Energy Politics
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Scathing New Report Finds ‘Failure Across the Board’ in Colossal Fossils’ Climate Plans
Despite a flurry of announcements from colossal fossils claiming great plans to decarbonize their operations, the companies’ actual performance shows they can’t be counted ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Crashing Demand, Kenney’s ‘Denial’ Put Alberta at Risk as Energy Transition Accelerates
The Alberta government’s inability to begin charting a shift off fossil fuels can only leave the province at risk of further economic mayhem, according ... -
Opinion: Ginsburg’s Death Deals Another Blow to U.S. Climate Law
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s uniquely untimely death on September 18, less than two months before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsUnited States
U.S. Senate Defies Trump, Reaches Bipartisan Deal to Cut HFCs 85% by 2035
In a brief moment of bipartisan agreement, and what the Washington Post calls a “rare show of defiance of the Trump administration,” the U.S. ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Pension Plan’s Fossil Investments Undercut Canada’s Climate Commitments, Report Concludes
The Canada Pension Plan’s “substantial private equity investments” in the fossil industry over the last few years have undercut the country’s climate commitments and ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
U.S. Fossils Fret Over PR Liability, Not Climate Impacts, of Natural Gas Flaring
Fossil companies in the United States worry about imperilling their public image by flaring far too much leftover natural gas from their operations, despite ... -
BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyTransit
Exclusive: NDP Riding Presidents Push Singh, 150 MPs and Staffers Talk Green Recovery, as Throne Speech Looms
The federal New Democratic Party leadership is taking grassroot fire for failing to use its position in a minority parliament to press the Trudeau ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEuropeJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
EU Targets 55% Emissions Cut by 2030, but Real Progress Hinges on U.S. Election Result
Europe is on track to increase its 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target from 40 to 55% after the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘Climate Arsonist’ Trump Addresses California Wildfires by Talking Down Climate Science
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden branded Donald Trump a “climate arsonist”, after the current occupant of the White House poured gasoline on his ... -
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Fossils Troll for Relief as Throne Speech Focus Veers Toward Housing, Income Support
With the latest news and commentary out of Ottawa pointing to housing, employment insurance reform, and long-term care as main focal points for the ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Husky Seeks Government Bailout for $2.2-Billion Fossil Project Off Newfoundland Coast
Husky Energy is looking to federal and provincial governments for a bailout for its C$2.2-billion West White Rose project, an oil and gas drilling ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsOff-GridRenewable EnergyUnited States
Barry: U.S. Must Choose ‘Dignified Life’, Regenerative Economy for Citizens in Sacrifice Zones
Millions of Americans live in so-called “sacrifice zones,” where racism and rapacious economic imperatives are robbing entire communities of the fundamentals for a healthy ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Dials Down Expectations with Softer Mandate for ‘Foreign-Funded Radicals’ Inquiry
The Alberta government may be losing momentum in its crusade against supposed “foreign-funded special interests” working against the province’s oilpatch, with the deadline for ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydropowerJurisdictionsOil & GasRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
Replace Pickering Nuclear Plant with Renewables, Not Gas, OCAA Urges
The impending closure of Ontario’s Pickering Nuclear Station is an opportunity to build a sustainable energy system based on sound energy efficiency programs, investment ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
Trump Administration Suppresses Landmark Grid Study that Boosted Renewables, Undercut Coal
The Trump administration has spent the last two years suppressing a landmark study by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) that showed the ...
