Energy Subsidies
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CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Tar Sands/Oil Sands Decline May be Permanent, Analysts Say
Falling oil prices have throttled tens of billions of dollars in investment and reduced Canada’s future tar sands/oil sands production by 1.2 million barrels ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarWind
Export Subsidies Vastly Favour Fossil Fuel Technologies Over Renewables
Rich countries spend about five times as much subsidizing exports of fossil fuel technology as they do for renewable energy, according to data obtained ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHydroJurisdictionsRenewable Energy
Canadian Power Production Could Be 100% Renewable by 2035
Canada could produce all its electricity from renewable sources by 2035 and reduce its carbon pollution 80% by 2050, according to a report released ... -
BioenergyClimate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Energy Subsidies Shift While Fossil Fuel Revenues Tank
U.S. energy subsidies declined and shifted focus from 2010 to 2013, and falling oil prices have cut into tax revenues in major oil-producing states, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentIndiaInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
International Agencies Push to Abolish Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the International Energy Agency are ramping up a campaign to abolish fossil fuel subsidies, just as ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsJurisdictions
‘Dizzying Pace’ Continues at Geneva Climate Talks
The Daily Tck continued its phenomenal on-the-ground coverage of this week’s climate negotiations in Geneva, reporting that talks “seemed to move at an even ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Draft Global Climate Agreement Due by ‘Friday at 6 PM’
The first round of negotiations leading up to this year’s UN climate summit in December got under way in Geneva yesterday, and The Daily ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarWind
Lower Oil Subsidies Make Renewables Competitive: IEA
More than two dozen countries are responding to low oil prices by scaling back or eliminating fossil fuel subsidies designed to keep costs down ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
IMF Pegs Canadian Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $34 Billion Per Year
Canada’s $34 billion per year in direct fossil fuel subsidies and “uncollected tax on externalized costs” are a drain on the economy and bleed ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyEnergy SubsidiesGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergyUnited States
Renewables, Efficiency Could Even Out Winter Price Spikes
Massachusetts can even out wintertime spikes in energy prices by reducing its reliance on natural gas in favour of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and ... -
Fossil Fuel Subsidies ‘Hold Our Economy Back’, Venture Investor Says
By propping up fossil fuel production with $2 trillion per year in subsidies, governments are distorting markets in a way that discourages clean energy ... -
FAIL: Lima Delegates Duck Key Issues in Global Climate Negotiations
After running 31 hours past the scheduled close of the UN climate conference in Lima, Peru, negotiators “signed off on an outcome that neither ... -
Adaptation Costs Triple While Countries Debate Climate Action
Climate change adaptation will cost up to three times as much as previous estimates, according to the Adaptation Gap Report released in Lima this ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
Plummeting Prices Make Solar, Wind Competitive with Gas and Coal
Unsubsidized solar and wind energy are beginning to compete with coal and natural gas in the United States, and the venerable New York Times ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy
Global Energy Subsidies in 2012: Fossil Fuels $775 Billion, Renewables $101 Billion
The world’s governments spent $775 billion to subsidize fossil fuel production and use in 2012, compared to only $101 billion for renewable energy in ...
