Energy Subsidies
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CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
U.S. Clean Power Plan Could Hinge on Saskatchewan CCS Project
A key component of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan could hinge on the commercial viability of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearUnited States
U.S. Nuclear Can’t Survive Without Major Subsidies, Investment Firm Warns
The United States nuclear industry is headed for oblivion without more government support, an executive with Carlyle Group LP, one of the world’s largest ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalEnergy SubsidiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Solar Poised to Triple Output Between 2014 and 2017
Solar production in the United States will nearly triple between 2014 and 2017, as natural gas takes its place as the country’s dominant electricity ... -
Climate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearUnited States
$600-Million Bailout Rewards Ohio Utility’s Bad Bets on Coal
Ratepayers will pay up to US$600 million over three years for a bailout the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) unanimously approved last week ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy SubsidiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
White House May Freeze Extraction Leases on Federal Land, Slash Fossil Subsidies
With 75 Parties now on board, including the US, China, India and the European Union, the Paris Agreement is set to enter into force ... -
Canada’s Fossil Subsidies Would Pay for 16 Million Overnight Hospital Stays
Eliminating subsidies to the oil, gas, and coal industries could be worth almost $100 in the pocket of every Canadian every year, the Winnipeg-based ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & Studies
Paris Success Depends on ‘Greening’ $90 Trillion in Infrastructure Investment Through 2030
The $90 trillion set to be invested in infrastructure over the next 15 years will be crucial to the drive for greener economic growth ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergyUnited StatesWind
Xcel Invests $2 Billion for 1.5 GW of New Wind in Upper Midwest
Xcel Energy announced late last month that it will invest US$2 billion to build eight to 10 wind farmstotalling 1.5 GW of new capacity, ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
Wynne Extends HST Olive Branch on Hydro Rates
After months of criticism both partisan and non, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne issued an olive branch Monday to consumers fuming over high electricity bills, ... -
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 ...
