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Canada, California plan to work together to make cleaner cars, cut emissions
Canada may have to choose between California’s and the US federal emissions standards.
Fast food players take tentative steps towards sustainable packaging
Canada is set to ban single-use plastics by 2021.
Protests, legal challenges planned to block Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Indigenous groups, environmental organizations and cities are ready for a fight.
Edibles, other pot products, will hit shelves after mid-December: Ottawa
Final regulations will be formally published in the Canada Gazette on June 26.
Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
Environment groups hailed the government’s decision as a win for the planet.
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Styrofoam take-out boxes, straws among plastics ban targets
Canada currently throws out 12 times the plastic it recycles.
Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country
The report, written by Conservative chair David Tkachuk, is meant to explain why the committee recommended killing the bill.
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Ontario marks a whirlwind year since Doug Ford’s election
He has undone many of the Liberals’ signature policies.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges Ontario not to break Beer Store contract
Urging Doug Ford to not to rip up the 10-year deal in an attempt to put beer and wine in corner stores.
FDA: Forever chemicals in food samples unlikely health risk
PFAS, created by DuPont in 1938 and put into use for tough nonstick cookware, now exists in an estimated 5,000 varieties.
Perk up: California says coffee cancer risk insignificant
The rule, proposed a year ago by regulators, means coffee won’t have to carry ominous warnings that the beverage may be bad for you.
Trudeau warns Internet regulation could be used to repress citizens, free speech
He made his case at a gathering of civil society and government representatives from some 100 countries.
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Small business to get help on energy efficiency upgrades from carbon tax money
$1.4 billion over the next four years to help them cut their carbon-tax bills, but the CFIB says that’s not enough.
Court rules B.C. can’t limit oil shipments in major blow for pipeline fight
Unanimous ruling from the B.C. Court of Appeal represented a major win for Trans Mountain pipeline.
United CEO vows to be aboard 737 Max when its cleared to fly
Boeing says it has finished with its updates to the flight-control software implicated in the crashes.
