Cleantech
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Eco search engine sees surge in downloads as Amazon burns
The company is contributing 80% of its profits to tree-planting efforts and keeping just a small amount for itself
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Ontario gas stations must have anti carbon tax stickers posted by today
At one gas station in downtown Toronto, the decals were receiving mixed reviews from some drivers
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Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
The natural gas industry produces about 18% of the carbon pollution in the British Columbia
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EPA moves to revoke rules on oil industry methane leaks
It’s the “umpteenth iteration of the EPA’s exercise to define away its Clean Air Act authority,” said an EPA air official under Obama
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Politics of climate change put corporations in tough spot
From oil facilities to the automotive industry and electric utilities, corporations have shown willingness to forego short-term profits in favour of combatting global warming
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U.S. proposing easing rules on climate changing oil emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency’s move would ease requirements on oil and gas sites to monitor for methane leaks and plug them
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Ontario government files carbon tax challenge with country’s top court
The province argues that Ontario’s Court of Appeal was wrong to find the carbon price was constitutional and within the federal government’s right to impose
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Tesla heads down new road with car insurance in California
Elon Musk believes Tesla has learned so much about its cars that it will be able to offer rates 20% to 30% below those offered by traditional insurers
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About 56,000 fish now upstream of landslide in B.C.’s Fraser River
12,000 salmon made it upstream through channels created by rock manipulation and blasting, while 44,000 have been transported by helicopter
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Marriott banning little shampoo bottles by 2020
Larger bottles will still be plastic, and Marriott still plans to replace them – not just refill them – when they run low
