Canadian Green Business News (and more) 
More LEED leading from Canadian business Minto.
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Forterra Environmental Making its Organic Soil-Enrichment Products Available to Weed Man Franchises
Looks like local (for me, anyway) Canadian Green Business is picking up steam.
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Magna to display hybrid products next week
Canadian business Magna International is getting on the green car bandwagon.
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Green Business League’s New Free Points System
I’m not sure this has legs. Canadian Green Businesses can earn green points by going green. Again, not sure how widespread this will become.
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I’m inclined to think that while I love to see maximum greenery at the Games, getting nations together is also important.
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Where are the plastic bag fees going?
When the plastic bag fee first started, I heard some howling that the grocery chains were just grabbing some free cash. The article makes an interesting point that if it’s obvious how much money is going to green causes, people might actually buy more bags. Does your Canadian Green Business charge for bags?
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Road diet calls for beet juice, less salt
Yay! Foodstuffs on our roads instead of additives!
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PART 3 of 5: Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith champions environmental causes
It would be easy enough to label all right-wing parties as environmentally unfriendly but it looks like the green message is getting through even to them. Of course, much of this looks like the usual talking points…
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Energy companies face individual states taking action on climate change reform
Not strictly Canadian news here but the article clearly states that the oil sands will be a target.
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Vast majority of stimulus projects escape environmental-impact studies
Breaking a few eggs? Not sure about this one. Surely speed is important in keeping things rolling and will benefit Canadian businesses, green or no, but I don’t think we should be jettisoning environmental assessments in our haste.