Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
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Oil War and COVID-19 Create Risk, Opportunity for Clean Energy
The end-to-end news coverage of the coronavirus emergency is producing a secondary wave of commentary and analysis on whether the global pandemic will derail ... -
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Trump Considers Fossil Bailout as Coronavirus, OPEC Price War Put Producers in Peril
Federal government assistance for the U.S. shale industry emerged as a strong possibility last week, after falling demand due to the coronavirus pandemic and ... -
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Morneau Unveils Business Loans, Kenney Seeks ‘Unity’ as Coronavirus Crash Roils Alberta
Finance Minister Bill Morneau unveiled C$10 billion in new credit for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Jason Kenney called for greater “unity” ... -
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Oil Price Crash Could Mean Delays, Uncertainty for New LNG Projects
The oil price crash triggered by the coronavirus crisis will likely have a secondary impact on liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects that were aiming ... -
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Climate Action Can Deliver Economic Stimulus After Coronavirus Crash: Abreu
With the rapid spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) driving an economic slowdown and triggering a steep drop in global oil prices, national ... -
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Tar Sands/Oil Sands See Sharp Decline in Capital Spending, Job Creation
Alberta’s tar sands/oil sands have shifted decisively into a “mature” phase of development in which job creation and capital spending will continue to lag ... -
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Buckley: Delayed Shift Out of Fossil Fuels Could Leave $20 Trillion in Stranded Assets
Investors and financiers will find themselves confronted with up to US$20 trillion in stranded fossil energy assets by 2050 unless they embrace the shift ... -
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Alberta Increases Carbon Tax to Match Ottawa’s, While Manitoba Proposes Lower Rate
Despite continuing court action seeking to overturn the federal floor price on carbon, Alberta has announced an increase in its industrial carbon tax, while ... -
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CCPA: B.C. Must Plan for Managed Decline Before International Fossil Markets Scale Back
British Columbia may be running out of time to plan for a managed decline of its fossil fuel industry, given the prospect that the ... -
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Time to Cut Fossils’ ‘Corporate Welfare’, Make Economy More Efficient, Author Argues
Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies is a policy measure that could create some common ground between climate campaigners and libertarian free market advocates, self-styled independent ... -
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Drawdown’s Latest ‘Tools of Possibility’ Show Path to 1.5°C, with 1,570 Billion Tons of Emission Cuts by 2050
Humanity can prevent or draw down 1,570 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions between 2020 and 2050 to approach a 1.5°C threshold for average ... -
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EU Considers Border Adjustment Charge to Penalize Carbon-Intensive Imports
The European Union is poised to fast-track some form of border adjustment to protect its domestic industries from international competitors in countries with less ... -
Offshore Wind Could Deliver More Power Than China’s Coastal Regions Currently Use
Offshore wind could supply 5.4 times as much electricity as China’s coastal regions currently require, according to a new study by a student team ... -
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Alberta Delays Report Showing Warming, Climate Impacts Above Global Average
The Alberta government dragged its feet for six months before releasing a report it previously commissioned from climate scientists Katharine Hayhoe and Anne Stoner ... -
BP Quits Three Fossil Trade Groups, Remains Member of American Petroleum Institute
Colossal fossil BP is dropping its membership in three U.S. industry organizations, but continuing its association with the American Petroleum Institute, the ubiquitous national ...
