Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
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Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Financial Risk of Climate Change Has Economists, Ratings Agencies Worried
The potentially devastating economic and financial impact of unrestrained climate change has been coming into focus in several recent news stories, with global GDP ... -
ChinaCitiesElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSolar
Solar Price Beats Grid Electricity in Every City Across China
Subsidy-free solar is now less expensive than grid electricity in virtually every city across China, according to a paper published this week in the ... -
CoalElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyIndia
India Plans to Cut Coal Imports, Boost Domestic Production
India is planning to cut its coal imports by at least one-third over the next five years, while boosting domestic coal mining and renewable ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCanadaElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSolarTar Sands/Oil SandsWind
Tar Sands/Oil Sands Analysts Predict Implausible Growth as Renewables, EVs Crush Fossils on Price
A stunning new international analysis shows increasingly affordable wind and solar power and electric vehicles crushing oil on price and efficiency—even as Canadian fossil ... -
CanadaDemand & EfficiencyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsSub-National Governments
Alberta Efficiency Programs Cut GHGs by 5.7 Megatonnes, Save $692 Million Over Two Years
Energy Efficiency Alberta is earning praise at the national level, even as it faces an uncertain future in its home province, after reporting C$692 ... -
Batteries/StorageEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Republican States Lead the Transition as U.S. Regulators Push Renewables Over Coal, Natural Gas
Alert to the steadily improving economics of wind and solar—and growing ever more wary of natural gas investments becoming stranded on the fossil slag ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Campaign Roundup: Pre-Election Advertising, Carbon Tax Politics, Kenney Makes Trudeau Look Good, and the Prospect of a Coalition Government
With the federal election less than 100 days away, news reports last week focused on the financial action around the upcoming campaign, provinces’ mixed ... -
BuildingsCanadaCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon Transition
New Canadian Association Builds Energy Efficiency’s Profile, Beginning with the Industry Itself
With a national think tank positioning energy efficiency as a kind of “all-of-the-above” strategy to deliver lower home energy bills, boost business productivity, and ... -
Batteries/StorageDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Minnesota Sees Energy Storage Competing Against Natural Gas Peaker Plants
Minnesota is the latest U.S. state to consider grid-scale storage as a possible alternative to natural gas peaker plants, under a new state law ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationMexico, Caribbean & Latin America
Climate-Driven Drought, Deforestation Create Devastating Challenges for Honduran Farmers
Though long accustomed to poverty, violence, and political corruption, many Honduran farmers are experiencing an ongoing drought compounded by deforestation as a whole new ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport
First Nations Challenge Trans Mountain in Court While Conservation Group Questions Project Viability
Six British Columbia First Nations have petitioned the Federal Court of Appeal to review Ottawa’s re-approval of the C$9.3-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, with ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Scheer’s Climate Plan Costs More, Achieves Less Than Current Federal Policies: Clean Prosperity Study
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s recently-announced climate strategy would end up costing more than the current government’s policies and leave Canada farther from achieving its ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCanadaChinaElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetySub-National Governments
CBC: Climate Action Costs Less, Delivers More Side Benefits Than Estimates Usually Assume
Reversing the climate crisis will cost less and deliver more positive impacts than most estimates usually assume, and that gap in analysis is shaping ...
