After last month’s inaugural car face-off, May’s head-to-head contest pits the Chevrolet Bolt against the Honda Fit. Which is cheaper to own and operate over
Electric vehicles face two major obstacles: Their battery range is too short, and they cost too much. The first concern is easing as batteries gain
The most notable fact about Corporate Knights’ new Clean Cars rankings is that some form of electric power fuels almost all of the winning vehicles.
Electric vehicles (EVs) will consign gasoline-burning cars to the transportation scrapyard. That’s the firm consensus among industry experts. But agreement breaks down over when it
Canada’s cities must do more to prepare for the increased flooding expected as a result of climate change, says a new report, prepared in part
Prime Minister Stephen Harper travelled to Sept-Iles, Quebec, last fall to announce a key step toward opening yet another part of Canada to petroleum development.
Manure, sewage and food wastes could fuel buses and trucks and eventually help to power electric vehicles. At least that’s the promise of a fledgling
No matter where you are in Toronto’s new Bridgepoint Hospital you can observe a park or garden through large windows. Gardens cover the grounds and
Pushkar Kumar grew up in India, where, he says, plastic trash piled up everywhere. He understood the waste was actually a vast storehouse of energy
Talk to anyone involved with electric vehicles (EVs) and odds are they’ll mention “chicken and egg.” It’s a modern take on the “which comes first?”
Office-products giant Staples has 53 electric trucks in its fleet doing direct deliveries to customers. Its experience with these zero-emission vehicles closely mirrors the progress
Since the 1970s, sulphur-dioxide emissions from the Inco nickel smelter in Sudbury, Ont., have shrunk 90 per cent. That achievement cost $1 billion. Now, the
In China last spring, Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared: “We want to sell our energy to people who want to buy our energy. It’s that
The European Union has dragged the world’s airlines kicking and screaming into its carbon emissions trading system (ETS). Now, the carriers and their governments are
Car and tar sands emissions combined generate nearly one-fifth of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, and the oil sands’ contribution will nearly triple this decade if
