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TURNING CO 2 INTO CaCO 3 (left) Jane Ritchie, P.Eng., Lead Process Development Engineer with Carbon Engineering, shows the company’s pellet reactor system, which takes carbon dioxide captured from air, and turns it into calcium carbonate beads for further processing. FUEL FOR THOUGHT (above) Inside the Carbon Engineering pilot plant, where
carbon dioxide is transformed into fuel. -photos courtesy Carbon Engineering
communities from severe flooding along the Elbow River. The work — which comes with a $297-million price tag — will help protect the communities from the type of severe flooding that hit southern Alberta in June 2013 and caused $6 billion in damage. The province is also providing Calgary with an extra $150 million over 10 years for other local flood mitigation projects. Since the 2013 flood, which was the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history, dozens of mitigation ideas have
mainland China and Canada. Since September, the carrier has been landing
in the world, with 175 destinations and 1,285 global truck routes. -Caitlin Crawshaw
at the city’s airport, transporting everything from live animals to
electronics to oil and gas equipment. Besides connecting Edmonton directly to Shanghai, the service delivers freight between Alberta and Texas. Edmonton was picked because of its sophisticated transportation network and government support. Although not a household name in Canada, Air China Cargo is one of the top cargo companies
FLOOD MITIGATION APPROVED FOR CALGARY AND NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES A major reservoir and several other flood mitigation projects have been approved as part of a provincial plan to protect Calgary and upstream
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