Dubbed the UCS Vanguard, the minivan features off-the-shelf engine, transmission and fueling systems and other technologies that would save consumers money, maintain vehicle safety and performance, and cut greenhouse-gas emissions more than 40 percent.
All technologies in the Vanguard are in vehicles on the road today, but automakers have yet to combine them all in one single package. Automakers are currently fighting these standards in court.
The world’s largest outdoor advertising company warned city councillors of “far-reaching consequences” hours before the landmark vote.
For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities” to buyers’ books.
For some separatists, ignoring Indigenous rights is not only a side effect of an independent Alberta, but an explicit goal.
Democratic innovation as a pathway for revitalising global climate action.
