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Montana Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline

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50,000 March in Montreal to Demand Provincial Action on Climate
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Ontario Institutions, Businesses to Receive $420 Million in Federal Funding as Ottawa Bypasses Queen’s Park

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Hyperbole Replaces Facts in Fossil Lobby Attack on Federal Impact Assessment Bill [Sign-On]

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Top Alberta Fossils Stayed ‘Incredibly Profitable’ Despite Oil Price Crash
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Imperial Announces New Tar Sands/Oil Sands Project as CNRL Berates Competitors’ ‘Windfall Revenues’

Drive to 1.5 Drought, Famine & Wildfires Failure Is Not An Option Forests & Deforestation Health & Safety Sub-National Governments United States

California’s Worst-Ever Wildfire Kills 23, Claims 7,000 Structures
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‘Inflection Point’ Shows U.S. Solar, Wind Less Costly to Own and Operate Than Existing Coal Plants

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Energy Efficiency Delivers Half of U.S. Power Sector’s Carbon Reductions Since 2005
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World’s Biggest Petro-States Face ‘Sustained Pressure’ to Diversify Economies, Cut Fossil Subsidies
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Tar Sands/Oil Sands Look ‘Beyond Combustion’ for New Bitumen Products

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Bitcoin ‘Mining’ Uses Three to Four Times as Much Energy as Copper, Gold, Platinum
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District Heating Would Save 9.38 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

Climate & Society

Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics

Bitumen Bubble Canada Climate Policy/Meetings/Negotiations Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics Finance & Divestment Finance & Investment Jobs Sub-National Governments Tar Sands/Oil Sands

Top Alberta Fossils Stayed ‘Incredibly Profitable’ Despite Oil Price Crash

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

November 11, 2018

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November 11, 2018

Three of Canada’s top five tar sands/oil sands producers were “incredibly profitable” during the oil price crash and the continuing controversy over new export pipelines, according to a new report ...

Imperial Announces New Tar Sands/Oil Sands Project as CNRL Berates Competitors’ ‘Windfall Revenues’

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November 11, 2018
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November 11, 2018
‘Inflection Point’ Shows U.S. Solar, Wind Less Costly to Own and Operate Than Existing Coal Plants

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November 11, 2018
Primary Author Engineering News @EngNewsZA
November 11, 2018
Energy Efficiency Delivers Half of U.S. Power Sector’s Carbon Reductions Since 2005

Full Story: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy @ACEEEdc

November 11, 2018
Primary Author R. Neal Elliott @rnealelliott
November 11, 2018
World’s Biggest Petro-States Face ‘Sustained Pressure’ to Diversify Economies, Cut Fossil Subsidies

Full Story: Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief

November 11, 2018
Primary Author Jocelyn Timperley @jloistf
November 11, 2018

Climate Impacts & Adaptation

Heat & Temperature

Carbon Levels & Measurement Climate Policy/Meetings/Negotiations Drive to 1.5 Failure Is Not An Option Heat & Temperature International Agencies & Studies Oceans

‘Startling’ Warming Study Shows Oceans Absorbing 60% More Heat Than Scientists Thought

Full Story: Washington Post @washingtonpost

November 2, 2018

Primary Author Chris Mooney @chriscmooney and Brady Dennis @brady_dennis

November 2, 2018

Global warming is farther advanced than scientists believed, with the world’s oceans absorbing 60% more heat per year over the last quarter-century than previously research had shown, according to a ...

New Boreal Forest Mapping Foresees Increase in Heat, Insects, Wildfires

Full Story: Global News @globalnews

October 26, 2018
Primary Author Bob Weber/The Canadian Press @row1960
October 26, 2018
Doctors Ask Trudeau for Independent Health Assessment of Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

October 23, 2018
Primary Author Tim K. Takaro @ttakaro and Jennifer Miller
October 23, 2018
‘Clarion Call’ Study Points to ‘Hyper-Alarming’ Decline in Insect Populations

Full Story: Washington Post @washingtonpost

October 22, 2018
Primary Author Ben Guarino @bbguari
October 22, 2018
Climate Home News Compiles ‘37 Things to Know’ About IPCC’s 1.5°C Report

Full Story: Climate Home News @climatehome

October 9, 2018
Primary Author Megan Darby @climatemegan and Sara Stefanini @SaraStefanini
October 9, 2018

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District Heating Would Save 9.38 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

Full Story: Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown

November 11, 2018

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November 11, 2018

District heating ranks #27 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. By 2050, the technique could eliminate 9.38 gigatons of carbon dioxide at a net cost of US$457.1 billion, and produce ...

Solar and Wind Shift ‘from Mainstream to Preferred’ in New Deloitte Analysis

Full Story: Deloitte Insights @DeloitteInsight

November 5, 2018
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November 5, 2018
Walkable Cities Would Save 2.92 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

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November 5, 2018
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November 5, 2018
Fort McMurray Evacuation, Firefighting Largely Neglected Indigenous Communities

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

November 2, 2018
Primary Author David Thurton @CBCDavid
November 2, 2018
Regina Unanimously Adopts 2050 Deadline for 100% RE

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

November 2, 2018
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November 2, 2018

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Montana Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline

Full Story: InsideClimate News @insideclimate

November 11, 2018

Primary Author Phil McKenna @mckennapr

November 11, 2018

In what InsideClimate News is calling a “striking victory for environmental advocates” who’ve spent more than a decade fighting the project, a federal judge in Montana has ordered an immediate ...

50,000 March in Montreal to Demand Provincial Action on Climate

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @cbcnews

November 11, 2018
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November 11, 2018
Ontario Institutions, Businesses to Receive $420 Million in Federal Funding as Ottawa Bypasses Queen’s Park

Full Story: National Newswatch @natnewswatch

November 11, 2018
Primary Author The Canadian Press @CdnPress
November 11, 2018
Hyperbole Replaces Facts in Fossil Lobby Attack on Federal Impact Assessment Bill [Sign-On]

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

November 11, 2018
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
November 11, 2018
Top Alberta Fossils Stayed ‘Incredibly Profitable’ Despite Oil Price Crash

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

November 11, 2018
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November 11, 2018

Non-Renewable Energy

Oil & Gas

Biodiversity & Habitat Bitumen Bubble Canada Canada's Pipeline-Climate Policy Paradox Energy Politics First Peoples Health & Safety Legal & Regulatory Oil & Gas Pipelines/Rail Transport Sub-National Governments Tar Sands/Oil Sands Water

Hyperbole Replaces Facts in Fossil Lobby Attack on Federal Impact Assessment Bill [Sign-On]

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

November 11, 2018

Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer

November 11, 2018

With a new fossil lobby group, Suits and Boots, urging Conservative senators to slow down passage of the Trudeau government’s new Impact Assessment Act, Bill C-69, climate and energy advocates ...

Democrats on Offence, Climate Hawk Urges ‘Green New Deal’ After Midterm Election Result

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

November 8, 2018
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
November 8, 2018
Asleep at the Switch: Canada’s Pathway to 1.5°C Means Phasing Out Natural Gas

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

November 8, 2018
Primary Author Greg Allen
November 8, 2018
Groups Challenge B.C.’s $1 Billion Per Year in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Full Story: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment @CAPE_Doctors and Citizens’ Climate Lobby B.C. @citizensclimate

November 8, 2018
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November 8, 2018
Petrochemical Boom Could Undercut GHG Reductions, Turn U.S. Rust Belt into ‘Plastics Belt’

Full Story: EcoWatch @ecowatch

November 8, 2018
Primary Author Sharon Kelly/DeSmog Blog
November 8, 2018

Renewable Energy

Solar

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‘Inflection Point’ Shows U.S. Solar, Wind Less Costly to Own and Operate Than Existing Coal Plants

Full Story: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis @ieefa_institute

November 11, 2018

Primary Author Engineering News @EngNewsZA

November 11, 2018

Finance and investment consultants at Lazard are the latest to conclude that renewable energy has reached an “inflection point”, where building new solar and wind capacity is often less expensive ...

Democrats on Offence, Climate Hawk Urges ‘Green New Deal’ After Midterm Election Result

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

November 8, 2018
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
November 8, 2018
UK Renewables Capacity Exceeds Fossils for First Time Ever

Full Story: Reuters @Reuters

November 8, 2018
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November 8, 2018
Solar and Wind Shift ‘from Mainstream to Preferred’ in New Deloitte Analysis

Full Story: Deloitte Insights @DeloitteInsight

November 5, 2018
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November 5, 2018
Gas Plants Face Stranded Asset Risk in California Drive to 100% RE

Full Story: Climate Home News @ClimateHome

November 5, 2018
Primary Author Natalie Sauer @natalielsauer
November 5, 2018

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