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Wilkinson Interested in Carbon Border Adjustment as Analysts Scan Biden Trade Policies
The Trudeau government is expressing warmer interest in carbon border adjustments (CBAs) as a way to control industrial greenhouse gas emissions without putting Canadian ... -
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Op-ed: Alberta’s Managed Coal Power Plummet a Climate ‘Success Story’
Alberta’s turn away from coal has been a “climate action success story” thanks to key policies—many unpopular—set by former premier Rachel Notley, according to ... -
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New Carbon Regulations Give International Shipping a Free Pass Until 2030
International shipping companies are on track to get a free pass on their greenhouse gas emissions for the rest of this decade under what’s ... -
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Solar the ‘New King of Electricity’, Trans Mountain at Risk as IEA Analysis Sinks In
An acknowledgement that solar now delivers the “cheapest electricity in history” and a new source of uncertainty for Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are ... -
China’s Carbon Neutral Promise Includes All GHGs, Not Just Carbon Dioxide
China’s recent blockbuster commitment to hit carbon neutrality by 2060 applies to all greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide, a top climate scientist clarified ... -
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IEA’s ‘Gold Standard’ Energy Modelling Still Gives Short Shrift to 1.5°C Pathways, Trout Says
Kelly Trout is a senior research analyst with Oil Change International. In this feature interview, she talks about the International Energy Agency’s World Energy ... -
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P&G Shareholders Vote Overwhelmingly for Action on Deforestation, Climate Impacts
Boreal forest campaigners at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) were taking a victory lap this week, after Procter & Gamble shareholders voted overwhelmingly ... -
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BREAKING: ‘Baby Steps’ in Annual Analysis Make International Energy Agency a ‘Threat to Climate Safety’
The International Energy Agency is taking intense criticism this morning for a set of energy futures scenarios that factor in the impact of the ... -
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Emissions of Super-Pollutant Nitrous Oxide Rising on ‘Worst-Case’ Trajectory
Global emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) are rising on a frightening scale, putting them on track to single-handedly push global warming far beyond the ... -
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With World’s Cheapest Crude, Saudi Aramco Aims to Cash In on Global Fossil Decline
With the COVID-19 pandemic driving down global oil demand, prompting analysts and fossil execs to declare that the moment of peak oil production has ... -
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Leaked 2018 Strategy Proposed ‘Broader Than Oil’ Coalition to Undercut Ottawa’s Clean Fuel Standard
A top communications and government relations firm led by long-time Conservative Party strategist Jaime Watt developed a confidential plan to undercut support for the ... -
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European Parliament Adopts 60% Carbon Cut by 2030 as Fossils Fall Short of Paris Targets
European legislators adopted a legally-binding target this week to decrease greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2030, more ambitious than the net reduction of “at ... -
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‘Silver Bullet’ Hopes Shouldn’t Distract from Today’s Renewable Energy Solutions, Experts Say
Faced with a massive wave of hype for a new generation of “silver bullet” climate solutions, from green hydrogen to carbon capture to (relatively) ... -
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Exxon Projections Show Massive Emissions Increase as Quarterly Financial Losses Mount
ExxonMobil may be plotting to increase its already enormous annual greenhouse gas emissions by 17% over the next five years, as much as the ... -
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Climate Plan, Coalition Tensions Put Denmark’s 70% Emissions Cut at Risk
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has thrown her country’s 2030 emissions reduction target of 70% into doubt, and may have jeopardized her governing coalition, ...
