A proposal to tax ship emissions has been postponed after President Trump said the U.S. wouldn’t abide by any international agreement.
Governments are meeting this week on global fees for cargo ship emissions.
“Flight shaming” campaigns failed to recognize that airlines only account for 2 percent of global carbon emissions.
Diesel prices fall in the western Canadian province as a leader makes good on a campaign pledge. But the Trudeau government plans impose a federal surcharge soon.
Firms whose trucks operate in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan or New Brunswick face penalties if they fail to register with Canada’s federal tax agency.
Auto sales are declining, but the National Automobile Dealers Association still expects strong sales for 2019, plus the one area where Amazon is losing and opposition to Canada’s carbon tax grows.
