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  • BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & AnalysisRenewable Energy

    Pre-Budget Talk Centres on National Child Care Plan as Trudeau Mocks Conservatives’ Climate Policy

    April 11, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    April 11, 2021
    Fresh from a Liberal Party policy convention over the weekend, the Trudeau government is just days away from an April 19 budget that is ...
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  • CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesHydropowerJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryOff-GridRenewable EnergySub-National Governments

    Decolonize Climate Policy, Address Structural Inequalities, Indigenous Climate Action Urges Ottawa

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
    Canada needs to rethink its climate policies to stop excluding Indigenous people from decision-making, respect Indigenous rights to self-determination and free, prior and informed ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeothermalHydrogenJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySub-National Governments

    Supreme Court Carbon Ruling Could Trigger ‘Start-Up Explosion’ but Loopholes Undermine Federal Floor Price

    April 5, 2021
     
    April 5, 2021
    A U.S. technology newsletter is touting Canada’s newly-confirmed carbon tax as a likely catalyst for a “start-up explosion” in several branches of cleantech, even ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationHydrogenJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentSolarSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransitUnited StatesWind

    Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels

    April 5, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    April 5, 2021
    U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ...
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  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport

    Canada Set to Lose $11.9 Billion on Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
    Canada is in line to lose C$11.9 billion on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, as rising project costs collide with falling demand for oil, ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States

    Central Banks See Climate Impacts Driving Permanent Shifts in Monetary Policy

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
    An era of climate-driven extreme weather will force governments to keep interest rates low and usher in a new era of monetary policy, the ...
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  • CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States

    Minnesota Appeals Court Considers Declining Demand for Line 3 Pipeline

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews

    March 30, 2021
     
    March 30, 2021
    The Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments last week over Enbridge's Line 3 replacement project in northern Minnesota, which opponents are calling unnecessary due ...
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  • CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments

    Kenney Admits He Had No ‘Plan B’ as Provinces, Federal Conservatives Weigh Supreme Court Carbon Tax Ruling

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews with files from The Energy Mix

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
    Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government didn’t prepare a fallback plan on implementing a consumer carbon tax because they were hoping to win ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentSolarUnited States

    U.S. Aims to Cut Solar Costs 60% in a Decade

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
    The United States government is setting out to cut the cost of solar-generated electricity by 60% over the next decade, five years ahead of ...
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  • CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments

    ‘Love Letter to the Planet’: Supreme Court Upholds Federal Carbon Price Regime in 6-3 Decision

    March 25, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by The Energy Mix staff
    March 25, 2021
    The Supreme Court of Canada has brought an end to years of provincial legal challenges to a key cornerstone of federal climate policy, deciding ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOceansOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments

    GNL Québec Project Risks Far Outweigh Benefits, Government Review Panel Concludes

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews with files from The Energy Mix

    March 25, 2021
     
    March 25, 2021
    Quebec’s environmental review board says the risks associated with GNL Québec’s proposed Saguenay gas terminal project far outweigh its benefits.
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  • BioenergyCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsRenewable EnergySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States

    Invest in Bioeconomy to Tap $200-Billion-Per-Year Opportunity, Industry Advocate Urges Ottawa

    March 25, 2021
     
    March 25, 2021
    Canada is missing out on a C$200-billion-per-year opportunity to build an industrial bioeconomy using feedstocks from forestry, agriculture, and municipal solid waste, Passmore Group ...
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  • CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Denial & GreenwashingCoalElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States

    EXCLUSIVE: New Carbon Capture Tax Credit Would Drive Higher Emissions, Could Mislead Investors

    March 24, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    March 24, 2021
    A new federal incentive, modelled on a U.S. tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage, would be tailor-made to drive higher greenhouse gas ...
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  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarWind

    Shiny, New Innovations Won’t Move Fast Enough to Deliver Deep Carbon Reductions

    March 23, 2021
     
    March 23, 2021
    Even the most promising new emissions reduction innovation would only have a limited impact on the climate crisis if it were introduced today, given ...
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    Opinion: Freeland Must Pick a Lane with Next Month’s Federal Budget. And the Right Answer is Obvious.

    March 21, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @theenergymix
    March 21, 2021
    When she tables a much-anticipated federal budget later this year, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland mustn’t pass up the opportunity to revisit and rethink a ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIInternationalJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyWind

    New Global Wind Capacity Could Hit 1,000 GW through 2030

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    Two Subsidy-Free Solar Farms Open in UK

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictions

    Canadian Heavy Industry Has Big Advantages in Green Economy: Smith and Petrevan

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Danish Developer Plans 300-MW Solar Project in Texas

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    U.S. Utilities Raise Reuse of Power Plant Waste from 38 to 44% in a Decade

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • AfricaBuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    Ghana Faces Higher Cost Risk with Dependence on LNG

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsIce Loss & Sea Level RiseICYMIJurisdictionsOceansPetrochemicals & Plastics

    Microplastics Contribute to Snow Melt, Can Complicate Black Carbon Assessments

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Pennsylvania Government to Draw Nearly Half of Electricity from Solar by 2023

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeICYMIJurisdictions

    Irish Mechanic Develops Electric Conversion Kit for Iconic, Noisy Vespa

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable Energy

    Canada Pension Plan Unveils New Renewables Investment Unit

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable Energy

    Germany’s Just Transition Holds Lessons for Exiting Coal

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIRenewable EnergySolar

    Analysts Predict 180 GW of New Solar in 2021

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsSub-National Governments

    PEI Introduces New EV Incentives

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Nevada PUC Approves Transmission for 5 GW of Renewables

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsUnited States

    U.S. Utilities Veer Off Track on Decarbonization Goals

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
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