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Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeFinance & InvestmentInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictions
Carney Declares Climate Change the ‘Tragedy of the Horizon’
Financial crises and falling living standards will be the result unless the world’s leading countries do more to disclose and reduce their greenhouse gas ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & Investment
Progress Toward Paris Has ‘Far Outstripped Expectations’: Guardian
The greatest hope for a breakthrough global deal at the UN climate summit in Paris this fall rests with the “transformation in the cost ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Shell ‘Sustains Unmitigated Defeat’ in Chukchi Sea Failure
Climate organizations declared victory last week as Royal Dutch Shell abandoned its oil and gas development program in the Chukchi Sea, off the Alaska ... -
Shell CEO Sees Arctic Oil Production ‘Nearer 2030,’ Declares Unburnable Carbon a ‘Red Herring’
Royal Dutch Shell would not likely begin producing oil from its controversial Arctic drilling rig in the Chukchi Sea until “nearer 2030,” CEO Ben ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesICYMIJurisdictionsOff-GridRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Obama Trying to Speed Up Renewables in Alaska
The White House announced earlier this month that it would launch a US$4 million initiative to speed the development of renewable energy in remote ... -
Climate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentICYMIInternationalJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited StatesWind
First-Ever Cross-Border Wind Farm
Between the U.S. and Mexico, the first-ever cross-border wind farm was officially inaugurated late last month. Customers of San Diego Gas & Electric will ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsUnited States
LG Chem vs. Panasonic to Lead LiON Market
Panasonic remains the current front-runner in the lithium ion industry, closely followed by LG Chem, but according to a new report from Lux Research, the ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalFinance & InvestmentNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Fossil Divestment Grows 50-Fold in a Year to US$2.6 Trillion
The fossil fuel divestment movement has grown 50-fold in the last year and now encompasses 436 institutions representing US$2.6 trillion in assets, Arabella Advisors ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentICYMIRenewable EnergySolar
Utilities Push Into Community Solar
Research from the University of Texas at Austin suggests there could be a compromise between utilities and solar installers. The potential win-win, say researchers, ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyTransitWind
Wind-Powered Dutch Trains by 2018
According to a joint-venture energy contract between Dutch power companies, Netherland Railways, and rail-freight operators signed in 2014 set to start this year, about ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentICYMILegal & Regulatory
California Gets Serious About Grid Integration
Last month, the California Public Utilities Commission released a proposal that could radically reorganize how the state manages planning, and pay for the integration ... -
Canadian Medical Association Votes for Divestment
The Canadian Medical Association voted late last month to divest from companies that produce or sell fossil fuels. The association also passed motions recommending ... -
BioenergyCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentHydroJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsWind
Canadian Clean Energy Investment Grows 88% in One Year
Investment in clean energy generation approached C$10.7 billion in 2014, an 88% increase since 2013, with Ontario accounting for 42% of the total at ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
Pension Funds Have Legal Duty to Confront Climate Change
Canadian pension plans and plan managers may have a legal obligation to take public positions on climate risk, according to a study commissioned by ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
U.S. Oil Train Projects Spark Opposition
As pipeline proposals stagnate, crude-by-rail projects in the U.S. are on the rise with increasing resistance. Big environmental organizations and small community groups are ...
