Energy Subsidies
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Canada Doubles Support for Cleantech Exports
Canada’s federal government will double the financial support it offers small and mid-sized Canadian companies seeking to bring their clean technology to a global ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentOil & Gas
Fossils at COP 23 Tout CCS to Head Off ‘Rapid Abandonment’ of Their Industry
The fossil industry has latched onto carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a lifeline for oil and gas production, DeSmog Blog concludes in a ... -
U.S. FERC Chair Tips Interim Lifeline for Coal, Nuclear
The acting chair of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may oblige the electricity distributors it oversees to pay above-market rates for coal and ... -
BrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & Gas
Brazil Fires Starting Gun in Race to Extract Oil Before Carbon Caps Kick In
Brazil is betraying its diplomats’ climate rhetoric, and possibly setting off a global race to extract and burn as much oil as possible before ... -
Shutting Down Car, Light Truck Exhaust Could Save Canada $12.8 Billion Per Year in Health Costs
Giving up the internal combustion engine could save Canadians nearly C$13 billion a year in avoided health care costs from the effects of gasoline ... -
Australia Could Fund India Billionaire, China Government to Dig Its Coal
Plans by India’s Adani industrial group to develop Australia’s biggest-ever coal mine in the northeastern state of Queensland can’t find commercial financing and now ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesInsurance & LiabilityLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Supreme Court to Decide Who Pays to Clean Up Abandoned Wells
The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether oil and gas companies can walk away from the environmental messes their operations leave behind with ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCCS & Negative EmissionsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesGeneral RenewablesNuclearSolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. GOP Tax Reform Gives to Nuclear, Takes Away from Wind and Solar
Eager to pass at least one significant piece of legislation in what’s left of 2017, and looking for ways to close challenging math gaps ... -
U.S. Regulator Poised to Deny $11-Billion Annual Subsidy to Coal and Nuclear. You Can Help It Make Right Choice.
The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is leaning toward punting Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s request for a special annual subsidy for coal ... -
Bipartisan Senators Seek Easier Financing for Renewables as U.S. Tax Reform Takes Shape
Existing U.S. federal subsidies for solar and wind generation have been a target of Trump administration criticism, but a tax reform measure prompted by ... -
Liberal MP Shuts Down Fossil Subsidies Hearing as Research Pinpoints Low Tax Rate Per Barrel
In the same week that a key House of Commons committee went behind closed doors to discuss the country’s fossil fuel subsidies, The Guardian ... -
Fossil Subsidies Phaseout in Doubt as Canada Lags on Basic Definitions
Nearly a decade after Canada and other G20 countries committed to phase out “inefficient” fossil fuel subsidies, the federal government still hasn’t defined some ... -
Coal Is Still Losing the War That Never Was
Donald Trump has made much of ending the “war” that he has long asserted was being waged against coal by the previous administration led ... -
Sun Shines on Solar in Trump Country
Donald Trump’s efforts to breathe life back into his country’s coal industry hasn’t been going very well, but something’s definitely growing in Trump country: ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHydropowerLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
BC Hydro’s Site C Dam on Shaky Ground, Financially and Literally
Another expert is weighing in to challenge the economic claims for BC Hydro’s beleaguered Site C hydroelectric project, even as the Crown-owned enterprise admits ...
