Energy Subsidies
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CanadaChinaCitiesEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSub-National Governments
Industry Sees No Impact on Demand, Still Urges Feds to Go Slow on Single-Use Plastics Ban
Within hours of the official announcement that Canada would ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, the plastics industry was simultaneously claiming the initiative ... -
BuildingsCoalDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJobsPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSolarUnited StatesWind
Stiglitz: Green New Deal Would Deliver the Second World War-Scale Investment to Confront the Climate Crisis
Describing the climate crisis as the “third world war,” Nobel laureate and former World Bank chief economist Joseph E Stiglitz is urging critics of ... -
Biden Promises Pushback on China’s Funding for New Coal Plants, Fossil Subsidy Ban
Joe Biden has promised to crack down on China’s coal power spree in other countries if elected U.S. president in 2020. -
AustraliaCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Beer: Climate Intensity Has Arrived, and Politicians Ignore It At Their Peril
The age of “climate intensity” is upon us, and politicians who fail to take notice are at risk of being swept aside, The Energy ... -
Push Japan Toward Coal Subsidy Phaseout, Abreu Urges Trudeau Government
With Japan chairing this year’s G20 meetings and its prime minister, Shinzo Abe, trying to position himself as a climate leader, Canada has an ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Abandoned Well Cleanup Could Take 2,800 Years, Alberta Regulator Tells Industry
It may take more than 2,800 years to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells across Alberta, National Observer and Star Calgary reveal in ... -
CoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentNuclearSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Ohio House Bill Bails Out Coal and Nuclear, Cuts Renewables and Efficiency Programs
Ohio businesses and homeowners are a big step closer to picking up the tab for their utilities’ uneconomical power plants, after the state House ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & Responses
80 Countries to Announce Tougher Climate Targets at UN Summit in September
About 80 countries are on track to announce tougher greenhouse gas reduction targets during United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ climate summit this September, ... -
CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNuclearPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Canada Touts Cleantech Venture with Gates as Clean Energy Ministerial Gets Under Way
Ottawa will invest up to C$30 million in a public-private venture with mega-entrepreneurs Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and others to help launch ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaEnergy Access & EquityEnergy SubsidiesPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
High Gas Prices, Government Rebates Drive Hot B.C. Market for Electric Vehicles
Sky-high gas prices, together with up to C$10,000 in government rebates, are forecast to give a serious boost to an already healthy electric vehicle ... -
Energy SubsidiesHealth & SafetyMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
With Industry Dating Back to 1859, Pennsylvania Struggles with 200,000+ Orphan Wells
Although pressure is building on the fossil industry to address fugitive emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells, deadbeat drillers and insufficient public funds ... -
Perennial Bioenergy Crops Would Save 3.33 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Increased cultivation of perennial bioenergy crops ranks #51 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 3.33 ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
Stop New Coal Plants by 2020, Cut Fossil Subsidies, UN Secretary General Urges
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling on countries to stop new coal plant construction by 2020, accelerate the shutdown of existing facilities, ... -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialCoalDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureOceans
350 Declares ‘Time to Stand Together’ as Climate-Denying Liberal-National Coalition Wins Australia Election
Despite 29% of Australians identifying climate change as their top ballot box issue—up from just 9% in 2016—Scott Morrison’s climate-denying Liberal-National Coalition eked out ...
