This story originally appeared on Slate and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. US environmental law is a relatively young discipline. The Environmental Protection Agency is a little more than 50 years old, and the Clean Air and Clean Water acts—legislation we today see as bedrocks of public health and environmental safeguards—were passed in … Read more
Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for parts of Vancouver Island and inland sections of coastal British Columbia as the province braces for a heat wave. The weather agency says a high-pressure ridge building over the West Coast will bring “very high temperatures” starting Friday and stretching into next week. The first series of warnings … Read more
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EV fires, while severe, aren’t as common as some naysayers predicted when electric power first started gaining popularity. So when a pattern in EV fires starts to emerge — say, when Rivian vans keep catching fire at Amazon distribution centers — one starts to wonder why. Rivian Recalls Nearly Every Car It Has Built Video … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 4, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Almost 6 Million GM Cars Released Excess … Read more
The European Union on Thursday confirmed its decision to hike tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China — with one automaker issuing fresh warnings that it may have to raise prices as a result. The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, announced plans for such levies in June after concluding in an … Read more
A sign for the U.S. fast food restaurant chain McDonald’s is seen. Yves Herman | Reuters Australia is facing an egg supply crunch thanks to bird flu outbreaks — and it’s led McDonald’s to trim breakfast hours by 90 minutes, the company announced. Australia has been battling outbreaks of the Avian influenza virus in the … Read more
Coal-fired power plants in Mariveles, Bataan, the Philippines, on June 6, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Philippines’ dependency on coal-fired power surged 62% last year, overtaking China, Indonesia and Poland, according to London-based energy think-tank Ember. The Philippines was also the most coal-dependent country in Southeast Asia in 2023, as adoption of … Read more
Image: KLM It was apparently quite common for Europeans to get imported squirrels from China and North America as pets way back in April of 1999. The squirrel trade was booming. A big shipment of squirrels transported by KLM Royal Dutch airlines from China was halted at Schiphol airport en route to an alleged Greek … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 2, 2024 4:52 pm Updated July 2, 2024 4:53 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Northvolt says it will continue construction of a $7-billion factory on Montreal’s South Shore “as planned” — hours after its CEO said the Swedish battery manufacturer would … Read more
A view of the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, on April 16, 2024. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images Google‘s emissions surged nearly 50% since 2019, the company said Tuesday in its 2024 environmental report, marking a notable setback in its goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030. Google’s emissions also increased 13% … Read more
