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Canada Boosts Finance Commitment as G7 Falls Short on Climate, Vaccines
G7 leaders have tied up a weekend summit in Cornwall, United Kingdom that produced a still-vague collective promise on international climate finance, pledges to ... -
CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHydrogenJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergyTar Sands/Oil Sands
Fossils’ ‘Net-Zero’ Alliance Has No Phaseout Plan, Relies on Shaky Carbon Capture Technology
Canada’s five big tar sands/oil sands companies are raising eyebrows with their plan to form an Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero alliance aimed ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesHydrogenJurisdictionsMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
$1.3-Billion Edmonton Project Raises Hopes for Blue Hydrogen, Doubts About Greenwashing
A plan by a Pennsylvania-based industrial gas and chemical company to build a C$1.3-billion “blue” hydrogen plant in Edmonton is raising cautious optimism about ... -
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Canada, G7 Fall Short on Green Strings for COVID Recovery Funds
Canada spent significantly more of its COVID-19 recovery dollars on renewable energy than on fossil fuels, but has attached few green strings to that ... -
AustraliaChinaClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMethaneNon-Renewable Energy
New ‘Coal Rush’ Throws Climate Targets into Doubt
Mining companies in a handful of countries are planning a new, global “coal rush” of 2.2 billion tonnes per year of new production capacity, ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Trudeau Disappoints with 40-45% Emissions Pledge that ‘Falls Short of What’s Needed’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed Canada to a 40 to 45% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 last month, in an address ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEncoreEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Carbon Capture Tax Credit Could Drive Up Emissions, Analyst Warns
A troubled demonstration project in Saskatchewan may be an example of the challenges the Trudeau government will face if it relies on carbon capture, ... -
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Coronavirus Creates Opportunity for Zero-Carbon Transportation
When discussing low-carbon transportation and the question of why cars play such a dominant role in our society, it is often tempting to fall ... -
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Analysis: Unmeasured Methane Could Undercut Canada’s Blue Hydrogen Drive
The inability to accurately measure and regulate methane emissions from natural gas operations is emerging as a gaping, potentially fatal flaw in a Canadian ... -
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Australia Pushes Forward with Gas Plant Despite Surging Renewables, Batteries
A rush in commercial acquisition of battery storage in Australia may be negating the need for a planned A$600-million gas-fired power plant in New ... -
CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHydrogenJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Suncor, ATCO Seek Government Backing for ‘Multi-Billion-Dollar’ Hydrogen/CCS Project
Tar sands/oil sands producer Suncor Energy Inc. is partnering with utility ATCO Ltd. on a “multi-billion-dollar” project to produce more than 300,000 tonnes per ... -
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Coronavirus Creates Opportunity for Zero-Carbon Transportation
When discussing low-carbon transportation and the question of why cars play such a dominant role in our society, it is often tempting to fall ... -
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In Conversation: Ottawa is Continuing Its ‘One Eye Shut’ Climate Policy, Carter and Dordi Say
Angela Carter is a political science professor and Truzaar Dordi is a PhD candidate in climate finance at the University of Waterloo. In this ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Trudeau Disappoints with 40-45% Emissions Pledge that ‘Falls Short of What’s Needed’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed Canada to a 40 to 45% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 yesterday, in an address to ... -
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International Climate Finance Promise Puts U.S. ‘Back in the Game’ but Campaigners Demand More
The Biden-Harris administration’s agenda for yesterday’s Leaders Summit on Climate included a new international climate finance plan that puts billions of new dollars on ...
