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Exotic Carbon Capture Techniques Prop Up Fossil Interests, Aren’t Needed to Hit 1.5°C, New Study Asserts

Full Story: Center for International Environmental Law @ciel_tweets and Heinrich Böell Foundation @boell_stiftung

February 19, 2019

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February 19, 2019

The urgency and scope of the climate crisis are being needlessly exploited to drive fringe ideas like carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) from the margins to ...

Métis Receive 50% Stake as Alberta Announces Three New Subsidy-Free Solar Farms

Full Story: Calgary Herald @calgaryherald and PV Tech @pv_tech

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Amanda Stephenson @AmandaMsteph and Conor Ryan
February 19, 2019
IESO Transmission Request Would Boost Ontario Hydro Imports from Quebec

Full Story: Independent Electricity System Operator @IESO_Tweets

February 19, 2019
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February 19, 2019
Analysts See Oil Industry’s Twilight, But Not Soon Enough to Hit Climate Targets

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

February 15, 2019
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
February 15, 2019
Baltimore Utility Cuts Peak Demand by 300 MW, Puts Money in Ratepayers’ Pockets

Full Story: Energy Central @EnergyCentral

February 15, 2019
Primary Author Advanced Energy Economy @AEEnet
February 15, 2019

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Arctic & Antarctica Heat & Temperature Methane

Earlier Arctic Rains Speed Permafrost Loss, Boost Methane Emissions

Full Story: Climate News Network @ClimateNewsDay

February 19, 2019

Primary Author Tim Radford

February 19, 2019

A study of a single wetland in Alaska suggests that earlier spring rains in the Arctic are speeding up permafrost melt that will in turn lead to the release of ...

Study Projects Warming Trends, Rain and Drought for 540 North American Cities in 2080

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

February 15, 2019
Primary Author Nicole Mortillaro @NebulousNikki
February 15, 2019
Arctic Summers Reach Hottest in 115,000 Years

Full Story: The Independent @Independent

February 12, 2019
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February 12, 2019
Average Warming Could Temporarily Exceed 1.5°C in Next Five Years

Full Story: The Associated Press @AP and The Guardian @guardian

February 8, 2019
Primary Author Seth Borenstein @borenbears and Jonathan Watts @jonathanwatts
February 8, 2019
Record Flood Hits Queensland, Australia While Tasmania Burns

Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

February 6, 2019
Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
February 6, 2019

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Exotic Carbon Capture Techniques Prop Up Fossil Interests, Aren’t Needed to Hit 1.5°C, New Study Asserts

Full Story: Center for International Environmental Law @ciel_tweets and Heinrich Böell Foundation @boell_stiftung

February 19, 2019

Primary Author

February 19, 2019

The urgency and scope of the climate crisis are being needlessly exploited to drive fringe ideas like carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) from the margins to ...

Optimism, Opportunism, and Climate Denial Combine as Florida Keeps Building Condos

Full Story: The Guardian @guardian

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Megan Mayhew Bergman @mayhewbergman
February 19, 2019
California Sets Sights on Up to 100,000 New Net-Zero Homes Per Year

Full Story: CNBC @CNBC

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Noah Higgins-Dunn @higginsdunn
February 19, 2019
Austin Energy Tests EV Batteries for Grid Services

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February 18, 2019
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February 18, 2019
Milwaukee Invests in Solar, Slams Utility for Stifling Market

Full Story: Energy and Policy Institute @EnergyandPolicy

February 18, 2019
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February 18, 2019

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Treat Floods, Fires as Migration Crises, Globe and Mail Columnist Urges

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

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Coastal GasLink Suspends Work After Unist’ot’en Recover Ancient Artifacts at Man Camp Site

Full Story: Unist’ot’en Camp @UnistotenCamp and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

February 19, 2019

Primary Author Maryse Zeidler/CBC @MaryseZeidler

February 19, 2019

Construction of the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline was suspended late last week after members of the Unist'ot'en Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation found two Indigenous artifacts on the site where ...

Study Reveals Unreliable, Inconsistent Assessments of Tar Sands/Oil Sands Impacts

Full Story: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Bob Weber/The Canadian Press @row1960
February 19, 2019
Métis Receive 50% Stake as Alberta Announces Three New Subsidy-Free Solar Farms

Full Story: Calgary Herald @calgaryherald and PV Tech @pv_tech

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Amanda Stephenson @AmandaMsteph and Conor Ryan
February 19, 2019
IESO Transmission Request Would Boost Ontario Hydro Imports from Quebec

Full Story: Independent Electricity System Operator @IESO_Tweets

February 19, 2019
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February 19, 2019
Poll Shows Little Public Awareness, Balanced Perspective on Federal Impact Assessment Act

Full Story: Abacus Data @abacusdataca

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Bruce Anderson @bruceanderson and David Coletto @Colettod
February 19, 2019

Non-Renewable Energy

Oil & Gas

Exotic Carbon Capture Techniques Prop Up Fossil Interests, Aren’t Needed to Hit 1.5°C, New Study Asserts

Full Story: Center for International Environmental Law @ciel_tweets and Heinrich Böell Foundation @boell_stiftung

February 19, 2019

Primary Author

February 19, 2019

The urgency and scope of the climate crisis are being needlessly exploited to drive fringe ideas like carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) from the margins to ...

Poll Shows Little Public Awareness, Balanced Perspective on Federal Impact Assessment Act

Full Story: Abacus Data @abacusdataca

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Bruce Anderson @bruceanderson and David Coletto @Colettod
February 19, 2019
Canada Drags on Promise to Phase Out Fossil Subsidies

Full Story: National Observer @NatObserver

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Carl Meyer @ottawacarl
February 19, 2019
Ottawa Pays Out $600M for Suncor’s Mideast Adventures

Full Story: The Globe and Mail @globeandmail

February 18, 2019
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February 18, 2019
Montana Judge Mostly Keeps Keystone XL Injunction in Place

Full Story: The Associated Press @AP

February 18, 2019
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February 18, 2019

Renewable Energy

Solar

Canada Electricity Grid Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics Finance & Investment First Peoples Jobs Post-Carbon Transition Solar Sub-National Governments

Métis Receive 50% Stake as Alberta Announces Three New Subsidy-Free Solar Farms

Full Story: Calgary Herald @calgaryherald and PV Tech @pv_tech

February 19, 2019

Primary Author Amanda Stephenson @AmandaMsteph and Conor Ryan

February 19, 2019

Alberta will double its solar capacity and save C$3.9 million per year after commissioning 94 megawatts of new generation under a 20-year contract with Canadian Solar Solutions and Conklin Metis ...

California Sets Sights on Up to 100,000 New Net-Zero Homes Per Year

Full Story: CNBC @CNBC

February 19, 2019
Primary Author Noah Higgins-Dunn @higginsdunn
February 19, 2019
Saskatchewan Announces 23 Solar, 15 ‘Carbon-Neutral’ Fossil Projects

Full Story: CKRM Radio @620ckrm

February 18, 2019
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February 18, 2019
Texas Sees 80% of New Power Coming from Wind, Solar in 2019

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

February 18, 2019
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February 18, 2019
Milwaukee Invests in Solar, Slams Utility for Stifling Market

Full Story: Energy and Policy Institute @EnergyandPolicy

February 18, 2019
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February 18, 2019

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