Welcome to Net Zero, your daily industry brief on clean energy and Canadian-resource politics. The LeadOn Sunday, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin said he planned to vote against President Joe Biden’s $1.75-trillion Build Back Better package, which features a controversial electric-vehicle (EV) tax credit that has angered trade partners, including Canada. “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation,” Manchin said in an interview with Fox News, citing inflation as the reason. The credit has been at the top of several federal ministers’ and officials’ agendas, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s. Finally, Calgary’s Strathcona Resources has revealed it bought Cenovus Energy’s Tucker thermal oilsands project in northeast Alberta for $800 million.

Source: CBC News December 20, 2021 17:53 UTC