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Ontario will scrap cap-and-trade, challenge Ottawa’s carbon tax: Doug Ford

"I want to confirm that in Ontario the carbon tax's days are numbered," Ford said. His team estimated challenging the federal carbon tax in court would cost taxpayers $30 million over four years


B.C. judge approves Victoria's plastic bag bylaw going into effect in July

The bylaw prohibits grocery stores from offering or selling plastic bags to shoppers in the B.C. capital and calls on businesses to charge customers 15 cents for a paper bag and $1 for a reusable bag


Indigenous protesters in Washington state declare Trans Mountain won’t be built

First Nations protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are fierce and continuous


Trump threatens more tariffs against China

The U.S. president has directed his trade office to prepare new duties on US$200 billion in Chinese goods. This comes in addition to tariffs announced by both countries that will take effect July 6
 
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Musk company to build Chicago to O’Hare express transport [WATCH]

The Boring Company, Elon Musk's tunnel construction firm, will build an underground transportation system that will ferry people from Chicago's downtown to its biggest airport in approximately 12 minutes » read more
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You don’t need a thermometer or a rain gauge to notice climate change, and you don’t need to be a scientist to see it » read more
 
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After plastics charter, Ottawa looking at curbing own use to reduce garbage

At the G7 summit, Trudeau got four other countries, Britain, France, Italy and Germany, to join Canada and sign on to a plastics charter » read more

Tesla cuts 9 per cent of workforce in bid to post a profit

The layoffs of about 3,600 workers come in engineering, sales and other front-office functions. Tesla has not made an annual profit in its 15 years of doing business » read more