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Consulting firm gets clean and green award

True Grit Consulting, a Thunder Bay environmental engineering firm, was recognized by the City of Thunder Bay for the clean and green design of its new corporate headquarters.
Firm offers combined law, engineering expertise

Firm offers combined law, engineering expertise

With the proliferation of renewable energy projects around the North comes an influx of technical and environmental information that can be difficult to navigate. Graystone Environmental wants to help with that. Based in Sault Ste.
Sugar extraction technology to be tested at pulp mill

Sugar extraction technology to be tested at pulp mill

A northwestern Ontario pulp mill will be a test site for a prototype technology designed to extract and separate sugars from wood and improve fibre recoveries.
Mushroom producer looking to commercialize crop

Mushroom producer looking to commercialize crop

Dr. Jack Hay believes the next cash crop for Northern Ontario lies not in open fields basking in sunshine, but along the dark forest floor in the decaying, eroded wood of fallen logs.
Sudbury green group wants $1-million solar farm

Sudbury green group wants $1-million solar farm

SUN Co-operative, a Sudbury not-for-profit organization, has made progress over the winter months toward the construction of a $1-million solar farm on Vale-owned mine property.

CRIBE funds eastern Ontario biofuels plant

Thunder Bay -based Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy (CRIBE) is providing up to $1.5 million to leverage up to $4 million to increase production capacity at Ensyn Technologies’ Renfrew biofuel plant in eastern Ontario.
Trolling for power in the northwest

Trolling for power in the northwest

Is there more power generation to be had in northwestern Ontario? That’s what the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) wants to know.

Power producer fined

Kagawong Power has been fined $2,000 in an Ontario Court of Justice for failing to operate its Charlton Generating Station in accordance with an approved water management plan.
Sault pursuing waterfront remediation efforts

Sault pursuing waterfront remediation efforts

It’s been more than 30 years since much activity has taken place on a trio of properties owned by Suncor and Shell along Sault Ste. Marie ’s waterfront.
Knowledge growing in sector

Knowledge growing in sector

The year 2013 marked another banner installment for BioForest Technologies. The Sault Ste.