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• Quebec government to invest $514M in electric vehicle charging stations

  This is the second major electric vehicle announcement the government has made this week alone, following Tuesday's news of a new copper foil factory for EV car batteries.

  Politics

  Sep 7, 2023
  
• Quebec government open to studying whether to reopen nuclear reactor

  Quebec Energy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon says he agrees with Hydro-Quebec's decision to study a possible reopening of the province's only nuclear power plant.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2023
  
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• Quebec sets out plan to reach 60% of greenhouse gas reduction target by 2030

  The province is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels, a reduction to six tonnes of carbon dioxide per resident from nine.

  Environment

  May 19, 2023
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• War in Ukraine proof Canada must grow oil exports: industry

  Energy companies say the war in Ukraine is reason to increase fossil fuel production, but environmentalists say that's the reason to invest in renewables and get off oil and gas

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2022
• Environmentalists threaten Premier Kenney with lawsuit over Alberta inquiry remarks

  The environmental groups accuse Jason Kenney of deliberately twisting the Alberta inquiry report findings in public statements, social media posts and government websites.

  Environment

  Nov 24, 2021
• Canada’s oil demand will fall by 2030, IEA report forecasts

  The International Energy Agency projects that under existing climate policies oil production in Canada will grow by about 700,000 barrels a day by 2030 before it starts to recede.

  Economy

  Oct 16, 2021
• Nutrien calls on fertilizer industry to support its agriculture climate change drive

  Nutrien is to pilot its new carbon program in certain regions across North America in 2021 and plans to later take it to South America and Australia.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2020
• Climate activists demanding quick transition to a green economy in Quebec

  Environmentalists and others are calling on lawmakers to do more to build a more sustainable future

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2020
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• Gas association warns switch to electricity could raise costs by $1.4 trillion

  The Canadian Gas Association says building renewable electricity capacity to replace just half of Canada's current fossil fuel-generated energy could increase national costs by as much as $1.4 trillion over the next 30 years.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2019
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• Norwegian fund excludes four Canadian firms as it exits oilsands investments

  The largest pension fund in Norway has removed four Canadian energy names from its investment list and says it will no longer put money in companies that derive more than five per cent of their revenue from the oilsands.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2019