The leaders discussed Ukraine, Canada’s mineral resources, a Canada-EU Green Alliance and the US’ Inflation Reduction Act
Category: Energy & Environment
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Transition to electric vehicles faces delays in US
High cost and unreliable network of EV charging stations stalls new sales, hurts Biden’s plan to have 50 per cent of car sales be EV by 2030
Posted inEnergy & Environment
World’s richest 1% emit as much carbon as bottom two-thirds
The top one per cent were responsible for 16 per cent of global emissions — the same share as the bottom 66 per cent
Posted inCommentary
Carbon tax’s legality at risk due to heating oil exemption
Flying underneath the radar of Ottawa’s recent policy reversal are at least three arguments that could imperil the carbon tax’s legality
Posted inEnergy & Environment
PepsiCo sued by New York state over plastic pollution
The lawsuit seeks to impose financial penalties and damages on PepsiCo, as well as an order that the company cease selling single-use plastic goods
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Glencore takes majority stake in Canadian coal business
Trudeau said the takeover bid would go through a “rigorous process,” while Conservatives urged Ottawa to block deal over concerns about jobs
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Nations negotiate terms of plastics treaty
About two-thirds of plastic waste is disposed after a only being used once to a few times, and less than 10 per cent is recycled
Posted inEnergy & Environment
Germany unveils huge electricity price relief for industry
The most energy-intensive companies most vulnerable to international competition will have emissions-costs reimbursed
Posted inPolitics & Policy
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
Posted inProfessional
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