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$100M Federal Grant Pays Fossils for R&D They Should Fund Themselves, Climate Hawks Contend
The Trudeau government faced immediate criticism yesterday after re-announcing a four-year, C$100-million budget promise from March 2019 to help the fossil industry commercialize emerging ... -
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Global Hydrogen Race Will Be Only Won by Cleanest Producers, Smith and Petrevan Predict
As Canada moves to stake its claim in the burgeoning hydrogen fuel market—a claim that includes Alberta’s recent bet on “blue hydrogen”—policy experts are ... -
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Ottawa City Plan Sets Sights on Zero Emissions, 4.4 GW of New Renewables by 2050
The City of Ottawa has released a long-awaited energy transition plan that has it eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions, phasing out all fossil fuel ... -
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IEEFA Foresees ‘Stranded Assets, Depleted Finance’ in British Columbia’s LNG Strategy
The Conference Board of Canada stands accused of “doubling down on a bad hand” after the Cleveland-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis ... -
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Wilkinson Interested in Carbon Border Adjustment as Analysts Scan Biden Trade Policies
The Trudeau government is expressing warmer interest in carbon border adjustments (CBAs) as a way to control industrial greenhouse gas emissions without putting Canadian ... -
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Federal Nuclear Funding Announcement a ‘Dirty, Dangerous Distraction’, 30 Groups Warn
A collection of 30 local, regional, and national public interest organizations from across the country is rallying against next-generation nuclear power development after the ... -
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Horgan Takes Fire for Boosting Fossil Subsidies as B.C. Election Nears [Sign-On]
With British Columbia five days away from a provincial election October 24, and mail-in voting already well under way, Premier John Horgan’s New Democrats ... -
World Bank Directs $2B to Fossil Projects Over Two Years, $12B Since Paris Agreement
The World Bank is continuing a pattern of investing billions of dollars in fossil fuels, undercutting its own commitment in late 2018 to increase ... -
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Study Urges Fast Transition Off Fossil Fuels for Asia’s Electricity Grids
It’s time for Asia—the region that British Columbia and Alberta are counting on as a future market for oil and gas exports—to reduce its ... -
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Small, Mid-Sized Fossils May Face Cash Crunch as Bankers Get Jittery
November may be emerging as a crunch month for Canada’s small and mid-sized fossil producers, as banks go through a semi-annual review of whether ... -
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Fossil Shutdowns Could Lead to Pricey Compensation Claims Under Investor Dispute Settlement Rules
A maze of more than 2,600 bilateral treaties and preferential trade agreements could expose governments to costly lawsuits by allowing foreign investors and shareholders ... -
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Federal, Ontario Governments Announce $590 Million for Ford’s Oakville EV Plant
The federal and Ontario governments will each invest C$295 million to help Ford Motor Co. retool its assembly plant in Oakville to make electric ... -
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Job Losses Hit Newfoundland as Three Fossils Announce Shutdowns
Newfoundland and Labrador is reeling from a series of fossil job losses this week, with three different companies all announcing definite or likely cuts. -
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Analysis: Alberta Natural Gas Plan Has Kenney Venturing Boldly Backwards
The Jason Kenney government in Alberta is pitching hydrogen, plastics recycling, and even geothermal energy as elements of an economic diversification strategy that leans ... -
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‘Silver Bullet’ Hopes Shouldn’t Distract from Today’s Renewable Energy Solutions, Experts Say
Faced with a massive wave of hype for a new generation of “silver bullet” climate solutions, from green hydrogen to carbon capture to (relatively) ...
