A Honolulu company is helping low-income families in Hawaii reduce energy costs while contributing to a more sustainable grid—by linking household water heaters to create a virtual power plant, effectively repurposing the ubiquitous appliances into grid batteries.
Canada's big-business newspaper considers squandering $31 billion (which doesn't include lots of large related expenses like policing services) as necessary, "given Canadian political realities." The big-talk-no-action BC NDP could have changed those realities. - Gene McGuckin
If found to have breached competition law, companies could theoretically face a fine of $9 billion.
The Pathways Alliance of oilsands companies has blanketed the country with a false advertising campaign designed to influence government and manipulate public support for the industry with the highest carbon emissions in Canada, according to a complaint filed with the Competition Bureau on Thursday.
BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon says exporting more liquefied natural gas from British Columbia will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
