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Reaction Roundup: Honda’s EV plans in Canada

A roundup of analysis and commentary in Canadian politics, business and beyond about Japanese automaker Honda's EV plans in Canada.

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Native American tribes want US appeals court to weigh in on $10B SunZia energy transmission project

Native American tribes and environmentalists want a U.S. appeals court to weigh in on their request to halt construction along part of the...

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, October 18, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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China must stop aiding Russia if it seeks good relations with West: NATO

'Dependencies make us vulnerable,' NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says in a speech warning the West against depending on China as it did on...

FILE PHOTO: People walk around the Financial District near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 29, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz//File Photo
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Morningstar: Record $8.8 billion pulled from US sustainable funds in Q1

U.S. Republican politicians, including many from energy-producing states, have stepped up their attacks on investors' use of ESG considerations.

The sun sets behind spinning land-based wind turbines in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 13, 2023. On April 24, 2024, eight Jersey Shore towns wrote to New Jersey utility regulators saying that a proposed wind farm off Long Beach Island will be costlier than expected. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Gusts of activity underway by friends, foes of offshore wind energy projects in NJ, NY

Shore towns spanning much of New Jersey's 127-mile coastline wrote to the state's Board of Public Utilities, saying the proposed Atlantic Shores wind...

Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains. Alberta's provincial flag flies in Ottawa on Monday July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Alberta to appeal ruling ordering release of documents on coal mining in Rockies

Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the western Canadian province's Rocky Mountains.

FILE - In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. A Chinese container ship remains to be the prime suspect in causing damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline running between NATO members Finland and Estonia which was reopened this week after multimillion-euro repair work, (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)
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Chinese ship remains prime suspect in damage to Baltic Sea gas pipeline that reopened this week

It has been more than six months since substantial, human-made damage that caused a major drop in pressure was first detected in the...

FILE PHOTO: A concrete gravity-based structure (GBS) of Arctic LNG 2 joint venture is seen under construction in a dry dock of the LNG Construction center near the settlement of Belokamenka, Murmansk region, Russia July 26, 2022.  REUTERS/Stringer//File Photo
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Europe expected to propose new sanctions on Russian LNG

EU ban on Russian oil has not yet extended to LNG, but sources say restrictions will be coming soon.

FILE PHOTO: A Honda car stands on the day Honda announces plans to build electric vehicles and their parts in Ontario with financial support from the Canadian and provincial governments, at their automotive assembly plant in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, April 25, 2024.  REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
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Honda to set up US$11 billion EV production base in Ontario

Honda's Ontario base will produce everything from materials to batteries to finished vehicles in a bid to meet growing demand for EVs in...

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Scottish leader hails ‘new beginning’ after ending deal with Greens

Scottish Green Party's power-sharing arrangement ends after upset over abandonment of a key climate change target.

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