Energy Politics
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Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsMethanePetrochemicals & Plastics
Wilkinson Tips Early Moves on Just Transition Act, Tougher 2030 Carbon Target
The second-term Trudeau government is considering kicking off its legislative response to the climate crisis with a new Just Transition Act, adjustments to the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCitiesEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Ex-Alberta Liberal Leader Declares Tax Revolt Over Deadbeat Fossils’ $173M Debt to Rural Municipalities
A former opposition politician in Alberta is calling for a tax revolt after Premier Jason Kenney sided with deadbeat fossils against the rural municipalities ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Wet’suwet’en Supporters Blockade Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal
A group of protesters produced decidedly mixed reactions Monday, after blocking the busy Swartz Bay ferry terminal on Vancouver Island in support of Wet’suwet’en ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDemographicsEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Trump Policies Hand Poor, Non-White Areas the ‘Brunt’ of Climate Impacts
Critics are warning that the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the environmental review process for pipeline and highway megaprojects will hit poor and minority ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & Responses
Thunberg Demands Action, Fossils Tout Carbon Capture as Greenpeace Calls Out Fossil Investors at Davos Forum
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland was a study in contrasts yesterday, with #FridaysforFuture founder Greta Thunberg slamming the world’s governments and ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Impacts & AdaptationCollateral DamageEnergy Politics
New Canadian Climate Institute Warns of ‘Harsh Realities’ Ahead
The new Canadian Institute for Climate Choices (CICC), an independent think tank that begins life with C$20 million in federal funding over five years, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialDemographicsEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJobsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Harvard Students Protest After Exxon’s Law Firm Tries to Recruit Them
An elite U.S. corporate law firm flopped badly in its recent bid to recruit Harvard law students, when nearly a third of the invitees ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEuropeForests & Deforestation
Former Coal Commissioners Slam Germany’s Phaseout Plan
Former members of Germany’s coal commission are accusing the national government of breaking the compromise behind its much-acclaimed agreement to phase out coal-fired power ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetySolarTransit
Nottingham Delivers Home Comfort, Rooftop Solar in Drive to Be UK’s First Carbon-Neutral City
Nottingham, England is setting out to transform housing, transportation, energy use, and waste management in a bid to become the country’s first carbon-neutral city ... -
Construction on Cross-Border Segment of Keystone XL to Begin in April
Construction on the 1.9-kilometre segment of the contested Keystone XL pipeline that crosses the Canada-U.S. border is set to begin in April, according to ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Global Business Leaders Cite Climate as Decade’s Biggest Risk
Global business and political leaders have declared climate change the decade’s biggest risk, in the latest edition of an annual survey issued by the ...
