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The Ontario government boasts about a “clean energy advantage” while dismantling it

Enviromental Defense

The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

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The Ontario government boasts about a “clean energy advantage” while dismantling it

Enviromental Defense

The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

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UK's quantum computing sector is flourishing after early investment

New Scientist

Investment that the UK government started in quantum technologies in 2013 seems to have paid off by enabling the existence of companies at the cutting edge of research

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First District Upholds Use of Government Code Section 65457 CEQA Exemption For Downtown Livermore Affordable Housing Project, Roundly Rejects Meritless Arguments of NIMBY Opposition

CEQA Developments

3), upheld the City of Livermore’s (“City”) approval of a 130-unit affordable housing project on a downtown infill site and its accompanying determination that the project was CEQA-exempt under Government Code section 65457 (“Section 65457”). ( Save Livermore Downtown v. City of Milpitas (2013) 217 Cal.App.4th 5th__ (“ SLD” ).)

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. In the U.S.

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Susannah Pierce: A Climate Villain Painting Big Oil Green

Enviromental Defense

Take action by telling the government to hold the oil and gas sector accountable for its pollution by urgently implementing a cap on emissions. a joint venture of Shell, Petronas, Mitsubishi, PetroChina and Kogas): 2013 – 2021 Shell Canada Ltd.: 2010 – 2013 Shell Oil Company Inc.: Is that you? million gas cars.

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How Canada Can Unlock the Power of Public Transit to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Enviromental Defense

Our latest report has modeled what is actually possible if federal and provincial governments take public transit seriously as a tool to fight climate change. There were fewer buses in service in peak periods across Canada in 2022 than there were in 2013, a year when transit systems served 2.7 million fewer people.