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Alberta Loses 7,000 Fossil Jobs in Nine Months, En Route to 12,500 for 2019

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Ex-Fossil Workers Call for Fast Transition to Clean Energy Jobs
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Scheer Would Repeal Federal Carbon Tax as First Act in Government

October 17, 2019

Repealing the national floor price on carbon would the first order of business if a Conservative government formed after the October 21 federal election, party leader Andrew Scheer said yesterday.

Renewables Poised to Overtake Fossils Decades Faster Than Forecast

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019
Taiwan Plans Fast Solar Buildup While Cambodia Records Lowest-Ever Price for Southeast Asia

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019
‘Game-Changing’ Analysis: Unsubsidized Renewables, Efficiency Cost Less than New Alberta Gas Plants

October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019
Saskatchewan Issues Proposal Call for 300 MW of New Wind Capacity

October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019

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Demographers Urge Contraceptive Access, Lower Birth Rates to Counter Climate Threat

October 17, 2019

With 44% of the world’s annual pregnancies unwanted, the global population projected to hit 10.8 billion by 2100, and the need to curb greenhouse gas emissions growing ever more urgent, ...

Watt-Cloutier: Protecting the Arctic from Runaway Warming is ‘the Test of Our Time’

October 10, 2019

October 10, 2019
Explainer: Arctic Warming Affects Northern Communities, Reshapes Global Weather Patterns

October 6, 2019

October 6, 2019
Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC

September 29, 2019

Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
September 29, 2019
Temperate Forest Restoration Would Save 22.61 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

September 29, 2019

September 29, 2019

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‘Game-Changing’ Analysis: Unsubsidized Renewables, Efficiency Cost Less than New Alberta Gas Plants

October 15, 2019

Solar, wind, battery storage, energy efficiency, and demand flexibility can reliably replace coal in Alberta at less cost than new gas plants, according to “game-changing” new analysis released last week ...

Waste-to-Energy as a ‘Bridge’ Strategy Would Save 1.1 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019
Warren Releases Environmental Justice Platform

October 10, 2019

October 10, 2019
Watt-Cloutier: Protecting the Arctic from Runaway Warming is ‘the Test of Our Time’

October 10, 2019

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UK Needs Distance-Based Fees as EVs Drive Down Gas Tax Revenues

October 8, 2019

October 8, 2019

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Canada’s Climate Change Election: Will Extreme Weather Drive the Vote?

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‘Shut Up, Franzen!’: Climate Hawks Scorch U.S. Novelist’s Latest Fiction that Warming Crisis is Unstoppable

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Beer: After Spat Over Pro-Fossil T-Shirt, Are Climate Action Messages Now Welcome in Senate Gallery?

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Scheer Would Repeal Federal Carbon Tax as First Act in Government

October 17, 2019

Repealing the national floor price on carbon would the first order of business if a Conservative government formed after the October 21 federal election, party leader Andrew Scheer said yesterday.

Federal Regulator Second-Guesses Auditor After Fire Safety Review Finds Gaps at Trans Mountain Tank Farms

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019
Climate Remains a Top Issue, Minority Government a Near-Certainty as Election Day Looms

October 17, 2019

Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
October 17, 2019
Alberta Loses 7,000 Fossil Jobs in Nine Months, En Route to 12,500 for 2019

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019
Ex-Fossil Workers Call for Fast Transition to Clean Energy Jobs

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019

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Climate Remains a Top Issue, Minority Government a Near-Certainty as Election Day Looms

October 17, 2019

Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer

October 17, 2019

After six weeks of campaigning, months of preparations, and years of advance political positioning, Canada is just three days away from a national vote in which climate change and climate ...

Alberta Loses 7,000 Fossil Jobs in Nine Months, En Route to 12,500 for 2019

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019
Renewables Poised to Overtake Fossils Decades Faster Than Forecast

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019
New Lawsuit Accuses Exxon of Masking Tens of Billions in Climate-Related Costs

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019
‘Game-Changing’ Analysis: Unsubsidized Renewables, Efficiency Cost Less than New Alberta Gas Plants

October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019

Renewable Energy

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Renewables Poised to Overtake Fossils Decades Faster Than Forecast

October 17, 2019

The world’s renewable energy industries may be poised to overtake fossil fuels decades faster than forecast, as production prices plummet and renewables’ investment returns begin to dramatically outpace oil and ...

Taiwan Plans Fast Solar Buildup While Cambodia Records Lowest-Ever Price for Southeast Asia

October 17, 2019

October 17, 2019
‘Game-Changing’ Analysis: Unsubsidized Renewables, Efficiency Cost Less than New Alberta Gas Plants

October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019
U.S. Green Economy Produced 10 Times More Jobs Than Fossils in 2016

October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019
U.S. Renewables+Storage to Wipe Out Coal in 10 Years, Mega-Utility CEO Tells Analysts

October 10, 2019

October 10, 2019

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