Edmonton hosting Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable
The Canadian Pollution Prevention Roundtable (CPPR) June 11-12 is an opportunity for Canadian pollution prevention leaders, decision-makers, and practitioners to exchange ideas, share expertise, and coordinate efforts. The CPPR brings together corporate, government, academic and non-profit representatives and is an important annual event for networking and finding out about pollution prevention initiatives in Canada. On-line registration has been activated and the agenda has been posted at www.c2p2online.com/CPPR.
For more information, please email leah@c2p2online.com or phone 416-979-3534 ext.1.
B.C. company wins Globe Foundation Award
BioteQ Environmental Technologies, Inc., a leader in the treatment of metal and sulphate contaminated water, has won the 2008 Globe Foundation Award for Environmental Excellence in Export Performance. The award was presented in Vancouver on March 13 at the culmination of GLOBE 2008, a bi-annual conference and trade fair that recognizes excellence in the business of the environment.
Vancouver-based BioteQ was chosen for its work with the world’s leading mining companies and utility operators to reduce environmental liabilities while generating revenue from waste.
Feds, Saskatchewan form clean coal partnership
The federal government will partner with the Saskatchewan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a carbon capture and storage initiative. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall made the announcement in March at SaskPower’s Boundary Dam power station, where the federal and provincial governments are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars to develop the country’s first “clean coal” project. When completed in 2015, the unit will produce about 100 megawatts of power – a fraction of the province’s 3,500 megawatt generating capacity – but it is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one million tonnes per year.
The federal government has budgeted $240 million and Saskatchwan will kick in $758 million for the $1.4 billion project, with the rest coming from industry, which is expected to benefit from the carbon dioxide that is captured and piped to nearby oilfields for use in forcing oil to the earth’s surface. Clean coal technology and harnessing greenhouse gas emissions from large polluters are key elements of the federal government’s plan to achieve a 20 percent reduction in Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
Maritime company awarded for wastewater treatment
The Terrain Group and its partners in the Cookville, Nova Scotia Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater Treatment Plant were presented the 2008 Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Excellence in Engineering. After a year in operation, the Cookville plant consistently meets or exceeds all the criteria set forth in its environmental permit.
An earlier study found that water discharged from the Cookville plant would have to be extremely low in nitrogen and phosphorus to prevent algae blooms in the LeHave River.
