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Nova Scotia agrees to pay cement giant Lafarge to burn old tires instead of coal

The project will see thousands of tires incinerated at a cement plant outside Halifax. The province’s Environment minister said the one-year pilot will reduce carbon emissions, but a tire recycling start-up slammed the decision and one environmental group said it was “dumbfounded” by the move

Electric car maker Faraday Future abandons plan to build US$1B Nevada plant

The upstart automaker is deserting the Las Vegas site after sinking $120 million into the project. Its CFO says the move is simply a shift in its business strategy, but experts aren’t convinced it’s a temporary setback

U.S. charges Audi engineer at centre of VW emissions cheating conspiracy

The 60 year-old Italian citizen and one of the alleged leaders in the conspiracy is the seventh Volkswagen employee charged in the embarrassing scandal that has cost the automaker more than $20 billion in criminal penalties and lawsuit settlements

Tesla to build giant battery in Australia to remedy energy crisis

The big lithium-ion order comes as Tesla's main automotive business was hit with a barrage of bad news last week, sending its share price down almost 15 per cent over three days
 
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Tesla offers first look at new Model 3 as inaugural vehicle rolls off the line

The new electric vehicle is the company's first aimed at the mass market. Just keep your hands off the first production model—that one belongs to Elon Musk » read more

Coal-fired power plants are Europe’s biggest polluters, says EU

The European Environment Agency said in a report that half of the plants responsible for the largest releases of air and water pollution were in Britain, with a total of 14. Germany was second with seven, followed by France and Poland » read more
 
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Volvo to become first major carmaker to do away with traditional engines

The Swedish company has put the internal combustion engine on notice. By 2019 all its vehicles will have an electric motor under the hood and five will be fully-electric » read more

B.C. Liberals defeated after 16 years, NDP to form government

Long-time Premier Christy Clark is out after the Liberal government fell in a confidence vote. But how the closely-divided legislature will function and where it will fall on major projects such as the Site C dam and the Trans Mountain pipeline remains to be seen » read more
 
 
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