Northvolt’s $5.2 Billion Canadian Plant Is Stalled by Environment Group’s Challenge
- Centre Québécois, local citizens are seeking an injunction
- Builders have already started removing trees from the site
Protesters outside a hotel before a speech by a Northvolt executive in Montreal in November.
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Construction at Northvolt AB’s new electric vehicle battery plant in Canada remains halted while a judge considers a conservation group’s request to stop the project until a detailed environmental analysis can be done.
The Centre Québécois du Droit de L’Environnement and three residents who live near the site are challenging a Quebec cabinet minister’s decision to authorize building work without a complete environmental assessment.