Category: International
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OYA Solar Commissions Phase 1of Largest Rooftop System in Canada
Today OYA Solar Inc. (OYA), Ontario’s premiere developer of solar PV systems, announced the commissioning of its largest project with Atlas Tube. OYA in conjunction with Atlas, North America’s largest independent manufacturer of hollow structural steel sections, has developed Canada’s […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Powerful Film Underscores Urgent Need to Address Climate Change
Ian Mauro, an environmental and social scientist at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, recently toured Atlantic Canada, interviewing fishers, hunters, farmers, businessmen, First Nations and local politicians about climate change. The result is a powerful film, Climate Change in Atlantic Canada, with people from different walks of life sharing observations about what’s happening all around them. When an…
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Neil Young Stands With First Nations on Anti-Tar Sands Tour
By Emily Saari Rock legend Neil Young launched a week long concert tour in Canada this week in solidarity with First Nations fighting against oil sands development in their territories. Neil Young’s latest tour, entitled “Honor the Treaties” and also featuring Diana Krall, is a music tour with a political message. Young is using his spotlight to…
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5 Reasons the Keystone XL Pipeline Flunks President Obama’s Climate Test
In December at Georgetown University, Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate Action and the Center for American Progress Action Fund brought together experts from around the U.S. and Canada to answer the question: Can Keystone Pass the President’s Climate Test? Could the Keystone XL pass President Obama’s test of not “significantly” increasing carbon pollution? The unanimous answer from climate scientists,…
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Canadian Solar Sells 10-MW Solar Site to TransCanada
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has completed the sale of Mississippi Mills, a 10-MWac solar power plant valued at over C$61.0 million to TransCanada Corporation […] — Solar Builder magazine