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Environment Minister Benoit Charette denies political pressure over agricultural land development
In response to the alert launched by scientists, the Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, ensures that the development of agricultural lands in Quebec will not be done without taking…
Northvolt: no problem of social acceptability, according to Minister Benoit Charette
There is no problem of social acceptability concerning the Northvolt battery factory project, according to the Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette. In parliamentary committee Wednesday morning, all opposition deputies…
GHG reduction | The 2024 update will be less ambitious, warns Benoit Charette
(Quebec) The CAQ government wants to lower expectations regarding its next plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Posted at 6:07 p.m. Patrice Bergeron The Canadian Press The next update…
Northvolt: no problem of social acceptability, according to Minister Benoit Charette
There is no problem of social acceptability concerning the Northvolt battery factory project, according to the Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette. In parliamentary committee Wednesday morning, all opposition deputies…
Northvolt giga-battery factory project | Minister Fitzgibbon contradicts Minister Charette
Désolé, votre navigateur ne supporte pas les videos Le projet de giga-usine de batteries de Northvolt ne réduira pas les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) du Québec,…
The Chalk River nuclear waste landfill project worries Environment Minister Benoit Charette
The Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, expressed to the federal government his “concerns” related to the proposed Chalk River nuclear waste landfill site, asking it in particular to…
The proposed nuclear waste landfill in Chalk River worries Minister Charette
The Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, expressed to the federal government his “concerns” related to the proposed nuclear waste burial site in Chalk River, asking it in particular…
Environment Minister Benoit Charette happy with the surplus in the Electrification and Climate Change Fund
The carbon market will not always generate as much revenue, said Wednesday the Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, to justify his government’s refusal to sell off the huge surpluses…
It is easy to buy an electric vehicle quickly and take advantage of the $7,000 subsidy, argues Minister of the Environment Benoît Charette
It would be possible to obtain an electric vehicle in Quebec in a few days and take advantage of the $7,000 subsidy before it disappears, according to Minister of the…
“The market” will determine Northvolt’s impact on GHG reduction, says Charette
The Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, admits to ignoring the repercussions of the Northvolt Six “gigafactory” project on the achievement of Quebec’s climate targets. “It’s the market that will…
Benoit Charette is “confident” of meeting Ottawa’s caribou deadlines
Faced with a new ultimatum of Ottawa to save the forest and mountain caribou, the Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, says he is “confident” of finally being able…
End of subsidies for electric vehicles | Prices will “probably” drop, says Charette
(Quebec) The price of electric vehicles will “probably” drop thanks to the gradual end of the subsidy program for the purchase of electric vehicles. Posted at 12:51 p.m. Updated at…
Charette accused of failing in his duties in the Northvolt case
By exempting the Northvolt Six project from audits by the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) in order to attract its promoter to Quebec, Minister Benoit Charette failed…
Charette cannot give a “precise timetable” on the caribou protection plan
Quebec Environment Minister Benoit Charette cannot say if his plan for protecting caribou habitat will be presented before the next forest fire season. But while in Gaspésie there are only…
Quebec is “lucky” to welcome Northvolt, says Benoit Charette
After asserting that imposing an environmental assessment process on Northvolt similar to other large industrial projects would have driven the company away, Quebec Environment Minister Benoit Charette argued Wednesday that…
Northvolt megafactory | The opposition and environmentalists outraged by the words of Benoit Charette
“Surreal”, “scandalous”, “unacceptable”; the opposition and environmental groups are taking aim at the Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, who argued in an interview with The Press that the Northvolt…
Northvolt megafactory | “We wouldn’t have had a project” with a BAPE, says Benoit Charette
Northvolt’s mega-factory project would have been derailed if it had had to undergo an assessment by the Bureau d’audiences publique sur l’environnement (BAPE), according to the Minister of the Environment,…
Northvolt factory project in Montérégie | No political interference, says Benoit Charette
The official who associated the authorization given to Northvolt to destroy wetlands with a “government order” was not familiar with the file, indicated the Minister of the Environment Benoit Charette.…
Benoit Charette affirms that “biodiversity of interest” is preserved with Northvolt
The Minister of the Environment Benoit Charette affirms that “places of biodiversity of interest” will be preserved as part of the work to destroy natural environments underway on the site…
The Horne foundry has targets to achieve, recalls Minister Charette
The issue of the Horne smelter, in Rouyn-Noranda, once again takes a political turn after Radio-Canada revealed that the Glencore board of directors was to meet soon to decide on…