Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
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Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasSub-National Governments
Alberta Pans New $1.6 Billion Fossil Lifeline from Ottawa
Provincial politicians and fossil lobbyists are panning the federal government’s latest concession to Alberta oil and gas producers, after Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi ... -
Don’t Make Carbon Tax a ‘Political Bargaining Chip’, Chamber of Commerce Urges
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has endorsed revenue-neutral carbon pricing as a way for the business community to “play its part in the fight ... -
CanadaDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPathways to 1.5Sub-National Governments
Jaccard: Carbon Taxes are ‘Good Policy, Bad Politics’ When Regulations Do Most of the Work
One of Canada’s leading climate economists and modelers is out with a Globe and Mail opinion piece that questions the decades-old narrative that positions ... -
AsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Investors Foresee Massive Financial Crash Without Rapid Response to Climate Change
The global economy is on track for a financial crash several times the scale of the 2008 financial crisis if governments don’t drastically scale ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon Transition
EU Gas Pipelines Could Become Stranded Assets by Mid-Century, Cañete Warns
Natural gas pipelines are at risk of becoming stranded assets by mid-century as the European Commission pursues its 2050 decarbonization strategy, EU climate commissioner ... -
BrazilCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportPost-Carbon Transition
The Hard Work Starts Now as COP Delivers Incomplete Rule Book, Low Ambition
After two weeks of marathon negotiations ended with a deeply equivocal, incremental response to the global climate crisis, COP 24 in Katowice, Poland ended ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Falling Cost of Renewables, Batteries Allows Countries to Boost Their Paris Commitments
The falling cost of renewable electricity and lithium-ion batteries will make it “substantially cheaper” for countries to fulfill their carbon reduction commitments under the ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydroOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
B.C. Climate Plan Lays Out Rapid Shift from Fossil Energy to Electricity
Higher carbon prices and measures to shift individuals and industry off fossil fuels are key pillars of CleanBC, the new climate action plan unveiled ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEurope
France’s Yellow Vest Protests Point to Shortcomings in Carbon Pricing Policies
The massive Yellow Vest protests in France are emerging as the latest example of the public pushback that takes hold when one of the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsPipelines/Rail Transport
Ottawa Set to Lose Money on Trans Mountain Purchase as Morneau Accused of Obscuring Costs
Canada’s purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline from Houston-based Kinder Morgan Ltd. may be costing taxpayers more in interest charges than the high-touted revenue ... -
Batteries/StorageCitiesEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Tesla’s Reno Gigafactory Exceeds Targets for Local Economic Development
Tesla’s decision to build a battery gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada—and the state’s willingness to throw US$1.3 billion in incentives into the project—have “permanently changed the ... -
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BREAKING: Canada Commits to Faster, Deeper Carbon Cuts in 2020
Canada will adopt tougher greenhouse gas reduction targets when the Paris Agreement takes effect in 2020, Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna said ... -
More Than Half of World’s Coal Plants Will Be Money-Losing Ventures by 2030
About 42% of the world’s coal-fired generating stations are losing money today, and 56% will be by 2030, according to a new analysis by ... -
CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsCoalEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentResearch & DevelopmentUnited States
IEEFA Sees Failure in Four North American CCS Projects
There’s no sign that the North American fossil industries’ attempts to develop viable carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology are paying off, and less ...
