Environment

The University of British Columbia (UBC) opened a $34 million clean-energy facility September 13, making it Canada's first university to produce both heat and electricity from renewable bio-energy.

The City of Vancouver has expanded its food scraps program so those who live in houses and duplexes can add all food scraps and food-soiled paper along with yard waste to their green bin.

Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson wants Victoria to transfer an increasing share of provincial carbon tax revenue to municipalities for carbon-reducing projects.

Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., a B.C. environmental consulting firm, is now a global player, following a merger with U.K.-headquartered Environmental Resources Management (ERM).

Burnaby family firm celebrates its centennial this year

Metro Vancouver has been awarded a $75,000 grant to begin developing a network of charging stations for electric vehicles, in collaboration with its member municipalities.

Former hockey star and environmental activist Scott Niedermayer came out against the Northern Gateway pipeline August 27 by issuing a public appeal on the World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF) website.

North Vancouver's Tsleil-Waututh Nation is calling on Adrian Dix and the provincial NDP to clarify that a "made in B.C." assessment of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline would also apply to Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline project.

The City of Vancouver will get a little greener and cleaner with the acquisition of 13 new electric vehicles.

In a bid to boost green business ties with the U.K., a delegation of B.C. businesses is visiting London during the Olympics to explore green business partnership opportunities. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is leading the delegation.