenges, and the...

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