Sustainability
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McDonald’s Canada to start buying ‘sustainable’ beef
Under rules outlined by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, animal welfare and grassland management need to be observed.
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Tesla makes 5,000 Model 3 electrics per week, but can it continue?
Model is key to turning Tesla from a niche maker of expensive electric cars to a profitable, mass-market automaker.
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Global warming cooks up ‘a different world’ over 3 decades
World’s annual temperature has warmed nearly 1 degree F, temperature in the US has gone up nearly 1.6 degrees.
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Tories put pressure on Trudeau government to show dollar impact of carbon price
Introducing a a motion demanding the Liberals produce documents on the cost by June 22.
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Carbon Engineering says it’s sucking carbon from air, making fuel
BC company says it’s doing it for less than one-third the cost of other companies working on the same technology.
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Canada on hot seat to deliver on climate change and plastics at G7
Most of the negotiating done, but unclear if all the G7 leaders will sign the charter in Quebec.
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Electric vehicle startup SF Motors takes over Indiana plant
Plans to hire back some workers laid off when AM General halted operations at its Mishawaka plant last year.
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Ontario’s Green party platform focuses on energy conservation
Would move to a clean economy by supporting jobs in cleantech, 100% renewable energy supply by 2050.
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Environment groups pan Liberals for fossil fuels, parks management
Government has kept promises in principle, but not in execution.
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Morneau ducks queries on carbon tax gender costs
Analysis found the impacts differ, depending on the system and how the revenue is used.
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Carbon price could cut 90 million tonnes of emissions by 2022: report
Ottawa analysis is attempting to sell the politically divisive, carbon-pricing policy.
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Canadian emissions creep lower in 2016 but Paris targets still dubious
187 million tonnes away from commitment to get emissions to at least 30% less than they were in 2005 by 2030.
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Study suggests marine heat waves getting more frequent, lasting longer
The prolonged heat can harm biodiversity, as well as fisheries and aquaculture: scientists.
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Trudeau heads west with his environment and economy balancing act
Trans Mountain pipeline protesters plan to give him a less-than-warm welcome.
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Small Arctic climate changes make big difference in ecosystem: study
Even a one-degree increase is melting permafrost, shrinking glaciers, and increasing sediment.
