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The Emerald Awards 2010 Profiles by Geoff Morgan & Stephanie Sparks As a society, we run roughshod over the Earth: emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, constructing factories in place of forests and encroaching on wildlife habitats. We become so preoccupied with the march of progress that we forget the world is a delicately balanced ecosystem. Fortunately, [...]
From waste to water by Stephanie Sparks | Photography by Bryce Meyer Recipient: Business, Livestock Water Recycling Inc. Before a shift in its business focus in 2009, Livestock Water Recycling Inc. (LWR) built process skids for water treatment. On the side though, it performed investigative work with manure, seeking an effective method for treating it. The Calgary-based company [...]
Natural energy comes alive at the zoo by Geoff Morgan | Photography by David Dean Recipient: Business, Enmax Corporation WHAT A ZOO: Enmax vice-president of distributed generation Doug Sullivan coordinated the implementation of five alternative energy sources at the Calgary Zoo A faint breeze rustles through a wind turbine flanking the newly refurbished Enmax Conservatory, a two-storey glass structure [...]
Parks and pipelines by Stephanie Sparks Kinder Morgan embarks on its ambitious plan There are some projects you wouldn’t consider pursuing as an energy storage and pipeline transportation company, like constructing a major pipeline loop through national and provincial parks. Negative publicity, stakeholder disapproval and the almost inevitable damage inflicted upon the wilderness are enough to shrivel a [...]