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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 ... -
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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 ... -
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Saudi Negotiator Lays Out Objections to IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
In the first week of this year’s United Nations climate change conference, Saudi Arabia was one of four petro-states that blocked delegates’ full acceptance ... -
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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 ... -
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Alberta Fossils Boycott Whistler Conference After City Flags Climate Costs of Fossil Extraction
Several Alberta fossils are boycotting a CIBC investor conference in Whistler, British Columbia, and the bank is considering moving its annual event elsewhere, after ... -
Fossils Say No Thanks as Trump Administration Offers Arctic Lands for Oil and Gas Drilling
The Trump administration’s plan to lease parts of the western Arctic for oil and gas drilling has attracted bids on only 16 of 254 ... -
AS IT HAPPENED: Poland Wins COP 24 Colossal Fossil, Pacific Islands Named Biggest Ray of Hope
The Colossal Fossil at COP 24 was the conference host, Poland, with a brief swipe at the European Union for allowing one of the ... -
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Rising Fossil Emissions, Continuing Subsidies Undercut Canada’s Climate Performance
Canada’s lavish support for the oil and gas industry is the “elephant in the room” that prevents it from being a true climate leader, ... -
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COP Refuses to ‘Welcome’ 1.5°C Report as Major Negotiation Points Bog Down
As the first week of this year’s United Nations climate change conference (COP 24) drew to a close, debate ground down Saturday night on ... -
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 ... -
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Ontario Receives Failing Grades for Climate Plan, Misses Business Case for Environmental Commissioner’s Office
The Doug Ford government is receiving failing grades for the scantly-detailed climate plan released late last month by Environment Minister Rod Phillips, while a former senior ... -
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Schumer to Trump: No Infrastructure Bill in 2019 Without Action on Climate
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is demanding a novel quid pro quo from Donald Trump as the 2019 legislative session looms—if the ...
