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Edmonton Scores National Brownie Points
Source: Daily News
The City of Edmonton’s efforts to clean up and redevelop industrial lands on Fort Road as part of the Station Pointe project have been recognized b...
11/19/2008 | Full Story

Living off what nature provides
Source: Daily News
When Terry Tisdale, an engineering entrepreneur, announced he was going to buy a hectare of overgrown land next to Horsley Homestead - one of Sydne...
11/19/2008 | Full Story

Diamonds in the dirt
Source: Daily News
THERE ARE 100,000 TOXIC PROPERTIES IN CANADA. THE GOOD NEWS? MANY HAVE TO BE CLEANED UP FAST. When Kenneth Tanenbaum started raising the Kilmer ...
11/18/2008 | Full Story

A temple in a streetcar shed
Source: Daily News
The Wychwood barns have all the trappings of an artists' eco-haven. Outdoor bake-oven? Check. Rainwater to flush the toilets? Check. But none of th...
11/15/2008 | Full Story

MacLaughlin sewage plan needs assessment
Source: Daily News
Victoria, BC - Proposals to move the sewage plant site from Macaulay Point to MacLaughlin Point should raise red flags among Capital Regional Distr...
11/14/2008 | Full Story

Lead smelter, Village of Belledune discuss soil clean-up
Source: Daily News
Officials from the Xstrata Zinc smelter in Belledune recently met with the mayor and village clerk of Belledune to discuss the Shore Road soil clea...
11/11/2008 | Full Story

From brown to green living in Cambridge
Source: Daily News
The Waterscape on the Grand River condo project in Cambridge has gone from brownfield site to green environmental jewel. The land was contaminat...
11/8/2008 | Full Story

City stands guard over industrial land
Source: Daily News
It's unlikely that industry will return to 100-year-old buildings or the contaminated lands where they once stood. In the 1989 movie Field of Dr...
11/7/2008 | Full Story

Efforts To Protect Water Supplies From Leaking Underground Tanks Result In Record Year
Source: Daily News
San Francisco, CA - Since October 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with Tribal governments throughout the Pacific So...
11/5/2008 | Full Story

AIG ENVIRONMENTAL® INTRODUCES AIG eDELIVERY®
Source: Daily News
NEW YORK -- AIG Environmental®, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, announced that it is initiating electronic issuance of its insuranc...
11/3/2008 | Full Story

What Was Once a Dumping Ground, Volunteers Turn Into a Park
Source: Daily News
Pittsburgh, PA - The volunteers came armed for work, with shovels, a jackhammer and mugs of warm coffee in hand on a brisk fall Sunday morning. ...
11/3/2008 | Full Story

Ex-cement plant site turned into solid idea
Source: Daily News
With a massive land remediation now complete, turning an abandoned cement plant into a mixed-use community just outside of Victoria, B.C. is one gi...
11/1/2008 | Full Story

Firm's bill to clean up site $20M
Source: Daily News
Amherstburg, ON - In what is being called a "historic" agreement, New Jersey-based General Chemical will pay the province $20 million to close and ...
11/1/2008 | Full Story

No sign work done to fullfill contract, land deal trial told
Source: Daily News
No one had conducted any clean-up work on a major parcel of public land in Markham-Pickering, despite assurances of completion by a company at the ...
11/1/2008 | Full Story

Fredericton senior resorts to rainwater after chemical spill
Source: Daily News
Florence Connolly is a senior with no car and little money, and she's looking after her husband, who is bedridden from a stroke. Connolly ha...
10/31/2008 | Full Story

Innovative Remediation Solutions Workshop - Ontario Region
Source: Daily News
Toronto, ON - February 2 & 3, 2009 OCETA, in collaboration with the Ontario FCSAP Interdepartmental Regional Working Group, is pleased t...
10/31/2008 | Full Story

Former landfill needs $13 million
Source: Daily News
St. Albert, AB - The city needs to spend $13 million over the next four years to complete remediation and re-surfacing work at a former landfill si...
10/25/2008 | Full Story

2008 CUI Brownie Awards recognizes “Hot Properties” from across Canada
Source: Daily News
Awards in nine categories were presented this past Thursday evening at the 8th annual CUI Brownie Awards Ceremony & Dinner. Winners were announced ...
10/24/2008 | Full Story

Sediment Removal Completes Miami River Water Quality Upgrade
Source: Daily News
MIAMI, Florida, October 22, 2008 (ENS) - An $88 million effort to improve water quality and navigation on the Miami River is now complete. The ...
10/22/2008 | Full Story

Sandia Aids Cleanup Of Iraqi Nuclear Facilities, Rad Waste
Source: Daily News
Albuquerque, NM - Sandia scientists are helping train Iraqi scientists and technicians to clean up radioactively contaminated sites and safely disp...
10/21/2008 | Full Story

AIG ENVIRONMENTAL® ENHANCES POLLUTION LEGAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
Source: Daily News
NEW YORK – AIG Environmental®, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, announced it has enhanced and expanded its Pollution Legal Liability...
10/20/2008 | Full Story

Texas Company Illegally Stored Liquid Mercury in Rhode Island
Source: Daily News
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, October 16, 2008 (ENS) - The Southern Union Company, headquartered in Texas, was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury in...
10/16/2008 | Full Story

Golder Associates Inc. Names New President
Source: Daily News
Jacksonville, FL - Ground engineering and environmental services firm Golder Associates Inc. (GAI) named Mark Swallow president of the 40-year-old ...
10/15/2008 | Full Story

FCM-CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Awards
Source: Daily News
The 2009 FCM–CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Awards celebrate excellence in sustainable community development by highlighting the best municipal pr...
10/10/2008 | Full Story

Jacques Whitford Reconfirms Position as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers
Source: Daily News
Saint John, NB - For the third consecutive year Jacques Whitford Ltd., an international leader in engineering, sustainability, environmental and ea...
10/8/2008 | Full Story

Jacques Whitford Ltd. Acquires Winnipeg-based The National Testing Laboratories Limited
Source: Daily News
Winnipeg, MB - Continuing with a strong growth strategy in Western Canada, Jacques Whitford, a leading provider of engineering, sustainability, env...
9/8/2008 | Full Story

swale tale - a brooklyn brownfield goes green
Source: Daily News
The sewers of New York City are mythical, with tales of alligator men and giant rats lurking in their depths. But these days the horror stories inv...
9/1/2008 | Full Story

Jacques Whitford Ltd. Announces its Acquisition of The Sheltair Group
Source: Daily News
Calgary, AB - In the midst of unprecedented growth within the field of sustainability consulting, Jacques Whitford Ltd. is pleased to announce its ...
8/18/2008 | Full Story

US Brownfields 2008 Conference Highlights Canadian and Ontario Expertise
Source: Daily News
Detroit, MI - Public and private sector organizations profiled Canadian and Ontario expertise in Brownfield redevelop...
7/2/2008 | Full Story

CEO Award of Merit for Barrie ON landfill project
Source: Daily News
Mississagua, ON - Golder Associates Innovative Applications (GAIA) Inc., the contracting wing of Golder Associates Ltd., has received an Award of M...
6/26/2008 | Full Story

Jacques Whitford Honoured as One of Atlantic Region’s Best Places to Work
Source: Daily News
Jacques Whitford Ltd., an international leader in engineering, environmental, sustainability and earth sciences solutions, is pleased to announce i...
6/20/2008 | Full Story

Pollution Liability Insurance now available for Small Business
Source: Daily News
NEW YORK, NY - AIG Small Business®, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, today announced the availability of Contractor...
6/10/2008 | Full Story

Imperial Oil contract largest ever for Golder
Source: Daily News
A $127 million (Canadian) contract with Imperial Oil signed on 20 May is the largest in the close to 50 years of history of Golder Associates. This...
5/20/2008 | Full Story

Golder recognized as "Earth-friendly" employer
Source: Daily News
Golder Associates Ltd. has been selected as one of "Canada's Most Earth-Friendly Employers" for 2008, the only professional services firm so honour...
4/29/2008 | Full Story

AIG Companies Introduce AIG PassportSM For Pollution Legal Liability Insurance
Source: Daily News
NEW YORK, NY – The AIG Companies® today introduced AIG PassportSM for Pollution Legal Liability (PLL), a service for U.S.- or Canada-based multinat...
4/23/2008 | Full Story

ECO Canada Undertaking a New Study to Measure the Labour Needs of the Environmental Sector
Source: Daily News

February 19, 2008, Calgary - ECO Canada, in partner...

2/19/2008 | Full Story

Sham Mississippi Hazwaste Operator Jailed
Source: Daily News
NATCHEZ, Mississippi, February 7, 2008 (ENS) - Dennie Eugene Pridemore had been paid to take millions of pounds of hazardous waste containing the t...
2/7/2008 | Full Story

EPA Proposes $31 Million Contaminated Groundwater Clean Up Plan At Moses Lake, WA
Source: Daily News
Moses Lake, WA — A comprehensive cleanup plan for the trichloroethylene (TCE)-contaminated groundwater at the Moses Lake Wellfield Contamination Su...
1/7/2008 | Full Story

Golder Associates Inc. Named a Top C/E Firm to Work for
Source: Daily News
Redmond, WA - For the sixth year in a row, Golder Associates Inc., a leader in geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting services, has ...
12/11/2007 | Full Story

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