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Trudeau Admits Trans Mountain is a Fossil Subsidy as Report Urges Clean Energy Shift

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Permafrost Melt Closes In on Critical Climate Tipping Point
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‘Other Industrial Behemoths Will Follow’ as Japanese Developer Signals Exit from Coal

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ING Directs €500-Billion Lending Portfolio Toward Paris Targets with ‘Science-Based Approach’

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Backbenchers Work Across Party Lines to Craft ‘Credible’ Climate Policy for New Zealand
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Ottawa Weighs Hiring Retired Judge to Guide Trans Mountain Consultations While Kinder Morgan Plots Canadian Asset Sale

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Poor and Rural North Carolinians Are Hardest Hit as Aerial Photos Show ‘Overwhelming’ Devastation

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U.S. Science Teachers Stand Up for Climate Science
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‘Other Industrial Behemoths Will Follow’ as Japanese Developer Signals Exit from Coal

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

September 20, 2018

Primary Author Simon Nicholas @simonjnicholas

September 20, 2018

The decision this week by Tokyo-based industrial conglomerate Marubeni to step away from any future role in developing coal-fired power plants is a signature moment that almost certainly signals that ...

Backbenchers Work Across Party Lines to Craft ‘Credible’ Climate Policy for New Zealand

Full Story: Australian Broadcasting Corporation @ABCaustralia

September 20, 2018
Primary Author Stuart Evans
September 20, 2018
Cogeneration Would Save 3.97 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050

Full Story: Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown

September 19, 2018
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September 19, 2018
Brown Renews Pledge to ‘Launch Our Own Damn Satellite’ as Summit Urges Faster Climate Action

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
September 16, 2018
Typhoon Mangkhut Kills 64 in Philippines Before Hitting Southern China, Hong Kong

Full Story: New York Times @nytimes

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Hannah Beech @hkbeech and Richard C. Paddock
September 16, 2018

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3.0°C Jump in Great Lakes Temperatures Has ‘Optimistic’ Scientists Worried

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

September 13, 2018

Primary Author Conrad Collaco @ConradCollaco

September 13, 2018

A 3.0°C temperature increase in the Great Lakes is capturing the attention of researchers and drawing parallels with the summer heat wave that has been generating headlines across the Northern ...

London, New York Mayors Urge Cities Worldwide to Dump Their Fossil Investments

Full Story: The Guardian @guardian

September 11, 2018
Primary Author Bill de Blasio @NYCMayor and Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan
September 11, 2018
Green Roofs Can Help Urban Poor Survive Heat Waves

Full Story: Energy Central @EnergyCentral

September 11, 2018
Primary Author Ashish Sharma
September 11, 2018
New Wind and Solar Installations Could Green the Sahara

Full Story: British Broadcasting Corporation @BBC

September 9, 2018
Primary Author Matt McGrath @MattMcGrathBBC
September 9, 2018
Sweltering Summer Leaves 72% of Britons Concerned About Climate

Full Story: The Independent @independent

September 9, 2018
Primary Author Harry Cockburn @Harry Cockburn
September 9, 2018

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Major Mental Health Crisis Hits Puerto Rico as Year-Long Hurricane Recovery Lags

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

September 19, 2018

Primary Author Jennifer Barr

September 19, 2018

A year after Hurricane Maria killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed much of the infrastructure on the island of Puerto Rico, the country is facing a major mental health crisis, ...

Brown Renews Pledge to ‘Launch Our Own Damn Satellite’ as Summit Urges Faster Climate Action

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
September 16, 2018
‘It’s All About the Water’ as ‘Slow-Moving Natural Disaster’ Turns Carolinas Into an Archipelago

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
September 16, 2018
Algae Blooms Speed Up Ice Loss Across Polar, High Mountain Regions (and Meltwater Speeds Up Algae Blooms)

Full Story: National Geographic @NatGeo

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Marcello Rossi @marcellorossi87
September 16, 2018
$2.3-Billion Production Facility in Quebec to Deliver Durable, All-Glass Solar Panels

Full Story: Renewables Now @SeeNewsRenew

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Veselina Petrova @Petrova_REN
September 16, 2018

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Analysis: Shell’s Big Climate Announcement Promises Only Small Investment Boost, Conditional Carbon Reductions

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Analysis: Nuts-and-Bolts Details Will Determine Paris Agreement’s Success

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COMMENT: Canada Must Balance the Climate Finance Books Between Adaptation and Mitigation

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Fossil Fuel Use Turns India’s Capital Into a ‘Gas Chamber’

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Canada Coal Energy Subsidies Finance & Investment Jobs Oil & Gas Shale & Fracking Tar Sands/Oil Sands

Trudeau Admits Trans Mountain is a Fossil Subsidy as Report Urges Clean Energy Shift

Full Story: National Observer @NatObserver

September 20, 2018

Primary Author Mia Rabson/The Canadian Press @mrabson

September 20, 2018

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as much as admitted this week that the federal bailout of Kinder Morgan’s troubled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion amounts to a C$4.5-billion subsidy to the ...

Ottawa Weighs Hiring Retired Judge to Guide Trans Mountain Consultations While Kinder Morgan Plots Canadian Asset Sale

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

September 19, 2018
Primary Author Mia Rabson/The Canadian Press @mrabson
September 19, 2018
CARE Canada: Fighting Plastics Pollution No Substitute for G7 Action on Climate Impacts

Full Story: CARE Canada @carecanada

September 19, 2018
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September 19, 2018
B.C. Fire Tornado Grabs Firefighters’ Hose, Pulls It 100 Feet in the Air

Full Story: Wildfire Today @wildfiretoday

September 19, 2018
Primary Author Bill Gabbert @billgabbert
September 19, 2018
42 Order of Canada Recipients Exhort Trudeau to Scrap Trans Mountain

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Karin Larsen @CBCLarsen
September 16, 2018

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Oil & Gas

Canada Coal Energy Subsidies Finance & Investment Jobs Oil & Gas Shale & Fracking Tar Sands/Oil Sands

Trudeau Admits Trans Mountain is a Fossil Subsidy as Report Urges Clean Energy Shift

Full Story: National Observer @NatObserver

September 20, 2018

Primary Author Mia Rabson/The Canadian Press @mrabson

September 20, 2018

U.S. Science Teachers Stand Up for Climate Science

Full Story: InsideClimate News @insideclimate

September 19, 2018
Primary Author Phil McKenna @mckennapr
September 19, 2018
Brown Renews Pledge to ‘Launch Our Own Damn Satellite’ as Summit Urges Faster Climate Action

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
September 16, 2018
42 Order of Canada Recipients Exhort Trudeau to Scrap Trans Mountain

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Karin Larsen @CBCLarsen
September 16, 2018
McGill Senate Votes to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment

Full Story: The Bull & Bear @BullandBearMUS

September 16, 2018
Primary Author Ryan London
September 16, 2018

Renewable Energy

Solar

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$2.3-Billion Production Facility in Quebec to Deliver Durable, All-Glass Solar Panels

Full Story: Renewables Now @SeeNewsRenew

September 16, 2018

Primary Author Veselina Petrova @Petrova_REN

September 16, 2018

Solargise Canada is negotiating a land purchase in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, about 65 kilometres (40 miles) southwest of Montreal, for the first phase of a C$2.3-billion project to build a new generation ...

Flurry of Low-Carbon Announcements Marks First Day of Global Climate Action Summit

Full Story: Climate Nexus @ClimateNexus

September 13, 2018
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September 13, 2018
New Renewables Undercut Existing Fossil Prices in U.S. Grid Transition

Full Story: Greentech Media @greentechmedia

September 13, 2018
Primary Author Juan Monge
September 13, 2018
Subsidy-Free Solar Sweeps Europe as Countries Reap Reward for Earlier Supports

Full Story: Bloomberg @business

September 13, 2018
Primary Author Anna Hirtenstein @ahirtens
September 13, 2018
Grid Flexibility Would Enable 80% Renewable Power Generation by 2050

Full Story: Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown

September 13, 2018
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