Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
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Oxfam, Swiss Re Predict Deep Economic Pain without Faster, Deeper Carbon Cuts
Canada’s economy could shrink 6.9% per year by 2050, the world’s most industrialized economies could drop 8.5%, and developing countries will fare far worse ... -
AustraliaBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHydrogenJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarWind
Renewables in South Australia Grid Leap from 0 to 60% in Just 14 Years
The breakaway success of the South Australian electricity grid, which literally took renewable energy from zero to 60% of total demand in just 14 ... -
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Climate Impacts Could Cost Canada $140 Billion by 2050, Insurance Giant Warns
Canada will be more than $100 billion poorer by 2050 if the world doesn’t work harder to fight climate change, says one of the ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEncoreEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Carbon Capture Tax Credit Could Drive Up Emissions, Analyst Warns
A troubled demonstration project in Saskatchewan may be an example of the challenges the Trudeau government will face if it relies on carbon capture, ... -
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New Solar, Wind Now Cheaper than 80% of U.S. Coal Plants
Renewable energy prices have fallen so far in the United States that it’s usually now cheaper for operators to replace existing coal capacity with ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobs & TrainingJurisdictions
Unifor Calls for 60% Emissions Cut by 2030 with Just Transition for Oil and Gas Workers
Canada’s biggest private sector union, Unifor, threw its support behind calls for a 60% cut in the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 last ... -
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‘Checking the Boxes’ in Federal Climate Plan Won’t Deliver on Canada’s Paris Targets, Researchers Warn
Two veteran public interest researchers have come up with a troubling equation they say is at the heart of the federal government’s climate strategy: ... -
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Alberta Landowners, Taxpayers ‘Left Behind’ by Cost of Abandoned Wells
The costs of Alberta’s growing stock of abandoned and inactive oil and gas wells are falling unfairly on landowners and taxpayers, says a report ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
7 in 10 U.S. Fossil Jobs Lost in Pandemic May Not Return This Year
More than seven out of 10 jobs lost to the U.S. fossil industry during the COVID-19 pandemic may not return by the end of ... -
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Underfunded Climate Adaptation Projects Aren’t Delivering What Communities Need
In 2019, an international climate fund approved a 10-year, US$9.3-million project to support communities in the drylands of Mozambique that are affected by frequent ... -
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Transition Off Fossils Could Be Cheaper, Faster than Net-Zero Models Assume
The transition off fossil fuels could be a lot less expensive than standard net-zero models assume, as long as countries speed up deployment rather ... -
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Carbon Border Adjustment Gains Ground as Countries Weigh Emission Cuts, Global Trade
The reference to a carbon border adjustment in the latest federal budget was one sign that countries with relatively strong carbon prices are keen ... -
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New Solar, Wind Now Cheaper than 80% of U.S. Coal Plants
Renewable energy prices have fallen so far in the United States that it’s usually now cheaper for operators to replace existing coal capacity with ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & Consumption
Taxes Just One Tool to Cut Carbon, but Won’t Harm the Economy, New Research Shows
After too many esoteric, technical debates over far too many years, Bloomberg Green columnist Gernot Wagner says the evidence is (finally) in on carbon ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobs & TrainingJurisdictions
Unifor Calls for 60% Emissions Cut by 2030 with Just Transition for Oil and Gas Workers
Canada’s biggest private sector union, Unifor, is throwing its support behind calls for a 60% cut in the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, ...
