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Auto parts recycler goes online

Auto parts recycler goes online

The Racco family are out to change the whole junky stigma behind the auto graveyard.

Particulates slipping through industry cracks

There may be more to air pollution than what meets the eye. In fact, it is the fine minute particles slipping through industrial scrubbers and government regulations that have created enough concern to spur Dr.

Energy carries big price tag

Efforts to adjust to the province's proposed energy mix may raise the price of energy by at least 15 per cent over the next 20 years, according to Paul Shervill, vice-president of conservation and sector development for the Ontario Power Authority.

Powered by methane

Northern Ontario’s first methane powered electricity plant is up and running. Since its official launching Sept. 6, 2007 at the City of Greater Sudbury’s landfill site, the plant is currently producing 1.2 megawatts (MW) of power.

Big Green Oil producers head to market

Two Sault Ste. Marie entrepreneurs are ready to 'Stick It to the Man' (SITTM) in a very big way.

Wind tower proposal considered near

A former project management worker for firms in the oil fields of Alberta is looking to the green fields of Northern Ontario as he examines the potential for a wind farm south of the Magnetawan First Nation.

Lack of policy stalls aquaculture growth

When Mike Meeker began fish farming rainbow trout on Manitoulin Island in 1984, his plans were simple: keep a low profile and concentrate on growing the business.

Ontario's ecosystem at serious risk

Budget and staff cutbacks at the Ministries of Environment and Natural Resources have placed Ontario's ecosystems, biodiversity and parts of the economy at "serious risk of deterioration," says the province's environmental commissioner.

From snowplows to solar panels

When snowplow contractor John Hook first started building his own solar energy project at his Powassan home in 2006, little did he know it would be the first step on the road to his renewable energy business called Active Energy.

Sustainable Energy Centre on track for Cambrian College

Nearly a year and a half after its official unveiling Sudbury’s Cambrian College’s Sustainable Energy Centre is fast approaching the end of its first phase of development, with the potential for a fall ground-breaking at the Sudbury campus.