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Cap on production may be too complicated for global plastic treaty: Canada’s environment minister

Canada's Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the world can solve its plastic problem without insisting on hard caps on plastic production.

enovus Energy must pay a $2.5 million fine for its role in the largest offshore oil spill ever recorded in Newfoundland and Labrador. Cenovus logos are displayed at the Global Energy Show in Calgary, Tuesday, June 7, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canada’s Cenovus Energy fined $2.5 million for biggest oil spill in Newfoundland and Labrador history

Cenovus Energy has been ordered to pay a $2.5-million fine for its role in the largest offshore oil spill ever recorded in Newfoundland...

Aamjiwnaang First Nation is declaring a state of emergency over a benzene leak linked to a neighbouring petrochemical facility. A sign for the Aamjiwnaang First Nation Resource Centre is shown in Sarnia, Ont., on April 21, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Craig Glover
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Aamjiwnaang First Nation declares state of emergency over industry benzene leak

Aamjiwnaang First Nation is declaring a state of emergency over a benzene leak linked to a neighbouring petrochemical facility

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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.

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 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...

Precision Drilling Corp. logo is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Precision Drilling seeing boost in demand as Trans Mountain start nears

The completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is leading to a boom in demand for drilling services: Precision Drilling chief executive Kevin...

Plastic bottles lie stranded on a beach as volunteers collect rubbish during a beach cleanup campaign organised in conjunction with the Earth Day celebration in George Town, Malaysia April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
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Oil, chemical industry lobbyists pile in to UN plastics treaty talks

Plastics treaty being attended by 37% more lobbyists from key industries than previous round of negotiations, nonprofit's analysis reveals.

The logo of the Canadian mining company Teck Resources Limited is displayed as people visit the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/ File Photo
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Canada’s Teck Resources misses first-quarter profit estimates

Lacklustre steelmaking coal sales blamed for Teck profits disappointment.

The clouds move among the old growth forest in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Green Party is decrying a 60-day sentence handed to its deputy leader today for her role in old growth logging protests on Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Canada’s Green deputy sentenced to jail for logging protests

Green Party issues statement of solidarity after Angela Davidson arrested for protesting the logging of old-growth trees at Fairy Creek.

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