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CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationJobsPipelines/Rail Transport
Trudeau Promises to Plant Two Billion Trees Over 10 Years, with Funding ‘Offset’ by Trans Mountain Pipeline Revenue
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau promised last week that a second-term government under his leadership would invest C$3 billion over 10 years to plant two ... -
BuildingsCanadaDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionShale & Fracking
Election Roundup: Parties’ Promises, Fossils Collect Campaign Data, and Climate Protesters Tread Carefully
Week three of Canada’s federal election saw a flurry of climate, energy, and environment promises from the four national party leaders, coinciding with a ... -
CitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionTravel, Leisure & RecreationUnited States
All Eyes on 2020 After UN Climate (Action) Summit Fails to Deliver
The tepid results of last week’s United Nations Climate Summit pointed to the need for political will to match the urgency of the climate ... -
Include CO2 Impacts with Stock Reports, B.C. Environmental Educator Urges
News media should begin reporting companies’ greenhouse gas emissions alongside their stock market results to help people understand the connection between economic activity and ... -
Teck, Suncor, CNRL Take Top Spots in Annual Ranking of Mining Company Revenues
Mining and tar sands/oil sands producers Teck Resources, Suncor Energy, and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. took three of the four top spots in an ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5EuropeFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesOpinion & AnalysisUnited States
UN Climate Summit Falls Short as Major Emitters Fail to Commit
With 77 smaller countries pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but the world’s biggest emitters largely failing to step up, UN ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMethaneSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
‘Climate is Fast Outpacing Us’, Hitting ‘Sooner and Faster’ Than Expected, Agencies Warn UN Summit Delegates
The world’s leading international climate science agencies are predicting 2.9 to 3.4°C average global warming by 2100 based on governments’ current climate commitments, “a ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
New Alberta-New Brunswick Pipeline Proposal Aims to ‘Succeed Where Energy East Failed’
A Montreal-based company is proposing to build a C$23-billion pipeline from Alberta to New Brunswick that it says can succeed where the controversial Energy ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobsSupply Chains & Consumption
Liberals Tout Legally Binding Targets, Tax Incentives to Hit Net Zero by 2050
Legally binding, five-year milestones for greenhouse gas reductions, tax incentives for cleantech businesses, and a Just Transition Act to support workers caught in a ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
530 Organizations in 76 Countries Sign Lofoten Declaration, Demand Oil and Gas Phaseout
With the fossil industry gearing up to spend US$1.4 trillion to increase production over the next five years, climate hawks were at the Climate ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Calgary Chamber of Commerce President Pitches Fossils at UN Climate Action Summit
With delegates and protesters from around the world gathered to push toward faster, deeper greenhouse gas reductions, the president of the Calgary Chamber of ... -
University of California System Dumps All Fossil Investments
The University of California system has decided to drop all fossil fuel investments from its US$13.4-billion endowment and its $70-billion pension fund.
