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Conservative finance critic demands Liberals take the lid off the ‘carbon tax cover-up’

Pierre Poilievre grilled Finance Minister Bill Morneau on the cost of the federal government's carbon pricing scheme during a special Q-and-A session in the House of Commons on the evening of May 22


Notley to skip premiers conference so she can focus on pipeline deal

With time running out before Kinder Morgan's May 31 deadline to get financial assurance for the Trans Mountain expansion, the Alberta premier is forgoing a conference to attempt to secure the construction of the pipeline


U.S. EPA's Pruitt: Dealing with water contaminant a 'national priority'

At a May 22 meeting with states, tribes, the chemical industry and environmental advocates, EPA head Scott Pruitt pledged to start work toward establishing a legal maximum limit for certain toxic contaminants in drinking water systems


NAFTA: Tug of war unfolding over concluding a quick deal

All three NAFTA countries insist they're prepared to keep talking, but it's unclear for how long
 
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Japan draft plan sets ambitious targets for nuclear energy

The government says that by 2030 nuclear energy should account for 20-22 per cent of Japan's power, an effort to reduce carbon emissions. But in a post-Fukushima world many reactors have been scrapped, calling into question the plan's feasibility » read more
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EU takes six member states to court over air quality

The European Commission on May 17 referred Britain, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Romania to the EU's highest Court of Justice » read more
 
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Major breakthrough: Carbon-free aluminum smelting to be commercialized in Quebec

Metals firms Alcoa Inc. and Rio Tinto Group are teaming up with tech giant Apple and the Quebec and federal governments to commercialize a process that eliminates harmful emissions from smelting by instead producing oxygen » read more

Police probe whether Autopilot feature was on in Tesla crash

A Tesla Model S crashed into a truck travelling 97 km per hour near Salt Lake City, Utah., May 11. Investigators are trying to determine whether the car's semi-autonomous Autopilot feature was engaged during the accident » read more