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Owen Sound council approves new snowmobile trail agreement
City council approved new five-year land-use agreements for the East Side Snowmobile Club and Stoney Keppel Riders. Council also delegated approval authority for such agreements with local snowmobile clubs in future to the director of community services. The agreements cover the city for liability through the user groups’ insurance by making the areas an official […]
The Fate Of Our Food Systems Is Wrapped Up In Climate Change & Plant Nutrition
Global climate change has had a significant impact on the way the world grows its food. Climate change introduces a suite of ominous factors, such as greenhouse gas emissions, elevated temperature, increased carbon dioxide concentrations, nitrous oxide and methane ozone depletion, and deforestation. All of these intensify environmental stresses on … [continued]
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Green Infrastructure Champions: Project Archive
This project has ended. Archived project materials are available below. Physical barriers prevent water from cycling naturally, resulting in flooding, sewer overflows, and risks to
China’s EV Export Era Is A Bigger Geopolitical Move Than We Normally Acknowledge
It’s clear to anyone following the global EV market — the Chinese EV market is much bigger than any other EV market (it accounts for about 50% of the global EV market all by itself), Chinese EV producers now absolutely dominate their home market, and some of those Chinese EV … [continued]
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U.S. Department of Energy Awards $11 Million to 49 State, Local, and Tribal Governments to Support Community Energy Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its next round of award recipients through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. Grants Will Fund Energy Infrastructure Projects in Communities Ranging from Energy Workforce Development Programs, Cost-saving building upgrades WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today … [continued]
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$19 Million to Expand Regional Geothermal Data in USA
The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), in partnership with ConnectWerx, has launched a funding opportunity for regional partnerships to support geothermal data collection. The Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) in collaboration with ConnectWerx, a Partnership Intermediary under a Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) through DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions, has opened an initial funding … [continued]
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US Building a Better Grid Awards | January 2025
To share how historic levels of federal and private investment are positively impacting communities across the country, this monthly newsletter showcases grid projects that have successfully completed award negotiations and are beginning work. Updates on Finalized GDO Project Awards In 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law made a historic investment to … [continued]
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Poland’s Hydrogen Bus Plans Run Into High Hydrogen Prices
Recently 21 municipalities in Poland sent a joint letter to the federal government begging for big subsidies for hydrogen for energy. Reports indicate that the cities that had already contracted for hydrogen buses hadn’t bothered to include realistic costs of hydrogen in their cost cases. The ones that have them … [continued]
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Owen Sound mayor pays tribute to Stew Taylor
Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy opened the first council meeting of 2025 on Monday with a tribute to former city mayor Stew Taylor. Taylor, who died of pancreatic cancer on Dec. 20 at 77, served as the city’s mayor from 1995 to 2001. He was a city councillor before that, from 1983 to 1994. Tayor […]
Grey-Bruce farmers told to be ready to adapt to changing climate
While Grey-Bruce and the rest of southern Ontario is expected to be less affected by a changing climate than many other areas, it still doesn’t mean farmers here don’t need to be ready to adapt. Mark Robinson, a meteorologist and storm chaser with The Weather Network presented to a packed Elmwood Community Centre during Crop […]