Climate Action/”Blockadia”
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CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"General RenewablesJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
Communities in B.C.’s West Kootenays Sign on to New 100% Renewables Playbook
Building non-partisan community support for climate action that will endure through municipal election cycles is an absolute imperative to solving the climate crisis. That ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable Energy
Lots of Hype, Little Help in Corporate Embrace of Carbon Capture
As some of the world’s heaviest corporate emitters double down on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as their go-to path to net-zero, activists and experts ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingDemographicsEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Teachers, Youth Fight Fossil Influence in U.S. Schools
The heavy influence of Big Oil in U.S. teaching materials and a lack of support for educating students about climate change has left many ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Line 3 Pipeline Runs $1.1 Billion Over Budget as Eleventh-Hour Opposition Mounts
Construction of the U.S. portion of the Line 3 pipeline will cost $1.1 billion more than expected due to regulatory and court delays in ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
Bar Association Resolution Calls for ‘Climate-Conscious Lawyering’
The Canadian Bar Association is expected to vote on a climate leadership resolution at its annual meeting later today. In this guest post, an ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
Pickering-Area Citizens Launch Blockade, ‘Shoe Strike’ to Protect Sensitive Local Wetland
Community groups and angry citizens from Pickering, Ontario are going up against what one news report calls “a billionaire and a business-friendly government” to ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaSub-National Governments
Citizen ‘Climate Brigades’ in Ecuador Build Resilience, Cohesion
The citizen brigades of Guayaquil, Ecuador, were established to help the city’s poor find safety during extreme weather events. But the results have gone ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Valentine’s Day Campaign, New Research Highlight B.C. Subsidies to Top Fracking Companies
“Roses are red/Money is green/Thanks for the cheque/Glad we’re on the same team.” That’s the tone of a series of valentines released late last week ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingDemographicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Ex-Exxon Engineer Personifies ‘Generational Schism’ Facing Millennial Oil and Gas Workers
As pressure on climate-unfriendly Big Fossil builds, so does the sense of disillusionment among the industry’s younger employees, for whom climate change is a ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Lookback: Ocasio-Cortez’ 2019 Video Delivers ‘a Message from the Future’
In a video first published in 2019, shortly after she first entered the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) situates herself in ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingDemographicsEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
French Court Orders More State Action on Climate Change
In what campaigners are calling a landmark ruling, a French court has judged the country to be failing in its commitments to fight the ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
‘Intense Public Protest’ Prompts Alberta to Restore Some Coal Industry Regulation
The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail Transport
‘Tears of Joy’ as Court Orders Compensation for Shell Pipeline Spills in Nigeria
A European campaign organization responded with “tears of joy”, and a reporter predicted a wave of new litigation after an appeals court in The ... -
ChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingUnited States
212,000 Kilometres of New Pipelines World-Wide Would Enable 170 Billion Tonnes of Emissions, Analysts Warn
A 212,000-kilometre network of oil and gas pipelines now in construction or under development around the world could set investors up for US$1 trillion ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Alberta Fossil Defence Tactics Ripped Right from Fossil Petro-State Playbook, Analysis Shows
Alberta’s government may brandish democracy when it promotes its oil to the world, but its transparent efforts to silence voices of opposition to fossil ...
