BC moves forward with ZEV mandate
Source: www.ecolog.com Daily News
British Columbia (B.C.) has introduced legislation to require that all new light-duty vehicles sold in 2040 and beyond be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). Bill 28, the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act, introduced April 10, 2019, fulfills a promise made...
4/12/2019 | Full Story
A Year After Tax Credit Win, Carbon Capture Backers Wait for IRS
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Investors are still sitting on the sidelines more than a year after Congress passed bipartisan tax incentives for carbon capture technology, and it’s not for lack of interest. Read more.
4/12/2019 | Full Story
Ontario's climate policy 'very frightening', says departing environmental commissioner
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“It’s easy to break things quickly. It’s hard to build things quickly,” says Dianne Saxe as the curtain falls early on her tenure as Environmental Commissioner of Ontario and she reflects on the environmental policies of...
3/29/2019 | Full Story
New Brunswick promises its own GHG output-based pricing system
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New Brunswick says it will bring forward its own output-based pricing system for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large industrial emitters, including the electricity sector.
3/22/2019 | Full Story
Poor data may hamper methane reduction efforts: CD Howe Institute
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Though there’s widespread agreement that methane from the oil and gas sector is a big greenhouse gas problem that needs to be addressed, what we’re doing about it isn’t likely to work. We need far more innovative solutions,...
3/15/2019 | Full Story
Environmental groups urge feds to find inspiration in CleanBC
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Environmental groups across Canada applauded the federal government and the provinces that signed on to the 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. But now, a little more than two years later, there are signs of a...
3/1/2019 | Full Story
CANADA - environment legislation
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Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity. New regulation under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. Effective January 1, 2019 except with respect to combustion engine units. The...
2/26/2019 | Full Story
NEB approves Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion - again
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Increased marine shipping from the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion will cause significant adverse environmental effects on the Southern Resident Killer Whale and on Indigenous cultural use associated with the Southern Resident Killer Whale,...
2/26/2019 | Full Story
Ontario proposing its own carbon-pricing system
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While its legal challenge to the federal government’s carbon tax is being decided by the courts, Ontario has proposed its own carbon-pricing system that, in its words, would encourage the industrial sector to reduce greenhouse gas...
2/26/2019 | Full Story
National Clean-Energy Mandate Gets Another Look in Congress
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A federal mandate for states to obtain a set portion of electricity from renewable energy is a forgotten aspect of climate change policies, but some Democrats say it belongs back on the table. Read more.
2/22/2019 | Full Story
