Electric vehicles

The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices is warning in its publication Sink or Swim, that if these industries and federal and provincial governments don't acknowledge that change is coming and prepare for it, there could be devastating consequences.

The International Energy Agency warned new investment in clean energy was needed to “jolt the energy system onto a new set of rails.”

The production of steel, cement, and ammonia together emit about one-fifth of all human-caused CO2. Technologies are emerging that promise to decarbonize these problem industries, but analysts warn big challenges remain before the processes can be cleaned up.

Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change.

New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead.

Each morning at a transit facility in Canton, Ohio, more than a dozen buses pull up to a fueling station before fanning out to their routes in this city south of Cleveland.

Declaring the U.S. must “move fast” to win the world's carmaking future, President Joe Biden on Thursday, August 5, 2021, announced a commitment from the auto industry to produce electric vehicles for as much as half of U.S. sales by the end of the decade.

The Biden administration wants automakers to raise gas mileage and cut tailpipe pollution between now and model year 2026, and it has won a voluntary commitment on Thursday, August 5, 2021, from the industry that electric vehicles comprise up to half of U.S. sales by the end of the decade.

In a major step against climate change, U.S. President Joe Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years, according to industry and government officials briefed on the plan.

Now is the time for a supercharged national effort from governments, automakers, utilities and charging network providers to educate Canadians about electric vehicles, write Cara Clairman of non-profit Plug’n Drive and Brian Kingston of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association.

Vehicle-to-grid initiatives — where electric vehicles store power and feed it back to the electrical grid in times of high demand — could help local utilities better meet people's needs.

Brahm Enslin is working to help Canada Post do its part to create a safe, secure, well-paid, community-based clean recovery.  

So far in 2021, the federal government has announced funding for the installation of over 400 EV charging stations in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Prince Edward Island.