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U.S. Wind Installs a Turbine Every 2½ Hours, Employs 100,000 in Record Quarter
U.S. wind surged through its strongest quarter in eight years in the first three months of 2017, installing a new turbine every 2½ hours ... -
Asian Lender Touts Hydropower in Bhutan, But Critics Highlight Community Impacts
An Asian Development Bank report last month is touting hydropower development as the key to maintaining Bhutan’s status as the continent’s fastest-growing economy, despite ... -
India Aims to Halt Internal Combustion Car Sales by 2030
India’s Minister of State for Energy Piyush Goyal boldly promised this week to make 2030 the year in which “not a single petrol or ... -
BioenergyCanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsEnergy SubsidiesSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
New U.S. Plant Captures Carbon from Corn Ethanol Production
An Archer Daniels Midland corn ethanol plant in Decatur, Illinois is being celebrated as the latest in a series of carbon capture and storage ... -
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‘Carbon Law’ Plan Misses the Mark on Climate Equity, Technology Pathway
A recent proposal for a new “carbon law” to halve greenhouse gas emissions every decade and deliver 75% odds of climate stabilization is taking ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesSub-National Governments
Alberta Rides ‘Green Rush’ to Its First Clean Power Auction
As signs of life return fitfully to Alberta’s tar sands/oil sands, there’s a “rush” going on in the province’s clean sector as it prepares ... -
No Subsidies Needed in Germany’s Latest North Sea Wind Deal
German consumers will soon begin receiving subsidy-free electricity from two large wind farms in the North Sea, after Danish wind giant Dong Energy won ... -
No New Coal Plants After 2020, EU Utilities Promise, But Policy Challenges Remain
Power utilities from all but two EU countries have promised to stop investing in new coal plants after 2020, as part of the continent’s ... -
Bloomberg Editorial Pitches a Climate Lifeline for Nuclear Generation–For Now
Despite an epically bad week for nuclear power, with Toshiba scuttling its U.S.-based Westinghouse unit into bankruptcy rather than being dragged down with it, ... -
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‘Carbon Law’ Would Halve Emissions Every Decade, Deliver 75% Odds of Climate Stabilization
Humanity can aim for 75% odds of holding average global warming “well below” 2°C above pre-industrial levels by applying Moore’s Law as the basis ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy SubsidiesUnited States
Coal Giants Seek CCS Subsidies by Keeping U.S. in Paris Agreement
Cracks are showing up in the U.S. coal industry’s opposition to the Paris agreement, with industry giants like Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, and Cloud ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOff-GridOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsTransitWind
‘Implementation Budget’ Delivers the Dollars for Pan-Canadian Climate Plan
More than $20 billion in green infrastructure investment, a $50-billion infrastructure bank, a $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, and allocations for renewable energy ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
U.S. States Back Away from Electric Vehicle Subsidies
Fossil fuel and other interests are working heavily Republican U.S. state houses in an effort to spike the tires of the electric car industry, ... -
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Federal Budget Will Be an Important Test of Canada’s Climate Commitment
Governments reveal their true priorities by their spending decisions, and that means next week’s federal budget will be an important test of the Pan-Canadian ... -
ChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
BREAKING: G20 MINISTERS SIGNAL RETREAT ON CLIMATE FINANCE
Finance ministers from the U.S., China, Germany, and other G20 countries are signaling they may pull back from their countries’ financial pledges under the ...
