Carbon emissions
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Canada
Canada’s Conservative leader vows to kill carbon tax, fuel standards
Andrew Sheer takes aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s environmental policies ahead of the October elections.
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Green Trucking
First Volvo electric truck expected this year as part of a multi-partner effort in California
Volvo Trucks North America is leading a partnership to get heavy-duty electric trucks and the infrastructure they'll need underway in…
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Innovation
Indian e-commerce major Flipkart to replace 40 percent of its fleet with electric vehicles
Flipkart is phasing out its conventional vehicles and introducing electric last-mile vehicles, which is expected to lower its carbon emissions…
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Canada
Canadian government to impose carbon tax on defiant Alberta
Federal levy set to take effect January 1 in response to province scrapping its own pricing system.
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Europe
UK government’s £2 million fund focuses on increasing electric cargo bikes on streets
The funding is expected to increase the use of electric cargo bikes to fulfil last-mile deliveries, which will help reduce…
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Canada
Carbon tax hits diesel prices in four Canadian provinces
Surcharge to add thousands of dollars to annual cost for long-haul truckers. But will it help improve fuel efficiency?
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Economics
Amazon plans to cut carbon emissions from package delivery
A new initiative aims to make half of the company’s shipments net zero (emissions) by 2030.
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Canada
Zomato looks to put 40 percent of its last-mile workforce on bikes
Food delivery startup Zomato is mobilising its last-mile workforce to move towards mechanical and electric bikes for delivery – a…
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News
Should Maryland look to Western Europe to battle its air pollution?
Maryland is battling a Code Orange air quality alert this week, aggravated due to a weather phenomenon called inversion. Nonetheless,…
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News
New crop of Democrats ready to toughen environmental rules
Political analysts say that the presidential campaign of Washington State Governor Jay Inslee will focus on climate policy in the…
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