Energy Subsidies
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AsiaBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsLegal & RegulatorySolar
New Coal Plant Construction Puts Indonesia at Odds with 1.5°C Carbon Target
Even as its neighbours join the rest of the world in turning increasingly away from coal, Indonesia is charging full steam ahead with new ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy SubsidiesHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
B.C. Directs $830 Million in Subsidies to Climate-Busting LNG Industry
British Columbia paid out C$830 million in subsidies to help build its liquefied natural gas industry in 2017-18, according to a report released this ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentNational Plans & ResponsesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Fossil Production Plans, Subsidies Put Countries Far Beyond 1.5°C Paris Target
The world’s governments are on track to produce more than twice as much oil, gas, and coal as the amounts that would enable them ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
Trans Mountain Subsidies Hit $320 Million in First Six Months of 2019
The Trans Mountain pipeline took home C$320 million in direct and indirect subsidies in the first six months of the years that were not ... -
Batteries/StorageClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Solar, Wind Costs Continue Their Decline, But More Gradually
While the cost of the more established renewable electricity sources is still falling, the decline is slowing down, and regional factors can still determine ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Fossils Claim They Receive No Subsidies as Fossil Subsidy Review Bogs Down
Canada’s fossil lobby is setting out to redefine the lavish government handouts it receives as anything but a subsidy, even as the federal finance ... -
Air & MarineCanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesJurisdictionsPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
Zero-Emission Vehicles Hit 10% of New Car Sales in British Columbia
British Columbia has surged into a Canada-wide lead in its buying habits for zero-emission vehicles, with electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell cars accounting ... -
Party Leaders Lay Out Climate, Energy Priorities in Private Meetings with Trudeau
The divisions and potential points of agreement in a minority parliament are beginning to emerge as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way through ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSub-National Governments
Two-Thirds of Canadians Want Federal Action on Climate Crisis
Two-thirds of Canadians want the country’s response to the climate crisis to continue or accelerate under Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government, and nearly 60% ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentSub-National Governments
Green Budget Coalition Urges Ottawa to Acknowledge Cost of Climate Impacts
Next year’s federal budget must acknowledge the hundreds of millions of dollars Canadians are already paying due to climate change and its impacts, the ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Pipeline Politics: Who Buried the Lede?
Award-winning investigative reporter Paul McKay looks into how mainstream media tilts coverage by assigning climate science missing-in-action status. -
CanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJobsOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWind
Analysis: Encana Departure Puts Canada, Alberta at Crossroads to a Carbon-Free Future
The overwrought grief that greeted Encana Corporation’s decision to move its Calgary head office to the United States shows Canada and Alberta at a ... -
BuildingsCanadaDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsSolarSub-National Governments
Two-Year Lag in New Solar Rebate Leaves Manitoba Falling Behind
Manitobans will have to wait another two years for the return of rooftop solar rebates the province’s public utility withdrew in 2018. At least ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBioenergyClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationLegal & RegulatoryOff-GridSolarWind
Front-Line Protests, Solid Research Drive Indonesia to Quit Coal, Protect Biodiversity
From the transition off coal, to protecting the biodiverse islands that helped inspire the theory of evolution, a combination of front-line protests and solid ...
