Energy Subsidies
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West Virginia Coal Mine Closure Costs 400 Jobs
Another 400 West Virginians are set to lose their jobs with the closure of Mission Coal’s Pinnacle Mine in Wyoming County, WV. -
White House Advisors Run Interference Against Perry Coal Bailout Plan
Donald Trump’s determined effort to bail out his country’s dying coal industry appears to have “run aground at the White House”, with the plan ... -
AsiaBatteries/StorageCoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetySolar
Southeast Asia Urged to Scrap Fossil Subsidies in Favour of Affordable, Reliable Renewables
Southeast Asia is facing renewed pressure to cut back or scrap fossil subsidies that have kept the region a global laggard in renewable energy ... -
Reports Cast U.S. Military Operations as a Massive Subsidy to Protect Oil Supplies
Vox climate specialist David Roberts is out with a new column on a previously unquantified subsidy that United States taxpayers bestow on the fossil ... -
Poland Risks High Costs, Unreliable Operations with New Gasified Coal Plant
Poland is on a path to high construction costs and unreliable operations as it contemplates a new gasified coal power plant in the town ... -
BREAKING: $40-Billion LNG Canada Project to be Announced as Early as Today
The biggest infrastructure project in Canadian history could be finalized as early as today, with news reports yesterday that Royal Dutch Shell and its ... -
ChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
Draft Plan Boosts China’s 2030 Renewables Goal from 20 to 35%
A new renewable portfolio standard (RPS) under development by China’s National Development and Reform Commission calls for the country to produce at least 35% ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy SubsidiesFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport
‘Ludicrous’ NEB Deadline Gives Communities Less Than a Week to Enter Trans Mountain Review Process
Facing a tight, 22-week deadline from the Trudeau government, the National Energy Board (NEB) has kicked off a new round of hearings on the ... -
Bay of Fundy Tidal Project Receives $29.8-Million Federal Grant
A new tidal energy project in the Bay of Fundy will receive a C$29.8-million federal grant under a Natural Resources Canada program for emerging ... -
Batteries/StorageCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOil & GasPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
Falling Renewables, Storage Costs Poised to Take the Bite Out of the Natural Gas Boom
A flurry of recent news reports all lead toward the mounting realization that new renewable energy systems are less expensive for power utilities to ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCoalEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobsOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Trudeau Admits Trans Mountain is a Fossil Subsidy as Report Urges Clean Energy Shift
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as much as admitted this week that the federal bailout of Kinder Morgan’s troubled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion amounts ... -
Drive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolar
Subsidy-Free Solar Sweeps Europe as Countries Reap Reward for Earlier Supports
From Germany to Italy, and from the United Kingdom to Spain, Europe is reaping the reward for its early support for renewable energy technologies ... -
Drive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentJobsOceansPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionWind
Ørsted Opens World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Project Off Northwest England
The 659-megawatt Walney Extension offshore wind project became the world’s biggest of its kind when it opened off the northwest English coast last week, ... -
CanadaEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Alberta Fossils Dream of Petrochemical Boom Fueled by Cheap, Fracked Gas
The low cost of fracked natural gas has Alberta fossils dreaming of a multi-billion-dollar boom in petrochemical production, mimicking the industrial development that followed ...
