Energy Subsidies
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U.S. Green Economy Produced 10 Times More Jobs Than Fossils in 2016
The U.S. green economy produced 9.5 million jobs in 2015-2016, more than 10 times as many as a lavishly-subsidized fossil fuel sector, and its ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Oil Lobby Wish List Would Drive Up Canada’s Fossil Emissions 60% by 2030, Analysis Shows
The overheated wish list that Canada’s oil industry is putting forward in this month’s federal election would use up 60% of the entire country’s ... -
Batteries/StorageClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
U.S. Utility Aims to Save $600 Million Over 20 Years by Replacing Coal with Cheaper Renewables
Big U.S. utility PacifiCorp is laying out a strategy that relies heavily on solar, energy storage, and wind and speeds up the phaseout of ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobsSupply Chains & Consumption
Liberals Tout Legally Binding Targets, Tax Incentives to Hit Net Zero by 2050
Legally binding, five-year milestones for greenhouse gas reductions, tax incentives for cleantech businesses, and a Just Transition Act to support workers caught in a ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
530 Organizations in 76 Countries Sign Lofoten Declaration, Demand Oil and Gas Phaseout
With the fossil industry gearing up to spend US$1.4 trillion to increase production over the next five years, climate hawks were at the Climate ... -
Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsTransit
Election Wrap: International Poll Flags Climate as Canadians’ Top Concern
As Canada’s federal election campaign entered its third week, a new international opinion poll identified climate change as Canadians’ leading concern, Green Party leader ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobsOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTransit
Greens Promise 60% Carbon Cut by 2030, Fossil Subsidy Phaseout in One Year
A 65% greenhouse gas emissions cut by 2030, job transition programs for fossil workers, a ban on new pipelines, coal mining, and oil and ... -
Horgan, Trudeau Accused of ‘Greenwashing’ Methane with Support for B.C. LNG
The British Columbia and federal governments are being accused of greenwashing the climate-busting methane emissions behind the province’s widely-touted liquefied natural gas expansion, with ... -
AustraliaClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesSub-National Governments
Queensland Extinguishes Aboriginal Title to Allow Construction of Adani Coal Mine
The state government in Queensland, Australia has gone to the extraordinary length of extinguishing Aboriginal title over 1,385 hectares of land to permit construction ... -
CanadaElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHydroShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsWind
B.C., Ottawa Get Mixed Reviews with LNG-Fracking Industry Electrification Plan
The federal and British Columbia governments are getting mixed reviews for their plan to partly decarbonize the province’s emerging liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry ... -
Eastern U.S. Gears Up for 19.3-GW Offshore Wind Boom
The east coast of the United States is on the verge of a 19.3-gigawatt boom in new offshore wind capacity by 2035 that would ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy SubsidiesFinance & DivestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
Pipeline Opponent Sees Fossil Subsidies Campaign as Latest Front Against Trans Mountain
A new campaign against the fossil fuel subsidies on which projects like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion depend is just the latest front in ...
