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Renewables Employed 11 Million in 2018, IRENA Reports
Renewable energy employed 11 million people around the world last year despite slower annual growth in key markets like China, the International Renewable Energy ... -
Oil Prices Fall, Alberta Fossil Stocks Plummet After Short-Lived ‘Kenney Bump’
Less than two months after fossil analysts celebrated a “Kenney bump” with the arrival of a new government in Alberta, the industry is still ... -
U.S. Set to Add 17,000 MW of New Renewables Per Year Through 2022
The United States is on track to add 17,000 megawatts of new renewable energy capacity per year through 2022, according to analysis this week ... -
Radiohead Defeats Hackers by Releasing Pirated Recordings, Donating Proceeds to Extinction Rebellion
Legendary British rock band Radiohead came up with a climate-friendly solution when hackers threatened to release stolen tapes of the studio sessions for their ... -
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Industry Sees No Impact on Demand, Still Urges Feds to Go Slow on Single-Use Plastics Ban
Within hours of the official announcement that Canada would ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, the plastics industry was simultaneously claiming the initiative ... -
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String of Cancellations Could Spell the End of New Gas Plants in California
The latest in a string of project cancellations is opening up the possibility that California will never have to build another new natural gas ... -
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Stiglitz: Green New Deal Would Deliver the Second World War-Scale Investment to Confront the Climate Crisis
Describing the climate crisis as the “third world war,” Nobel laureate and former World Bank chief economist Joseph E Stiglitz is urging critics of ... -
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Fossils See Circular Economy, Backlash Against Plastics Cutting Demand for Oil and Gas
The mounting global backlash against plastic pollution has fossil companies worried, as public opinion coalesces into a threat to businesses they’ve been counting on ... -
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Bloomberg Funds $500-Million Campaign to Shut All U.S. Coal Plants by 2030
Billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating US$500 million over three years to Beyond Carbon, a new push to phase out all ... -
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Kenney Unveils Fossil ‘War Room’, Faces Criticism on Carbon Tax Repeal, Wildfire Impacts
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced the cost but few details of his much-touted, C$30-million oil and gas “war room” Friday, prompting immediate pushback from ... -
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Keystone Wins Court Appeal, But Further Legal Challenges Await
Opponents of the ever-controversial Keystone XL pipeline are exploring “all available legal avenues” to halt the project, after a U.S. appeal court overturned a ... -
Biden Promises Pushback on China’s Funding for New Coal Plants, Fossil Subsidy Ban
Joe Biden has promised to crack down on China’s coal power spree in other countries if elected U.S. president in 2020.
