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How Trump’s trade war could impact US electricity prices — and state climate plans

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How Trump’s trade war could impact US electricity prices — and state climate plans

By Zoya Teirstein

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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump initiated a trade war with Canada and Mexico, America’s two largest trading partners. Following through on weeks of threats, he imposed 25 percent tariffs on imported goods from Mexico and Canada and a lower 10 percent tariff on imports of Canadian energy resources.

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There Is Optimism For Distributed Wind Energy In United States

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Recently the long term leader of the USA’s Distributed Wind Energy Association, Mike Bergey of Bergey Windpower and a long term acquaintance, reached out to ask me to keynote the annual conference in Washington. Putting together my material led me to consider the strategic drives and how they would be … [continued]

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Why was Southwestern Ontario left out of Ottawa’s high-speed rail plans?

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Talked about for decades, high-speed rail passenger service is suddenly back in play, but Southwestern Ontario is left out. Why? Some observers say the region, which includes London, one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, lacks the political clout to make that happen and has been voting the wrong way for federal and provincial […]