Cleantech
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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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Trump EPA close to gutting Obama rule on coal power plants
Trump’s rollback of environmental protection rules will allow states to determine their course for meeting environmental standards
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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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Horwath promises massive emissions cuts as New Democrats gather in Hamilton
Horwath told party members in Hamilton that an NDP government would reduce Ontario’s emissions by at least 50% from 2005 levels by 2030
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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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‘We’re deeply sorry:’ Husky fined $3.8M for leak into North Saskatchewan River
Guilty on three environmental charges: two under federal migratory birds and fisheries legislation and one under a provincial law for releasing a harmful substance
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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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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney seeks alliance with Quebec’s Francois Legault
Both premiers are opposed to the federal government’s carbon tax and Bill C-69
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Canada may need higher carbon taxes to meet its Paris targets, PBO says
A Parliamentary Budget Office report estimates that extra price on carbon to be $6 a tonne and rising to $52 by 2030
