Energy Politics
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Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Federal Carbon Tax Rebates Would Put Money in Canadian Voters’ Pockets, New Analysis Shows
A carbon pricing think tank led by Stephen Harper’s former policy director may be about to “transform the debate” on the issue that Conservative ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Trans Mountain Opponents Gear Up as NEB Launches 22-Week Review
Pipeline fighters are gearing up for another round and questioning just how much meaningful engagement the Trudeau government expects to deliver, following Natural Resources ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJobsPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
B.C. Scrambles to Square LNG Development with GHG Reductions as Investment Decision Nears
As a group of investors led by Royal Dutch Shell moves toward a final investment decision on the massive, C$40-billion LNG Canada liquefied natural ... -
CoalElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
New Owner Backs Out as 2,250-MW Navajo Coal Station Faces 2019 Closure Date
The biggest U.S. coal plant west of the Mississippi River and the mining company that supplies it, Peabody Energy, are facing renewed jeopardy after ... -
AustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
Backbenchers Work Across Party Lines to Craft ‘Credible’ Climate Policy for New Zealand
Two years of consensus building through “clear-eyed analysis and good faith engagement” between policy-makers, industry, and civil society has left New Zealand with a ... -
U.S. Science Teachers Stand Up for Climate Science
Responding to escalating pressures on American public school teachers to de-emphasize, and even eliminate, climate change education from their classrooms, the National Science Teachers ... -
Big Green Groups Plan Record Spending in U.S. Mid-Term Elections
Horrified by the ongoing actions of “the most anti-environmental president in history,” America’s most powerful environmental groups—the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), the Sierra ... -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Brown Renews Pledge to ‘Launch Our Own Damn Satellite’ as Summit Urges Faster Climate Action
After three days of new low-carbon commitments from regional governments, cities, and industry, the Global Climate Action Summit concluded Friday with a call for ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘Toxic Bitumen Export Corridor’ Exposes Salish Sea to Unacceptable Risk, Officials Tell Trudeau
Citing the recent death of a killer whale calf as “our canary in a coal mine,” elected officials from a number of Salish Sea ... -
Time to ‘Disempower’ Climate Deniers Rather Than Debating Them, UK Parliamentarian Urges
Rather than engaging climate deniers in endless, pointless debate, it makes far more sense to disempower them, according to a collection of UK scientists, ...
