Energy Politics
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Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Fossils Claim They Receive No Subsidies as Fossil Subsidy Review Bogs Down
Canada’s fossil lobby is setting out to redefine the lavish government handouts it receives as anything but a subsidy, even as the federal finance ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
California, 22 Other States Launch Latest Suit Against Trump Fuel Economy Rollback
Nearly two dozen U.S. states are taking Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the U.S. Court of Appeals to defend California’s long-standing right ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Canadian Fossils Log 11,452 Federal Lobbying Contacts in Eight Years
An astronomical 11,452 lobbying contacts from 46 fossil companies between 2011 and 2018—an average of more than six per regular work day over an ... -
U.S. Fossils Stretching the Truth? Warren Has a Plan for That
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), for whom “I have a plan for that” has become a mantra in her campaign for her party’s 2020 presidential ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAustraliaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarTar Sands/Oil Sands
IEA Drives Fossil Growth, Climate Breakdown with Latest World Energy Outlook
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is undercutting its own, essential role in confronting the climate crisis by downplaying renewable energy options and driving future ... -
Party Leaders Lay Out Climate, Energy Priorities in Private Meetings with Trudeau
The divisions and potential points of agreement in a minority parliament are beginning to emerge as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way through ... -
CitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & Flooding
Venice Submerged by Second-Highest Tidal Floodwaters Ever
Eighteen months before Venice’s state-of-the-art flood barrier is scheduled to be complete and operational, the so-called “Floating City” is drowning, submerged this week under ... -
Iran Discovers New Oil Field Containing 53 Billion Barrels of Crude
Iran says it has discovered a new oil field containing 53 billion barrels of crude oil, enough to increase its proven reserves by one-third. -
Ex-EPA Administrator McCarthy Joins NRDC as CEO
Gina McCarthy, who led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency between 2013 and 2017 under President Barack Obama, has signed on as president and CEO ... -
AustraliaCitiesClimate DenialDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & Safety
Flames Reach Sydney Suburbs as Australians Face ‘Most Dangerous Bushfire Week Ever’
With 150 wildfires burning on the country's east and west coasts and 85 raging across New South Wales, 46 of them out of control ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
White House Twists Automakers’ Arms in Crusade Against California Carbon Controls
Arm-twisting automakers into an assault on tailpipe emission standards, and taking regulatory action against companies that won’t go along, has emerged as one of ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBrazilClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialEnergy PoliticsEuropeHuman Rights & MigrationTransitUnited States
Solnit: From Online Networks to Urban Congestion, Silicon Valley ‘Fuels the Climate Crisis’
From enabling the rise of climate deniers like Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, to boosting the powers of the surveillance state to ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSub-National Governments
Two-Thirds of Canadians Want Federal Action on Climate Crisis
Two-thirds of Canadians want the country’s response to the climate crisis to continue or accelerate under Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government, and nearly 60% ... -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy PoliticsNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
Trump Withdrawal from Paris Fails to Derail U.S. Climate Action
Donald Trump filed formal notice this week that the United States will withdraw from the 2015 Paris Agreement. But the decision doesn’t take effect ...
