EVs are proliferating globally, but the U.S. Big 3 are idle
Ford, GM and Fiat Chrysler need to make up for lost time to compete with foreign counterparts on electric-vehicles.
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Wilkinson says carbon price hikes at least two years away
The federal Liberals will not make a decision about hiking the carbon price beyond $50 a tonne for at least another two years, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says.
We must make Canada's power grid even cleaner
If we’re to hit our climate targets and decarbonize Canada by 2050, we’ll need more electricity. After all, electrification — that is, getting everything onto our increasingly clean power grid — is the ribbon that ties all of our climate efforts together.
New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy
What if alternative energy isn't all it's cracked up to be? That's the provocative question explored in the documentary "Planet of the Humans," which is backed and promoted by filmmaker Michael Moore and directed by one of his longtime collaborators. It premiered last week at his Traverse City Film Festival.
Electric car sales climb in wake of new $5,000 federal rebate program
Canada's new rebate program to help make electric cars cheaper appears to be showing early signs of stimulating sales but mostly in the two provinces that require a minimum number of electric car sales.
Clean energy one of Canada's fastest-growing industries
Canada's clean-energy sector is growing faster than the economy as a whole and is rivalling some of the more well known industries for jobs, a new report shows.
US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation
President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect on Friday, May 10, 2019, and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions and other trade tensions.
As U.S. lowers auto emissions standards, Canada is at a fuel efficiency crossroads
The federal government has started to give away money to encourage people to buy electric cars, but before long it will have to decide how far it will go to force the market towards lower-emission vehicles.
Buying an electric car becomes cheaper today as federal rebates kick in
Federal rebates to encourage Canadians to buy electric cars take effect today, May 1, 2019.
Batteries are key to clean energy — and they just got much cheaper
Battery technology is ahead of schedule, opening the door for storing renewable energies. Soon, renewables might rival gas and oil in affordabilty.
Electric-car sales soaring but Canada still nowhere near goal set in 2009
A decade-old goal to get at least half a million electric cars on Canada's roads by the end of 2018 appears to have missed the mark by more than 400,000.
Norway sees boom in electric cars, fueled by the government
A silent revolution has transformed driving in Norway.
In wake of GM cuts, Trump fires back: don't move production to China, or else
Donald Trump tweeted a warning shot across GM's front bumper on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, threatening to pull all U.S. subsidies for America's largest automaker if its plans to slash jobs and production at North American plants prove to be a precursor to building interconnected electric cars in China.
All new cars sold in B.C. will be zero emission by 2040, Horgan pledges
By 2040, all cars sold in B.C. will be clean energy vehicles, the province pledged today. Premier John Horgan announced a clean energy vehicle mandate,
British Columbians want electric cars but just try finding one
One-in-three British Columbians expect to buy an electric car as their next vehicle, but they’re going to have trouble finding one.