Environment
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Fiat Chrysler to pay around US$650M in emissions cheating case
U.S. federal officials allege that 104,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Ram pickups were equipped with diesel engines programmed to run pollution controls during lab tests that would turn off under certain conditions on the road
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State of Washington opposes federal nuke waste proposal
Critics say that reclassifying some of the high-level radioactive waste to low-level could save the government billions of dollars and decades of work by essentially leaving the material in the ground
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A guiding philosophy for tackling climate change in cities?
Providing green alternatives to gas guzzling cars may not be enough; choices may need to be restricted
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Building wind turbines where they’re not wanted brings down property values
Wind turbines had a negative impact on property values in “unwilling host” municipalities
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Production remains suspended at site of N.L.’s November offshore oil spill
250,000 litres spilled into the ocean; Husky has submitted a plan to plug the subsea flowline where the spill originated
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Climate change doubled risk of B.C.’s record setting 2017 wildfires: study [UPDATED]
In 2017, 12,000 square kilometres of forest burned in British Columbia
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Giving up gas: China’s Shenzhen switches to electric taxis
Shenzhen’s 20,000-plus electric taxis will reduce carbon emissions by about 850,000 tons a year, the city’s transport committee said
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B.C. Indigenous group anticipating RCMP action at anti-LNG pipeline camp
TransCanada has said it has signed agreements with all First Nations along its Coastal GasLink pipeline route to LNG Canada’s $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in Kitimat, B.C.
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Rethinking Canada’s climate policy from the ground up
Canada’s climate stance is detached from the political reality of the Canadian federal system, say analysts. It’s time for a reboot
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Who got Funding in December (Cleantech)
Fundingportal helps Canadian manufacturers to get funded
