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Ontario to spend $7-billion in sweeping climate change plan

Kudos to Glen Murray for speaking up: In his speech to the Economic Club last Thursday, Mr. Murray called for an entrepreneur in Canada to play a transformative role in the auto industry and “kick Elon Musk’s ass,” referring to the CEO of Tesla. Ontario tries to allay auto sector fears over...

Exceptional article today in Globe and Mail, Canada: Driving through Vancouver 40 years later in an electric-powered Tesla Model S, I could see that this new machine would spell doom for the repair industry – the Tesla had no valves to adjust, no oil to replace, and no spark plugs to clean and...

After the anti-Tesla language was removed from the bill, GM spokesman Chris Meagher said in a statement that the company wasn’t done fighting. “We will continue to work on this issue in Indiana and nationally, and will continue to express our concern anywhere we find market participants are...

Amazing talk: Al Gore: The case for optimism on climate change | TED Talk | TED.com Reminds me a lot of Elon's talk: Elon live now-cop21 Retweet if if you like: Ktowntslafan on Twitter:

Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis

#Merchantsofdoubt at it again: Fossil fuel funded report denies the expert global warming consensus | John Abraham | Environment | The Guardian The Heartland Institute has received funding from ExxonMobil, the Koch Brothers, Donors Trust, the American Petroleum Institute, and other fossil fuel...

Excellent News: Ottawa seeks to set national minimum on carbon pricing - The Globe and Mail

IT'S ALMOST HERE!!: Model 3 reservations ($1000 down) will be accepted in Tesla stores on March 31 and online April 1 Ktowntslafan on Twitter:

An excellent piece: Psst, Trudeau: IMF Now Pegs Our Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $46 Billion - TheTyee.ca - Mobile Tweeted: Ktowntslafan on Twitter: Cheers! - - - Updated - - - And this just out as well in The Guardian: We’re drowning in cheap oil – yet still taxpayers prop up this toxic...

Warning: If you are a supporter of Tesla, electric cars and alternative-energy vehicles, this report will upset you. OPEC is predicting that 94% of cars on the road will still be powered by oil-based fuels in 2040. OPEC bashes prospects for electric cars - Dec. 23, 2015

There will be no petrol or diesel cars on sale in the UK by 2050http://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/there-will-be-no-petrol-or-diesel-cars-sale-uk-2050

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: Conférence d'Elon Musk

November 17th, 2015 Tesla’s Elon Musk Presses for Action on Climate Change at ‘Racing Extinction’ Screening - YouTube COP21 Starts Nov 30th, 2015. Please do your part...make some noise!: New york times-ev incentives Canada: Help tesla realize their vision - vote for federal ev...

Such a great idea-deserves it's own thread...advocacy action kit here: Advocacy Action Kit : Our Horizon Let's all join in! Like cigarette warning labels, but for fuel Some Canadian Gas-Station Nozzles Will Soon Have Climate-Change Warning Labels - The Atlantic Bravo and congratulations Rob!

I just came across this report, which makes Wynne's move seem pretty crafty: http://www.oliverwyman.com/content/dam/oliver-wyman/global/en/2015/jul/Tesla-Powerwall-A-wake-up-call-for-utilities-July-2015.pdf Thoughts? Am I missing something?

Let's discuss the inaccuracies in the article and I will send thread to Forbes/author. "Battery electric vehicles are a rare case of a product which is both substantially more expensive and with significantly worse performance than the technology it is supposed to replace. The only real gain...

Our thoughts and condolences are with the people of France tonight. Terribly sad. Devastating attacks in Paris, hostages taken ahead of COP21 climate talks | National Observer

Good Morning, Great timing on this article...18 days to COP21: G20 countries spend $450B a year on fossil fuel subsidies, study says - Politics - CBC News

Researchers discover hydrogen treatment brings better batteries | PCWorld Universal roles of hydrogen in electrochemical performance of graphene: high rate capacity and atomistic origins : Scientific Reports

On our current trajectory, I believe the answer is yes. Is Ontario destined to become a relic of the auto industry? | Corporate Knights

U.N. official - Yahoo News

"Gates has said he would pledge $2 billion to counter climate change, while encouraging other philanthropists to do the same. However, the billionaire rejected claims typically made by free market advocates that the only way to reduce climate change is leave it to private enterprise." Bill...

Tesla Lining Up Broadside Attack on Auto Industry Lobbying | CleanTechnica Why in the world are we all collectively subsidizing the Oil and Gas industry?: "The IMF estimates that governments are providing a $5.3 trillion US "subsidy" to the fossil fuel sector in 2015 by failing to account for...

Greenpeace attacks Volkswagen with Halloween-themed ad and social push | PR Week

GM connection mentioned in the article: https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/waterloo-researcher-leading-charge-next-generation-battery

Worth a discussion... Have Tesla and Apple disrupted the auto industry past the point of no return? - Quartz

Will Trudeau transform Canada into a green energy superpower? | National Observer

Electric-car batteries: LG Chem, Tesla tie-up could jolt Panasonic- Nikkei Asian Review

Plug'n Drive advocates for electrification of transportation as a key plank of Ontario's climate... -- TORONTO, ON, Oct. 26, 2015 - - - Updated - - - Thought: Could Plug'n Drive be persuaded to do similar event on Parliament Hill? We could invite Elon to meet with Justin and help out with...

Does anyone know Tesla's plans? Will Elon be there? Will he be speaking? Renault-Nissan Alliance to Provide World's Largest EV Fleet to International Conference at COP21 -- PARIS, October 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

"Chevrolet has announced it will be holding a supplier relations meeting with LG Chem, where the two will discuss a new relationship regarding the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV." Chevrolet And LG Chem To Hold Briefing Over Chevrolet Bolt Supplier Relations

Please share with every politician you know. Let's help accelerate the transition: “there have to be incentives,’’ Mr. Lunde said. “It has to be more expensive to pollute than to use environmentally friendly fuels.” Norway Is a Model for Encouraging Electric Car Sales Norway Is a...

VW really screwed up. 11 million vehicles spewing up to 40 times the allowable limit of pollutants into the air. This is air that we share: you, me our parents and our kids. VW intentionally deceived us in the name of profits and I believe it could easily happen again. We have 15 days to...

St-Hubert to offer electric charge at all its restaurants | Montreal Gazette