Advocacy News
The McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics (MITL) completed a comprehensive review of the Ontario Green Commercial Vehicle Program (GCVP) pilot that ran from 2008-2010. The report assesses whether firms can save money while reducing GHG emissions by investing in environmentally friendly green technologies like propane and whether there is a business case for the government to provide grants to support the purchases. The answer is yes to both!
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The Atlantic Trade and Procurement Committee is currently looking at all options for alternate fuel for school buses in Atlantic Canada. Leading a group of experts, the CPA will appear before the Committee on April 11, 2018 in Halifax, Nova Scotia to present the case for propane-powered school buses in the Maritimes.
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Industry News
The first shipment of Renewable Propane left Neste’s propane production facility in Rotterdam on March 17 and has been delivered to SHV Energy, which will market to its European customers as BioLPG. Initial BioLPG customers will be in the UK, Germany and France with shipments to Ireland and Denmark expected in the coming weeks.
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(This article is provided courtesy of Hatley, Strategy Advisors) Québec Finance Minister Carlos Leitão unveiled his fifth budget today, balancing it for the fourth year in a row. After a mandate of belt-tightening, this is the first budget with a significant increase in spending – even dipping into government reserves to the tune of $1.6 billion to pay for it. The Couillard government cast this budget on three pillars: healthcare, education, and transportation.
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On February 21, 2018, a joint emissions units auction was held between the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Québec’s ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et de la Luttre contre les changements climatiques (MDDELCC) and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC).
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Resources for Future Generations (RFG2018) is taking place June 16-21. The 4-day scientific program will feature an opening plenary session, as well as themed special sessions throughout the technical program, all of which aim to spark conversation and debate on how to tackle some of Earth’s most pressing challenges.
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