Metals firms Alcoa Inc. and Rio Tinto Group are teaming up with tech giant Apple and the Quebec and federal governments to commercialize a process that eliminates harmful emissions from smelting by instead producing oxygen
Canada subsidizes the search for and production of fossil fuels to the tune of more than $3 billion a year in various tax credits. The Environment minister says the feds are committed to phase-out fossil fuel subsidies by 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball says he wants to balance ocean health and the economy
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says it will request permission for intervener status in two court cases: Saskatchewan’s fight against the federal carbon tax, and B.C.’s attempt to halt the Trans Mountain pipeline project
The German automaker admitted rigging diesel emissions technology to pass U.S. smog tests
A report from the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada says the Canadian chemistry sector is well positioned to leverage the country’s low-carbon resources: natural gas and natural gas liquids, hydroelectricity and biomass
The 2018 budget was billed as the first to undergo a full gender-based analysis, but when asked if a gender-based analysis had been completed for the carbon tax, Finance Minister Bill Morneau side-stepped the question
One environment advocate calls the lack of federal oversight for certain projects an abdication of responsibility
Even with carbon pricing and other measures to cut emissions, Canada will still be 90 million tonnes shy of its international emissions targets made in 2015 under the Paris agreement
Calgary-based Terra Life Sciences says it plans to hire 20 people now and an additional 100 workers once construction is complete
