Energy Subsidies
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Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesInternationalJurisdictions
G20 Sets No Deadline to Support Paris Deal, End Fossil Subsidies
The leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies have again declared their determination to support the Paris climate accord and stop subsidizing fossil fuels, ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInsurance & LiabilityInternationalJurisdictions
Global Insurers Worth $1.2T Demand an End to Fossil Subsidies
Three of the world’s biggest insurers have called on G20 leaders to implement a timeframe for the end of fossil fuel subsidies when they ... -
CanadaChinaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesEuropeHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
G20 Faces Push for Firm Deadline on Fossil Subsidy Phase-Out
With green finance on the agenda, there are three steps G20 leaders meeting in Hangzhou, China can take to beef up their commitment to ... -
Batteries/StorageClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEuropeJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergyWind
Offshore Wind Surges as Alternative to Hinkley Nuclear Plan
The UK could produce about as much electricity from offshore wind with the £18 billion it had planned to spend on the troubled Hinkley ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesHydropowerJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
New York Subsidizes Nuclear, Boosts Renewables to 50% by 2030
New York’s Public Service Commission (PSC) has adopted a Clean Energy Standard that requires all the state’s coal plants to close by 2020 and ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEuropeJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergySolar
Solar Subsidy Cut Killed 12,000 Jobs, But UK Scene May Be Shifting
The United Kingdom has lost more than 12,000 solar jobs since its Conservative government announced last May that it would slash subsidies that amounted ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
BETRAYAL: UN Envoy Slams UK, Germany Backtracking on Paris Agreement
The United Kingdom and Germany are betraying the spirit of the United Nations climate agreement in Paris by continuing to subsidize fossil fuels, says ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsUnited States
U.S. Energy Storage Tax Credit Aims for Bipartisan Support
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) are hunting for bipartisan backing for an energy storage investment tax credit they plan to ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
Solar Undercuts Natural Gas for Cheapest Grid Power
Grid-scale solar-electric systems will account for more than 70% of U.S. panel installations this year, as it dawns on utilities that unsubsidized photovoltaics now ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesGeneral RenewablesInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergyUnited States
Leaders Declare Continental Energy Aspirations, Details to Follow
North American energy policy analysts and market participants will need to “connect the dots” in more than a figurative sense if the halo of ... -
ChinaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMiddle EastUnited States
G-20 Fails to Set Deadline for Fossil Subsidy Phase-Out
G-20 energy ministers meeting in Beijing last week failed to agree on a timeline to phase out their share of fossil fuel subsidies valued ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & Gas
NGOs Urge G20 to End Fossil Subsidies by 2020
More than 200 non-government organizations are calling on G20 energy ministers meeting in Beijing this week to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies by 2020. -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsMethaneMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaRenewable EnergyUnited States
‘Three Amigos’ Urged to Collaborate on Climate Change, Decarbonization
A summit this week will bring U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto to Ottawa to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Black Gold’s Future is Mostly Red Ink, Energy Economists Say
The warnings to investors in high-cost fossil fuels to abandon ship while they still can rang loud again recently, at a global summit in ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
‘Because It’s 2015’: Canadian Fossil, Mining Companies Nab $28 Billion in Federal Export Finance
(Editor’s note: We missed this story in Monday’s edition due to a technical glitch in our email system. We apologize for the confusion.) ... ...
