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  When chemicals are used, stored, or generated in the workplace, there are unique hazards. Some have properties that make them an immediate safety concern, like explosive, flammable, and corrosive chemicals. Others cause adverse health effects on our body and even long-term illness. The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety notes that over the…

  In Canada, the governing Liberal Party announced a mandatory target for all new light-duty cars and passenger trucks to be zero-emission by 2035. Many suburban homeowners are warming up to the idea of trading in their tried-and-true gasoline engines. With gas prices on the rise, and the federal government expanding its electric vehicle rebate…

  Today (16 June) marks Clean Air Day, the UK’s largest air pollution campaign, bringing together communities, businesses, schools and the health sector. The WHO blames exposure to pollution for seven million premature deaths a year worldwide and says there is “clear evidence” that air pollution harms human health “at even lower concentrations than previously understood”….

Access to reliable, affordable and clean energy is increasingly recognized as the “golden thread” tying together and enabling many other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite progress over the last decade in making solutions to energy poverty more accessible to the more than 800 million people currently without electricity (and the many more with intermittent or…

Step into any hospital or healthcare facility and you’ll be surrounded not only by clinical, administrative, and operational staff, but also by patients, visitors, and vendor representatives. With so many people traversing the hospital daily, protecting them can feel quite challenging. Until recently, almost anyone could enter a hospital with relative ease. Today, while many…

Greetings from Iceland! The land of midnight sun, spectacular waterfalls and adorable ponies with 1980s rocker hair. I’m here this week looking into how this little country is on the road to decarbonization. The island nation has adopted an incredible goal of being fossil fuel-free by 2040, which would be a global first. The country…