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Climate Deaths by 2030 Could Exceed UN Agency’s Estimate of 250,000 Per Year
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Vancouver City Council Declares Climate Emergency, Seeks Faster Push to Net Zero Emissions

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12,500 Students in Belgium Skip Classes, Demand National Climate Action

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Ottawa Unlikely to Unload Trans Mountain Before Federal Election, Despite Some First Nations’ Interest
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10 Arguments for Carbon Pricing: ‘Don’t Throw Any Tool Out of the Toolbox’

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Buck: Albertans Are Frustrated, but Pipeline Protesters Aren’t Singling Them Out
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UN Security Council Debate Will Link Climate Disasters, International Peace and Security

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City Housing, Transportation Policies Can Cut Carbon…Without Intending To
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UK Farmers’ Union Urges Net Zero Emissions but Pans Strong Environmental Standards
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Greenlanders Apprehensive, Resilient as Melting Accelerates

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10 Arguments for Carbon Pricing: ‘Don’t Throw Any Tool Out of the Toolbox’

Full Story: Special to The Energy Mix @theenergymix

January 20, 2019

Primary Author Lyn Adamson @LynAdamson1

January 20, 2019

After a multi-year fight for political acceptance, carbon pricing is suddenly under attack from all sides of the political spectrum. Lyn Adamson, co-chair of Toronto-based Climate Fast and member of ...

U.S. Shale Oil Producers Won’t Make Money at $50 Per Barrel

Full Story: Rigzone @Rigzone

January 15, 2019
Primary Author Andreas Exarheas @Andreas_Ex
January 15, 2019
Quebec’s Support for Failing Cement Plant Shows Risk for Notley in New Refinery Plan

Full Story: iPolitics @ipoliticsca

January 15, 2019
Primary Author Alan Freeman
January 15, 2019
Internal Combustion Growth is ‘Over’ in China, Spelling Trouble for Global Oil Markets

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

January 13, 2019
Primary Author André Mayer @andremayer
January 13, 2019
Solar+Storage in Hawaii to Offset 3.7 Million Gallons of Diesel as Costs Fall 42% in Three Years

Full Story: Greentech Media @greentechmedia

January 13, 2019
Primary Author Julian Spector @JulianSpector and Emma Foehringer Merchant @emmafmerchant
January 13, 2019

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Biodiversity & Habitat Drive to 1.5 Failure Is Not An Option Food Security Health & Safety Heat & Temperature Human Rights & Migration International Agencies & Studies Post-Carbon Transition

Climate Deaths by 2030 Could Exceed UN Agency’s Estimate of 250,000 Per Year

Full Story: Cable News Network @CNN

January 20, 2019

Primary Author Jen Christensen @jechristensen

January 20, 2019

The World Health Organization may have been too “conservative” with its prediction that climate change will kill 250,000 people per year between 2030 and 2050, according to a new analysis ...

Rising Heat Deaths Prompt Question: Can Phoenix Stay Habitable?

Full Story: U.S. Sierra Club @SierraClub

January 15, 2019
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January 15, 2019
National Newspaper Urges Japan to Tackle Ocean Warming

Full Story: The Mainichi @themainichi

January 15, 2019
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January 15, 2019
Oceans Warming Faster Than IPCC Estimate, China-U.S. Study Concludes

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews and Washington Post @washingtonpost

January 13, 2019
Primary Author Thomson Reuters @thomsonreuters and Angela Fritz @angelafritz
January 13, 2019
UK Resort Town Declares Climate Emergency, Seeks Funds for Net Zero Carbon Target

Full Story: The Scarborough News @TheScarboroNews

January 11, 2019
Primary Author Lachlan Leeming/Local Democracy Reporting Service @LeemingLachie
January 11, 2019

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Canada Carbon Levels & Measurement Cities Climate Action/"Blockadia"Drought, Famine & Wildfires Post-Carbon Transition Sub-National Governments

Vancouver City Council Declares Climate Emergency, Seeks Faster Push to Net Zero Emissions

Full Story: Global News British Columbia @GlobalBC

January 20, 2019

Primary Author Robyn Crawford/CKNW @rcrawford980

January 20, 2019

Vancouver City Council voted unanimously last Wednesday evening to declare a climate emergency and gave city staff 90 days to “come up with new ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...

City Housing, Transportation Policies Can Cut Carbon…Without Intending To

Full Story: Wired @WIRED

January 20, 2019
Primary Author Adam Rogers @jetjocko
January 20, 2019
California Town Launches ‘Goat Fund Me’ Page to Clear Brush, Reduce Wildfire Risk

Full Story: Grist @grist

January 15, 2019
Primary Author Claire Elise Thompson @clurelisa
January 15, 2019
Household Recycling Would Save 2.77 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

Full Story: Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown

January 15, 2019
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January 15, 2019
Federal Government Earmarks $25 Million for Geothermal, $10 Million for Deep Water Cooling

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews and National Observer @NatObserver

January 13, 2019
Primary Author Cory Coleman @cmcolemanSK and Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed
January 13, 2019

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Dubitsky: Lost Opportunities Show Cost of Canada’s Moribund Cleantech Manufacturing Strategy

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Opinion: Canadian Fossil Swings at C-69, Misses the Point on Crashing Global Markets

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OPINION: Canadian Fossils ‘Lose Patience’ with Trudeau as World Oil Prices Drag Them Down

Canada Drive to 1.5 Legal & Regulatory Methane Oil & Gas Opinion & Analysis Pathways to 1.5 Post-Carbon Transition Shale & Fracking Sub-National Governments

Asleep at the Switch: Canada’s Pathway to 1.5°C Means Phasing Out Natural Gas

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Canada Carbon Levels & Measurement Cities Climate Action/"Blockadia"Drought, Famine & Wildfires Post-Carbon Transition Sub-National Governments

Vancouver City Council Declares Climate Emergency, Seeks Faster Push to Net Zero Emissions

Full Story: Global News British Columbia @GlobalBC

January 20, 2019

Primary Author Robyn Crawford/CKNW @rcrawford980

January 20, 2019

Vancouver City Council voted unanimously last Wednesday evening to declare a climate emergency and gave city staff 90 days to “come up with new ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...

Ottawa Unlikely to Unload Trans Mountain Before Federal Election, Despite Some First Nations’ Interest

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

January 20, 2019
Primary Author Katharine Starr @katharine_starr
January 20, 2019
10 Arguments for Carbon Pricing: ‘Don’t Throw Any Tool Out of the Toolbox’

Full Story: Special to The Energy Mix @theenergymix

January 20, 2019
Primary Author Lyn Adamson @LynAdamson1
January 20, 2019
Buck: Albertans Are Frustrated, but Pipeline Protesters Aren’t Singling Them Out

Full Story: Calgary Herald @calgaryherald

January 20, 2019
Primary Author Joshua Buck
January 20, 2019
Mexico, Quebec Ink Power Import/Export Deal

Full Story: JWN Energy @JWNEnergy

January 20, 2019
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January 20, 2019

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Kinder Morgan Distributes Taxpayer Windfall to Shareholders

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

January 20, 2019

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January 20, 2019

Brazil Fossil CEO Predicts 400,000 Jobs, $258B in New Investment

Full Story: Rigzone @rigzone

January 20, 2019
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January 20, 2019
Canada, First Nations Push Back on Trump’s Arctic Refuge Drilling Plan

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

January 16, 2019
Primary Author The Canadian Press @CdnPress
January 16, 2019
Fishing Operators Point to Fossils’ Seismic Tests After Plankton Populations Fall 50% in Five Years

Full Story: iPolitics @ipoliticsca

January 16, 2019
Primary Author Holly Lake @_HollyLake
January 16, 2019
U.S. Shale Oil Producers Won’t Make Money at $50 Per Barrel

Full Story: Rigzone @Rigzone

January 15, 2019
Primary Author Andreas Exarheas @Andreas_Ex
January 15, 2019

Renewable Energy

Solar

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Wildfire Liabilities Drive California’s Biggest Power Utility Toward Bankruptcy

Full Story: Washington Post @washingtonpost

January 16, 2019

Primary Author Hamza Shaban @hshaban and Steven Mufson @StevenMufson

January 16, 2019

Tens of billions of dollars in liabilities from California’s devastating wildfires drove the state’s biggest power utility toward insolvency this week, as Pacific Gas & Electric announced it intended to ...

Rising U.S. Emissions Show Poor Climate Return on Coal-to-Gas Conversions

Full Story: E&E News @EENewsUpdates

January 15, 2019
Primary Author Benjamin Storrow @bstorrow
January 15, 2019
Internal Combustion Growth is ‘Over’ in China, Spelling Trouble for Global Oil Markets

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

January 13, 2019
Primary Author André Mayer @andremayer
January 13, 2019
Solar+Storage in Hawaii to Offset 3.7 Million Gallons of Diesel as Costs Fall 42% in Three Years

Full Story: Greentech Media @greentechmedia

January 13, 2019
Primary Author Julian Spector @JulianSpector and Emma Foehringer Merchant @emmafmerchant
January 13, 2019
Uxbridge Farmer Replaces Noisy, ‘Noxious’ Diesel Tractor with Electric Prototype

Full Story: Toronto Star @TorontoStar

January 13, 2019
Primary Author Marco Chown Oved @MarcoOved
January 13, 2019

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