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Climate Hawks Declare ‘Most Progressive Throne Speech in a Generation’ as Ottawa Pledges Tougher Emission Targets, Links Cleantech to Million-Job Strategy
Climate change moved to the centre of Canada’s million-job recovery strategy, the Trudeau government pledged immediate action on more ambitious carbon reduction targets, neither ... -
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The Interview: After a ‘Bold’ Throne Speech, the Details Come Next, St-Pierre Says
Éric St-Pierre is Executive Director of the Trottier Family Foundation in Montreal. He recently coordinated an opinion piece from a dozen Canadian philanthropic foundations ... -
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Investors Shrug as Tesla Promises $25,000 EV in Three Years
While Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk promised a US$25,000 electric vehicle within three years, driven by dramatic production cost reductions and performance improvements, ... -
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Canada Sets Sights on Supplying Strategic Metals for EVs
With the European Union committing to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 55% by 2030, Canada may have an opportunity to export strategic metals ... -
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Systematic Disinformation Promoted Recycling, Maintained Plastics Status Quo
Amidst revelations that Big Oil has spent decades promoting an idea it knows to be false—that plastics can be easily recycled—the industry is once ... -
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Walmart Pledges Offset-Free Net Zero by 2040
Declaring its ambition to become a “regenerative company,” retail giant Walmart has committed to net-zero operational emissions by 2040 without the use of carbon ... -
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Ford, Unifor Reach Tentative Deal to Build Five Electric Vehicle Models in Oakville
Ford Motor Company of Canada and Unifor have signed a tentative collective agreement that commits the company to a C$1.8-billion investment to build five ... -
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Nine Countries, 15 U.S. States Join Forces on Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles
Canada, eight other countries, and 15 U.S. states will work together to expand zero-emission commercial vehicle manufacturing, infrastructure, and deployment, following an announcement brokered ... -
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Only One in Three Canadian Dealerships Stocks EVs Despite Surging Demand
Canadians looking to buy an electric vehicle likely face a long wait, with auto dealerships across the country chronically undersupplied even as policy-makers invest ... -
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Investors Worth $41 Trillion Demand Net-Zero Strategies from World’s Biggest Emitters
A group of big, institutional investors with a combined US$41 trillion under management is turning up the heat on 161 fossils, mining companies, and ... -
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Opinion: Now Is the Perfect Moment to Decarbonize Global Trade
International freight transport—whether by air, land, or sea—still relies overwhelmingly on fossil fuels, accounting for 30% of transportation-related carbon dioxide emissions and more than ... -
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The Battle Plan: Key Lessons from the Second World War for the Climate Mobilization (Part 2)
This is the second of two excerpts from Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, published in early September and ... -
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The Battle Plan: Key Lessons from the Second World War for the Climate Mobilization (Part 1)
This is the first of two excerpts from Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, published in early September and ... -
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Nature-Friendly Economy Would Deliver $10 Trillion in Opportunities, 395 Million Jobs by 2030
A “fundamental transformation” in the direction of a nature-friendly global economy could produce US$10 trillion in annual business opportunities and a mind-boggling 395 million ... -
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Global Oil Demand, CO2 Emissions Likely Peaked in 2019 as Fossil Analysts Predict More Stranded Assets
A small parade of analysts stepped out in late June and early July with projections that global oil demand and carbon dioxide emissions likely ...
