Alberta report takes a different view of renewables than government
Critics are asking why the Alberta government's proposed regulations on renewable power seem to have ignored the conclusions of its own utilities regulator.
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12 women tackling environmental challenges with innovative solutions
Some day, Katherine Festeryga plans to grow enough food to feed Canada’s largest city, using solar-powered greenhouses spread across existing warehouse rooftops.
Enbridge urges shareholders to reject climate resolutions at upcoming AGM
Two separate climate-related shareholder resolutions are on the docket for Enbridge's upcoming annual meeting, and the gas giant really wants them to fail.
Concerns raised over mining exploration in caribou habitat
“The Manitoba government is paying a company to bulldoze a provincial park and bulldoze boreal caribou habitat,” said Eric Reder, director of The Wilderness Committee’s Manitoba field office.
Detergent pods are just the start of clothing’s microplastic pollution problem
A New York City bill — dubbed “Pods Are Plastic” — proposes a ban on dishwashing and laundry detergent pods coated in PVA, a type of plastic that disintegrates when submerged in water.
BC Hydro’s new public EV charging rates make filling up fairer
In June, BC Hydro will shift to energy-based rates at its public EV chargers, meaning drivers pay for the energy supplied to their vehicle not how long their car is plugged in.
In Mexico, a once glittering lake is being sucked dry by greed, drought and lawlessness
Once a weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking and increasingly polluted puddle.
Oil shippers demand explanation for Trans Mountain pipeline cost overruns
"The stakes are high: billions of dollars at issue, with Trans Mountain's (costs) having more than quintupled since 2017 — and its costs are still growing by billions, seemingly unchecked," the oil companies stated in a motion filed with the Canada Energy Regulator earlier this week.
'My job is not to be popular,' Trudeau says after premiers urge him to dump carbon price hike
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed back on Wednesday on growing demands from premiers to dump the planned April 1 hike to the consumer carbon levy, saying leaders must tackle both affordability and climate change.
The end of Quebec's electric vehicle rebate is likely to slow sales: auto dealers
Ian Sam Yue Chi, the president and CEO of the Corporation des concessionnaires d'automobiles, the province's auto dealers association, said that without the rebate, currently worth up to $7,000, some consumers won't be able to afford zero-emission electric vehicles.
B.C. promises $70M to replant orchards and vineyards after devastating weather
The commitment comes after a devastating cold snap in January that is feared to have wiped out almost the entire 2024 wine vintage in B.C., and slashed harvest forecasts for stone fruit by 90 per cent.
Former Ontario Liberal MP and entrepreneur Kim Rudd, dies at 66
An online obituary says Rudd died of ovarian cancer on Tuesday at a hospice in Cobourg, Ont.
Emissions from cars and power plants can hinder insects’ search for plants to pollinate
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Sometimes what it takes is a ‘blue-collar truck driver’ from the Prairies to fight disinfo online
Monologues about the federal carbon tax abound on social media, but few are quite like Saskatchewan's Karl Hren's. Posted to TikTok on Monday, the clip shows the self-described "uneducated, white, blue-collar, oilpatch-working truck driver" clad in coveralls and nestled in the cab of his Kenworth truck ranting about the carbon tax.
Brewing a greener beer
A beer maker in Dartmouth has found a way to save money and help the environment by reducing the use of a gas critical to the brewing process.