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Fast food players take tentative steps towards sustainable packaging
This summer, two McDonald’s Canada restaurants will use wooden cutlery and stir sticks, paper straws, cups without plastic coating and lids made from a wood fibre
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Is Elon Musk closing troublesome Twitter account or teasing?
The EV manufacturer CEO has run into legal trouble because of his Twitter antics
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Metals mines, accounting for most federal enviro assessments, OK with Bill C-69
MAC says it welcomes Bill C-69. Since 2012, 60% of assessments have applied to mines producing diamonds, gold, zinc and copper
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New Brunswick proposes plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by industry
This “made in New Brunswick” alternative promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial emitters by 10% by 2030
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Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
The new review process could see 100 new resource projects worth $500 billion to be proposed over the next decade
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Volkswagen to take stake in battery cell maker Northvolt
VW said it planned a 50-50 joint venture to build a battery cell factory in Salzgitter in its home region of Lower Saxony
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Legault announces plan to electrify Quebec’s economy, reduce oil consumption
Quebec will only finance public transit projects that are electric, says Premier Francois Legault
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Waste to energy plant in B.C. to handle disputed garbage from Philippines
A mass-burn facility in Burnaby has been in operation since 1998 and handles about 260,000 tonnes of garbage a year
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Shell Quest carbon capture and storage project reaches milestone of 4M tonnes
Shell Canada says the accomplishment is ahead of schedule
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Tesla reduces prices on Models S and X amid stock slump
Tesla cut US$3,000 from the price of the Model S sedan and $2,000 from the Model X SUV
