Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

The oil industry’s next threat could be in the grocery aisle.A worldwide movement to limit single-use plastics in food packaging poses a challenge for Canada’s fossil fuel sector, at the same time that large companies struggle with volatile prices, pipeline constraints and the global rise of electric vehicles.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada would join other countries and ban as early as 2021 a range of everyday plastics that are frequently discarded after a single use, including forks and knives, shopping bags and stir sticks.The move is part of wider efforts by the Liberal government to improve Canada’s dismal recycling rates and reduce pollution, just five months shy of a federal election in which the environment and climate change promise to be major issues.The proposed ban would align with European Union regulations on single-use plastics, and a global push that some analysts and energy companies say has major implications for global oil demand and industry revenues.The oil industry supplies chemical manufacturers with the building blocks needed to make resins that are used to create plastic products.

The fast-growing market for meat alternatives has a surprising new player: Tyson Foods.

The transition from animal meat to plant-based alternatives will unleash a new era of agricultural productivity and Canada is well-positioned to benefit, Beyond Meat founder Ethan Brown said last week.

Monster Beverage Corp., a leader in energy drinks, is considering an expansion into alcohol, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Several of Canada's leading environment groups say election demands from Canada's oil industry earlier this week are a direct attack on the future health and prosperity of Canadians.

Nova Scotia's private utility says it has hit a new milestone in its delivery of electricity from renewable resources.

Generation Z, the generation after millennials, is the first generation that has truly grown up in a purely technology-driven world.

Atlanta-based Coca-Cola thinks the public is finally ready for a mixture of coke and coffee, and plans to bring back a variation of its original 2006 Coca-Cola Blak product.