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Insurrection probe has evidence Trump committed crimes
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal court filing, and investigators for the first time said they have enough evidence to suggest then-President Donald Trump committed crimes.
Biden attempts to counter China's electric battery dominance
President Joe Biden highlighted his efforts to counter China’s dominance of the electric battery market on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, as he touted domestic efforts to mine and process lithium and rare metals necessary to create the technology that powers cars, electronics, wind turbines and more.
Biden pledges $1B to speed clean up of toxins in Great Lakes
Long-delayed cleanup of Great Lakes harbors and tributary rivers fouled with industrial toxins will accelerate dramatically with a $1 billion boost from President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, senior administration officials say.
US coastline could experience a century's worth of sea rise in just 30 years
America's coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days, a government report warns.
Canada has existing options if Line 5 shuts down, environmental report argues
A new report by a Canadian environmental group says alternatives to Line 5 already exist if the controversial cross-border pipeline gets shut down.
Persistent border blockades could inflame U.S. protectionist sentiment
Escalating blockades at the Canada-U.S. border are weakening one of the most fragile links in the vital North American supply chain — a link that has nothing to do with transport trucks, highways or bridges.
NDP calls on U.S. to account for American funding of Ottawa trucker protest
A significant amount of the more than $10 million in donations to the demonstration came from U.S. donors.
The place that coal built and fire killed
Extractive industry laid the infrastructure for the suburban sprawl that fuelled Colorado’s destructive Marshall Fire.
How renters are uniquely vulnerable to climate catastrophes
The U.S. housing market is tight — and 40 per cent of rental units are in the path of disaster.
With seagrass scarce, starving manatees are being fed lettuce
The unprecedented feeding program is a state and federal response to last year's record number of 1,101 documented manatee deaths.
Why the U.S. wants in on the electric vehicle battery business
In an effort to reduce dependency on hard-to-source cobalt and Chinese manufacturing, American makers are finally getting into the cathode business.
Enbridge and Michigan renew Line 5 hostilities in court
Attorney General Dana Nessel and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were dealt a setback last November when District Court Judge Janet Neff granted Enbridge's request that the case be removed to federal court, a decision that prompted Michigan to abandon that particular challenge.
Synagogues on guard after Texas hostage siege and Toronto police up patrols
The daylong siege at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, ended on Saturday night after U.S. federal agents stormed the temple.
Champagne to meet with industry over ongoing supply chain issues
The industry group is asking the government to accelerate spending on building up trade and transport infrastructure, and co-ordinate with the U.S and Mexico on building more continental capacity to ease reliance on overseas goods.