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Ontario’s Wynne to announce plan to cut electricity bills by 25 per cent: report

Facing growing public and corporate backlash against ballooning hydro bills, the premier is reportedly planning to announce a rate-cutting initiative this week. The Ontario NDP already released an alternative plan, calling on the province to tear up costly long-term renewable power contracts and buy back control of Hydro One


Stanford researchers developing new method to extract uranium from seawater

In a breakthrough that could spell trouble for uranium miners, the scientists used electrically charged plastic fibers to attract the trace amounts of uranium in regular seawater. They then chemically treated the fibers to separate the heavy metal for eventual use in the nuclear power industry


Tesla on track to begin producing the hotly-anticipated Model 3 this summer

The electric vehicle maker said its new, cheaper electric car will begin rolling off the lines this July. Tesla plans to kick production into high gear by the fall


Trump’s Congressional address focused on hope, opportunity

Canada played a surprising role in a speech that outlined the president’s new “America-first” vision. Trump touched on trade, immigration and taxes, but beyond reaffirming his support for the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, said little about the environment
 
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Gas engines not going anywhere, but majority of auto execs say diesel is dead

Auto insiders expect the internal combustion engine to keep churning, but small diesel vehicles may be running on fumes, KPMG study finds » read more

Nuclear pest control could help Ontario farmers

Pepper weevils destroyed $83 million in crops in 2016 and researchers are hoping a nuclear isotope produced at the Bruce nuclear plant in Tiverton, Ont. can sterilize the ruinous insects and put a dent in their population » read more
 
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Electric cars booming, but fuel cells expected to come out on top

Despite the growing popularity of battery electrics, a strong majority of auto executives expect hydrogen-powered vehicles to win out eventually » read more

Robot probes show Japan reactor cleanup worse than expected

Earlier this month, one cleaning robot was pulled out of the Japanese nuclear plant after being exposed to radiation levels that would kill a human within minutes, a second has now been abandoned to its fate in Unit 2 after its crawling function failed » read more