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FILE PHOTO: A general view of ZEVO 600 by the automaker General Motors (GM) Brightdrop unit's CAMI EV Assembly, Canada's first full-scale electric vehicle manufacturing plant, in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada December 5, 2022.  REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
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Canadian union, GM reach agreement for Ontario plant workers

Unifor extended its contract talks with GM, avoiding a strike at Ontario’s CAMI plant that makes EVs and batteries.

Fresh cut sawdust is seen from a tree cut from a cut block near the in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C., Oct. 4, 2021. British Columbia's forests watchdog says a complaint about "excessive" logging has led to a call for the province to improve how it manages watersheds. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. forest watchdog says province should improve watershed management

B.C.'s forest watchdog urges better watershed management after finding "excessive" logging in at-risk areas without proper oversight.

A rainbow appears to come down on pumpjacks drawing out oil and gas from wells near Calgary, Alta., Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Observers are criticizing Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean's suggestions on how the province might clean up its thousands of abandoned oil wells, saying they favour industry and lack input from the public. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Critics slam Alberta oil well clean up suggestion for favoring industry, lacking public input

Critics say Alberta's oil well cleanup plan favors industry, lacks public input, and may use public funds unfairly.

Liberal House leader Karina Gould lambasted Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as a "fraudster" Monday morning after he said the federal carbon price is going to cause a "nuclear winter." Gould speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Tensions, rhetoric abound as MPs return to House of Commons, spar over carbon price

Canada's Liberals ramp up attacks on Conservatives as Parliament returns, facing a fragile minority and potential snap election.

Alberta's energy minister is promising strong action to clean up the province's growing backlog of unreclaimed oil and gas sites. A de-commissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Energy minister says public money could help finance Alberta energy cleanup

EDMONTON — Alberta’s energy minister is promising strong action by next fall to clean up the province’s growing backlog of unreclaimed oil and...

Quebec Premier François Legault has become the first provincial leader to visit a Cree community that was displaced by a hydroelectric dam project in the 1970s. Legault, accompanied by his wife Isabelle Brais, listens to a member of the community explain to him how to properly prepare sturgeon during a demonstration in the Nemaska Cree community, Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Que., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephane Blais
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Turning the tide: Quebec premier visits Cree Nation displaced by hydro project in 70s

François Legault has become the first Quebec premier to visit a Cree community that was displaced by a hydroelectric project in the 1970s.

Ottawa is negotiating a bailout of $500 million to help avoid a jolting power hike in Nova Scotia related to delivery delays of Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity over the past five years. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during a press conference in Halifax, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Tu
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Ottawa negotiates $500 million bailout to prevent electricity rate hike in Nova Scotia

Ottawa is negotiating a $500M bailout for Nova Scotia Power to prevent a 19 per cent electricity rate hike due to cost overruns.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to the media at the party's caucus retreat, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Montreal. Singh won't say whether he would keep the consumer carbon price if his party forms government at the next election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: Trudeau

Trudeau criticizes the NDP for wavering on carbon pricing, claiming they lack a clear climate plan under pressure from Conservative Leader Poilievre.

An energy firm based in Ireland says it is planning to produce sustainable aviation fuel at the site where a liquefied natural gas project had been proposed on Nova Scotia's eastern shore. Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Irish company planning to produce sustainable aviation fuel in Nova Scotia at former LNG site

Simply Blue Group plans to build a biofuel plant in Goldboro, N.S., using 700,000 tonnes of wood biomass annually to produce sustainable aviation...

British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government would end the carbon tax on consumers if the federal government removed the legal requirement. Eby steps away from the podium after a news conference in Coquitlam, B.C., Wednesday, July 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. to scrap carbon tax if federal government drops requirement: Eby

B.C. Premier David Eby plans to scrap the provincial carbon tax for consumers and shift it to “big polluters” if Ottawa allows.

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