Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
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Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Two Emergency Resolutions, One New Climate Platform as Parties Position for Fall Vote
Three federal political parties in Canada are talking about the climate crisis this week, with the Liberals and New Democrats tabling duelling emergency resolutions ... -
CanadaChinaEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyOceansOil & GasPetrochemicals & Plastics
Canadian Recycling Industry Scrambles After China Begins Refusing Plastic Waste
A year after China declined to continue serving as the world’s recycling bin/rubbish heap, Canadian municipalities are scrambling to figure out what to do ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & EfficiencyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National Governments
IEA Places Canada’s Gas-Guzzling Vehicles Dead Last in Fuel Efficiency
Canada comes in dead last in the International Energy Agency’s latest ranking of average fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per kilometre travelled, University ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National Governments
Provinces Shouldn’t Opt Out of Federal Climate Effort, 64% of Canadians Say
By nearly a two-thirds majority, Canadians believe it’s unacceptable for provinces to opt out of national efforts to fight climate change, and oppose governments ... -
Drive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityLegal & RegulatoryPathways to 1.5Podcasts & WebinarsPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural SequestrationSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Carbon Farming Could Sequester Billions of Tonnes of CO2, with U.S. Pilot Project as One First Step
A concerted, well-supported effort by the world’s farmers to restore and protect soil health could reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by as much as 65 ... -
AustraliaBatteries/StorageCoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsWind
Tasmania Closes In on 100% RE as Australian Renewables Undercut Coal, Gas on Price
The state of Tasmania is on track to become the first in Australia to be powered 100% by renewable energy, just as an analyst ... -
ChinaEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesUnited States
Fossil Subsidies Hit a ‘Staggering’ $5.7 Trillion in 2017
Global fossil fuel subsidies were expected to total US$5.7 trillion in 2017, and U.S. subsidies in 2015 exceeded the country’s profligate military spending, according ... -
Drive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityInternationalMethaneNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
New Zealand Promises Net Zero by 2050 for All Greenhouse Gases Except Methane
New Zealand will cut net emissions to zero for all greenhouse gases except methane by 2050, under a draft law sent to parliament on ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolarUnited StatesWind
Solar, Wind Displace 35 Times as Much CO2 Per Year as CCS Has Ever Sequestered
Solar and wind energy displace roughly 35 times as much carbon dioxide each year as carbon capture and storage (CCS) has sequestered in its ... -
Saskatchewan’s Moe Vows Supreme Court Appeal After Judges Uphold Federal Carbon Tax
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is vowing a Supreme Court appeal after his province’s Court of Appeal ruled Friday that a federal carbon tax imposed ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Kenney’s Big Promises Face Economic Realities, Grassroot Expectations
On his first visit to Ottawa last week as Alberta premier, Jason Kenney rattled sabres about national unity and fossil regulation, briefly stepped back ... -
CoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon Transition
Germany’s RWE, France’s ENGIE Pivot from Coal to Renewables and Gas
Two big European utilities, RWE in Germany and ENGIE in France, are both stepping away from coal-fired electricity production in favour of renewables and ... -
Batteries/StorageElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarSub-National Governments
Solar+Storage Dominates Natural Gas Across Most U.S. Grid Areas
Solar+storage is beginning to undercut natural gas “peaker” plants in Arizona on price, and is now in a position to supply more affordable peak-hours ...
