NEWS: World Wind Energy Award 2009 goes to Ontario Energy Minister Government announces $1 billion to support environmental improvements for pulp and paper industry Canada ranks last in WWF's G8 Climate Scorecard 2009 United Arab Emirates wins International Renewable Energy Agency HQ U.S. House passes Waxman-Markey climate bill Deutsche Bank launches real time carbon calculator Nexterra CEO recognized by BCTIA as Person of the Year

Hopenhagen and COP15 Will new U.S. climate change legislation affect talks in Copenhagen?

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FEATURES:

In conversation with... Nelson Switzer, Direct Energy
At last year's Green Business / PricewaterhouseCoopers Executive Roundtable, Nelson Switzer, Director of Corporate Responsibility for Direct Energy, shared his first impressions of the corporate culture at Direct Energy, an organization he had joined only six months prior to the event. While he discovered a vibrant culture, and some very good corporate responsibility initiatives, he wanted to further embed corporate responsibility within the organization's core operations in a way that hadn't yet been done. Green Business caught up with him recently for an update on his team's progress. more...

Partners in Project Green: Summer 2009 update
By Chris Rickett
In the winter of 2009, businesses around Toronto Pearson International Airport banded together to develop Partners in Project Green – an initiative to transform Canada's largest employment area into an internationally recognized eco-business zone. Green Business will be providing a quarterly update on activities in the Pearson Eco-Business Zone. more...

Casco improves biogas collection and heat retention with new geomembrane cover
By Jim McMahon
Canadian corn products refiner Casco, Inc. recently upgraded its four-million-gallon wastewater anaerobic digester to include a state-of-the-art floating and insulated geomembrane cover, effectively streamlining biogas collection and optimizing bioreactor heat retention. more...

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BOOK REVIEW & EXCERPT

Key Developments in Environmental Law
The environmental legal and regulatory landscape is a busy one right now, particularly where it pertains to greenhouse gas emissions and environmental and climate change disclosure. However, over the course of a year, much of what we hear about is primarily noise — small steps toward legislation or political jockeying for influence in legislation that may be a year or more away. This makes a book like Key Developments in Environmental Law a useful – and usefully slim – reference volume.

To read the full review, click here.
To go straight to an excerpt, click here.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Climate Change - Legislation, Regulation & Emissions Reporting, September 21, Toronto, Ontario

Ontario Energy Network Luncheon, September 22, Don Drummond, Senior VP and Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group

ENEX09: Energy efficiency benefits for the bottom line, September 22-23, Stage West, Mississauga, Ontario

Northeast B.C. Natural Gas Summit, September 30 - October 1, Metropolitan Centre, Calgary, Alberta

Atlantic Canada Power Summit, October 5-6, Delta Brunswick Hotel, Saint John, New Brunswick

Gearing up for a Low Carbon Economy, October 6-7, The Fairmont Palliser Hotel, Calgary

Alberta Power Summit, November 24-25, The Metropolitan Centre, Calgary, Alberta

Check out the Calendar of Events on the Green Business website for more upcoming industry seminars, conferences, shows and training sessions.

Got an event you want us to include on the website? Please send an e-mail to editor Rob Colman: rcolman@clbmedia.ca.