New York Times Coral Davenport, March 3, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to begin rolling back stringent federal regulations on vehicle pollution that contributes to global warming, according to people familiar with the matter, essentially marking a U-turn to efforts to force the American auto industry to produce more electric cars. The announcement — which is expected…
Vancouver has a plan to be the greenest city in the world. How about it Victoria, do we have such a plan? Cities around the world must show continued leadership to meet the urgent challenge of climate change, and the most impactful change we can make is a shift toward 100% of our energy being derived from renewable sources. The…
Quebec Bill Would Require 3.5 Percent of New Cars be Zero Emission The Act to increase the number of zero-emission motor vehicles in Québec in order to reduce greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions was adopted on October 26, 2016. As a result, like 10 U.S. states, including California and several northeastern states, Québec has invested itself with the power to…
More climate action planned this fall, federal environment minister says Justin Trudeau introduced a divisive carbon tax plan earlier this month, but Catherine McKenna said further climate change measures will be introduced before Prime Minister meets with premiers in December. October 22, 2016 by Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press Catherine McKenna says more federal measures will be rolled out before…
Submitted by Marc Semail, VEVC Forum Monitor Published by Tyler Hamilton, Special to TVO.org, Jun 24, 2016 Electric vehicle showroom There is a tiny nugget buried in the Ontario climate plan released earlier this month, and while few noticed, it could significantly boost electric vehicle awareness and sales in Canada’s largest automotive market. According to the climate plan, “Ontario will work…
Canada, US, Mexico to focus on climate action at this week’s summit in Ottawa The United States, Mexico and Canada are set to announce that 50 per cent of North America’s electricity will come from clean power sources by 2025 at the Three Amigos summit in Ottawa this week. Currently 37 per cent of all of North America’s power comes from non emitting…
Last week, Ontario government announced its Five-Year Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) 2016-2020. In this CCAP, there are various Action areas such as : transportation, building and homes, land-use planning, industry and business, collaboration with indigenous communities, research and development, government and agriculture, forest & land. Ontario government to electrify its vehicle fleet Eric Carrière, June 13, 2016, Time to Electrify More details…
California will issue nearly $9 million in grants for the installation of electric-car DC fast-charging stations along the state’s highways. This will create a charging network to link up the country’s most populous state with the West Coast Electric Highway already developed by Oregon and Washington. CA issues $9 million in grants for electric-car fast charger installations Stephen Edelstein Green…
Why do they love electric cars at the Arctic Circle? Chris Gibson, BBC News Technology of Business reporter 10 June 2016 Why? Because Norway, it seems, is simply nuts about electric cars. Tromso, a Norwegian city known as the “Gateway to the Arctic”, receives no sunlight for two months of the year. Yet this remote, beautiful, snowy city is the…
BC funds electric fleet operators The Province is providing $600,000 under the Clean Energy Vehicle (CEV) Program to encourage and accelerate the use of electric vehicles in British Columbia’s public and private fleets and reduce greenhouse gases. British Columbia has the largest public charging infrastructure network in Canada, as well as the highest per capita adoption of electric vehicles. This…
