The most energy-intensive companies most vulnerable to international competition will have emissions-costs reimbursed
Category: Energy & Environment
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Canada to miss 2030 climate target: audit
Ottawa says the Covid pandemic accounts for the shortfalls on the target. Climate measures such as new clean fuel are delayed
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Corporations fall short on implementing green agendas
Corporations are increasingly committed to green agendas, but a new report reveals only five per cent have strategies for reaching their targets
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The tech to recycle clothes is only just being invented
Researchers have invented a machine that scans garments, cuts out zippers and buttons with a laser and another that yanks soles off shoes
Posted inConsumer
Climate-neutral ads mislead: Swiss consumer protection agency
Slogans “C02 neutral,” “climate neutral” or “climate positive” are misleading as there is no definitive method to measure climate neutrality
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Trudeau faces backlash over Canada carbon tax exemption
Trudeau faced a growing backlash on Tuesday over exempting home heating oil from the government’s carbon tax
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Construction of controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline complete
Coastal GasLink pipeline will transport natural gas from eastern British Columbia to be liquified and exported near Pacific coast
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Startup to ‘sponge’ CO2 from the atmosphere
Heirloom Carbon’s goal is to remove one billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere per year by 2035 and permanently store that CO2 underground
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Israel-Hamas conflict could lead to oil price spike
Oil prices have already risen six per cent since Israel-Hamas war began. The World Bank says optimistically, prices could rise 3-13 per cent
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Burp tax causes pre-poll stink with New Zealand farmers
New Zealand has a plan to tax farmers for their livestock’s burps and farts — and it’s causing a stink ahead of Saturday’s general elections