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Energy Efficiency is Waning, But Could Quickly Drive Down Emissions, IEA Analysis Shows
Countries are falling behind on energy efficiency policies that would be enough to peak greenhouse gas emissions quickly and then drive them down, even ... -
Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Corporate Buyers Set Massive New Record for Renewable Energy Procurement
Non-utility renewable energy buyers in the United States hit an annual record by August 2018, closing more than 3.5 gigawatts of new projects, and ... -
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Coal Industry Collapse Could Move Far Enough, Fast Enough to Hit IPCC’s 2030 Target: Analyst
The IPCC’s urgent call for the world’s power utilities to reduce coal consumption 60% by 2030 might look unrealistic through a business-as-usual lens. But ... -
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Seize the Moment for Climate Action, MPs Urge During Emergency Commons Debate
Canadians are feeling the effects of climate change today, and the next 10 to 12 years will give the country one chance to turn ... -
Saudi Arabia Hints at Oil as Economic Weapon, Breaking ‘Essential Market Taboo’
Saudi Arabia is setting out to calm frazzled international nerves this week after a news executive close to the Royal Court of Crown Prince ... -
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EXCLUSIVE Alberta Alert: Dead Mines Walking?
One week ago, the price American refineries will pay for a barrel of Alberta bitumen fell to just below US$30. A seismic jolt raced ... -
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Fossil CEO Dudley Urges ‘Many Trillions’ in New Spending, Calls Climate Risk Disclosure a Danger
The oil industry will have to invest trillions of dollars in what industry newsletter Upstream calls an “aggressive Paris Climate Accord compliance scenario”, and ... -
CoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Higher Carbon Prices May Drive Off-Coal Transition in Poland
Higher carbon prices appear to be pushing Poland into the early stages of a post-carbon transition, with state power company Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Katowice-based Tauron ... -
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Solar Farms Would Save 36.9 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Solar farms rank #8 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to eliminate 36.9 gigatons of carbon dioxide and produce net savings ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Higher Oil Prices Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption
While fossils celebrate a four-year high in oil prices, automakers looking at the prospect of $100-per-barrel oil and resulting higher gasoline prices as precisely ... -
Exxon Sends $1 Million to Carbon Tax Lobby That Would End Climate Litigation
ExxonMobil is donating US$1 million over two years to Americans for Carbon Dividends, a non-profit founded by former U.S. treasury secretary James Baker III and ... -
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EXCLUSIVE: Panic in the (Oilpatch) Suites
Last August 30 was not just a ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ moment for federal and Alberta politicians pushing to accelerate future tar ... -
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‘Weak Financial Case’ Makes Teck Tar Sands/Oil Sands Project Unlikely to Succeed: IEEFA
Teck Resources Ltd.’s C$20.6-billion tar sands/oil sands megaproject in Alberta is unlikely to be commercially viable, offering “a weak financial case with little chance ... -
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Climate Home News Compiles ‘37 Things to Know’ About IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
The UN published a summary on the science of 1.5°C global warming on Monday. It’s a big deal. -
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Carbon Pricing Pioneer William Nordhaus to Share Nobel Prize for Economics
Yale University carbon pricing pioneer William Nordhaus, who spent decades making the case that economic models were failing to account for the effects of ...
