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Ottawa to join Earth Hour
Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien will announce Ottawa’s participation in the Earth Hour challenge, an international event on March 29 between 8 to 9 p.m. local times. During this one hour, lights will be turned off, as a way to raise awareness for climate change.
- 01/31/2008
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Ottawa asked for ecoEnergy support
Ottawa is being asked for additional support for the existing $1.5 billion dollar ecoEnergy program, which is expected to run out of money by 2009. The program offers a 1-cent-per-kilowatt-hour incentive for those building alternative energy such as green hydro, wind, geothermal, tidal or biomass projects.
- 02/06/2008
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Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Festival Fights Climate Change with Carbon-Neutral Calculator and Adopt-A-Meter Campaign
Zerofootprint is contracted by the Rideau Canal Festival to help make festival history in Canada.
- 04/18/2008
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Canada Stands Proud With Festival Marking UNESCO Honor
CNW Group
- 04/18/2008
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In The Green: Going Carbon Neutral
Ottawa Business Journal: Peter Kovessy
- 05/07/2008
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Environment Canada investigates Ottawa River sewage contamination
CTV Ottawa
Environment Canada is launching its own investigation into a massive spill that dumped nearly one million cubic metres of sewage into the Ottawa River over a period of 15 days in the summer of 2006.
- 05/31/2008
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Ottawa City Council approves transit plan
CBC
Ottawa City Council has passed a multibillion-dollar transit plan that will build a downtown tunnel and electric light rail lines that run north-south and east-west directions despite many important unanswered questions including who would pay for it, and how long environmental assessments would take.
- 05/31/2008
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Ottawa blasts potential Ontario-Quebec deal to create cap-and-trade system
The Canadian Press
The federal government has responded harshly to reports Quebec and Ontario will forge an agreement on developing an interprovincial carbon trading system.
Environment Minister John Baird told a national news agency that the agreement could undermine Ottawa’s climate change plan.
- 06/01/2008
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Zerofootprint Ottawa goes live
Ottawa Sun
The environment will take centre stage this week during a series of events in the city marking Environment Week, June 1 to 7. Environment Week kicks off with the launch of Zerofootprint Ottawa today.
- 06/02/2008
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Government agrees to fund Ottawa's sewage system upgrade
CBC News
The federal government is willing to contribute a third of the cost of upgrading Ottawa’s sewage system so it no longer dumps raw sewage into the Ottawa River during storms, said Environment Minister John Baird.
- 06/03/2008

