The major advance in fusion research announced in Washington on Tuesday was decades in coming, with scientists for the first time able to engineer a reaction that produced more power than was used to ignite it.
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain, the Energy Department said.
To ensure Canada finds its place in the global EV manufacturing supply chain, Canadian policymakers must focus on goals such as developing a knowledgeable labour force and teaming up with First Nations communities.
Canada needs to help build an improved continental power grid with our American neighbours to avert the worst impacts of climate change, writes public policy analyst Philip Duguay.