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Replacing the current fleet of cars with clean, quiet electric cars will result in pollution-free, “green” commutes to downtown offices and suburban shopping malls…right? A new report from the Dog & Lemon Guide says otherwise.

Electric car enthusiasts need to accept, first and foremost, that the electricity used to power these cars often comes from carbon-emitting sources—like coal and natural gas. There is no such thing as a carbon-free vehicle. Instead, what electric vehicles do is move carbon emissions from nearby roads to distant electricity plants.

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Ontario may soon find itself part of the brewing protectionist battle over renewable energy subsidies. Though the protectionist debate is currently grabbing headlines in the US, as Congress decides on whether "Buy American" rules should be imposed on renewable-energy investments backed by the US government, it will likely soon trickle North of the Border as a result of the province’s Green Energy Act.
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Climate change policies by the British government are placing significant costs on British energy consumers. According to a report from researchers Ruth Lea and Jeremy Nicholson at the independent think tank Civitas, these costs are expected to drastically increase and will eventually erode the country’s shrinking industrial sector.
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