Environment
-
Ontario mulls single-use plastics ban in waste diversion strategy
The Ontario government is asking the public and stakeholders for input on whether a ban on single-use plastics would be effective in reducing waste
-
Tesla walks back its plan to close most showrooms [UPDATED]
The US$35,000 base Model 3 will still be available but the company will raise prices 3 per cent on all other models
-
Support for climate change action could wane if no help for coal workers: report
Political and possibly even environmental costs are among the knock-on effects connected to the anxieties of affected workers
-
Who got funded in February (Cleantech)
Fundingportal helps Canadian manufacturers to get funded
-
Alberta Energy Regulator suspends fracking well linked to Monday earthquake
The regulator says Vesta Energy Ltd. must suspend hydraulic fracturing operations at the site in order to protect the public and the environment
-
Obama urges action on climate change, inequality in Western Canada speeches
The former president said the chaos wrought by global climate change will make politics more toxic
-
Ex-truck driver admits to dumping toxic waste in S. Carolina
The State reports 44-year-old Michael Greene admitted on Monday to repeatedly dumping the chemicals in 2017 in the Wateree River drainage basin
-
SeaWorld removes foam bowls, plates from parks
SeaWorld has previously removed plastic straws and plastic coffee stirrers from its parks
-
Manitoba won’t charge provincial sales tax on federal carbon levy
Manitoba is one of four provinces that will have the federal carbon tax imposed on them because it has not come up with a plan acceptable to Ottawa
-
Saskatchewan’s Moe wants carbon tax delayed pending Appeal Court ruling
Ottawa argues it can impose the tax on April 1 because climate change is a national issue
