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CanadaDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
Quebec Cap-and-Trade Revenues Exceed $3 Billion as Carbon Market Withstands Ontario Withdrawal
A new infusion of C$215 million has pushed Quebec’s cumulative carbon cap-and-trade revenues above the $3 billion mark, at just the moment when Ontario ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsSolarSub-National GovernmentsWind
Kenney Would ‘Roll Back the Clock’, Cost Albertans More by Cancelling Solar, Wind Subsidies
United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney’s pledge to phase out subsidies for solar- and wind-powered electricity would “roll back the clock” and could cost ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil Sands
NEB Sees Oil Decline in 2019 as Allan Warns of Stranded Assets in Alberta’s Future
The National Energy Board says Canada’s oil production is set to drop this year for the first time in a decade, and economist Robyn ... -
AfricaAir & MarineAustraliaCanadaChinaEuropeFinance & InvestmentMethanePipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingUnited States
Consultant Touts ‘Virtual Pipelines’ to Build Customer Base for LNG
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers are beginning to depend on “virtual pipelines” to move their product to customers located beyond their countries’ regular pipeline ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOil & Gas
Aramco CEO Bemoans ‘Crisis of Perception’ as Extinction Rebellion Protests Big Fossil Conference
The fossil industry’s challenges amount to a massive image problem that has analysts predicting its decline and fall in the absence of facts, Saudi ... -
UK Official Calls for ‘Grown-Up Conversation’ on Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground
A senior government official from the United Kingdom, one of Canada’s staunchest allies on international climate action, is calling for a grown-up conversation on ... -
Future of Canadian Auto Manufacturing Hinges on Electric, Autonomous Vehicles
Governments will have to pivot their industrial development support to electric and autonomous vehicles if they want Canada to have a future as an ... -
CitiesElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
New U.S. Accelerator Aims for 2.8 GW of City Renewables Purchases by 2021
U.S. cities are setting out to procure an additional 2.8 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2021, as part of a wider, US$70-million initiative ... -
Rising Carbon Prices Could Drive EU Coal Demand Close to Zero in Three Years
Coal demand in Europe will fall close to zero in the next three years if mounting concerns about climate change drive carbon prices as ... -
Exxon Seeks Regulator’s Permission to Dodge Shareholders’ Climate Resolution
Colossal fossil ExxonMobil is turning to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to dodge its own shareholders’ resolution calling on management to ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & Gas
Ban Ki-moon Urges UK to ‘Recalibrate’ Export Financing to Exclude Fossils
The United Kingdom must prove that it’s serious about phasing out fossil fuel use world-wide, not just on its own territory, by cutting off ...
