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Australia Working Toward Net Zero Despite Federal Stonewalling
Continued attempts by Scott Morrison’s government to downplay the climate crisis and obstruct solutions in Australia are proving to be increasingly out of step ... -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesOceansOil & Gas
Equinor Scuttles Offshore Drilling Plan for Great Australian Bight
Norwegian colossal fossil Equinor announced late last month that it is abandoning a US$200-million plan to drill for oil in the deep waters of ... -
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Hope for Stability Fades as Guyana Becomes Nascent Petro-State
Hopes that Guyana’s nascent democracy and fragile economy might defy standard petro-state precedents and realize only benefits from the country’s sudden vault into the ... -
Week 10, March 9: Walking, Cycling and Transit
Transportation produces 174 Mt of CO2e emissions a year, accounting for 24% of Canada’s emissions. We need to reduce this to zero by 2040. -
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CCPA: B.C. Must Plan for Managed Decline Before International Fossil Markets Scale Back
British Columbia may be running out of time to plan for a managed decline of its fossil fuel industry, given the prospect that the ... -
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Time to Cut Fossils’ ‘Corporate Welfare’, Make Economy More Efficient, Author Argues
Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies is a policy measure that could create some common ground between climate campaigners and libertarian free market advocates, self-styled independent ... -
AustraliaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & Studies
World’s Biggest Insurance Company Considers Whether to Drop Adani Coal Mine
The world’s biggest insurance company is rethinking its role in underwriting one of the biggest, most controversial carbon bombs anywhere, with Marsh LLC senior ... -
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Coastal Cities Must Fight or Flee as Global Waters Rise
With global sea levels expected to rise an average of one to four feet by 2100, cities like San Francisco, Manila, and Boston are ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesFinance & InvestmentTransitUnited States
Uber, Lyft Emerge as Massive Emitters, But Policy Changes Could Help
Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft emit almost 70% more carbon dioxide than the forms of transport they displace, according to a new report ... -
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Biden, Sanders Climate Policies Come Into Focus as Primary Field Narrows
With the race for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination narrowing to two main candidates, the New York Times and Foreign Policy magazine are ... -
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Scandinavia Looks to Solar in ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’
Northern regions as far as the Arctic Circle are increasingly turning to the power of the midnight sun to keep their communities humming, feeding ... -
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Drawdown’s Latest ‘Tools of Possibility’ Show Path to 1.5°C, with 1,570 Billion Tons of Emission Cuts by 2050
Humanity can prevent or draw down 1,570 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions between 2020 and 2050 to approach a 1.5°C threshold for average ... -
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Trudeau Calls for Year of Consultation on 2030, 2050 Climate Targets
The federal government is calling for a year of consultation before finalizing plans to meet a more ambitious carbon reduction target by 2030 and ... -
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Alberta Announces $100M Loan for Orphan Well Clean-Up
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Energy Minister Sonya Savage have announced a C$100-million loan to help the province’s Orphan Well Association clean up another ... -
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1.5°C Warming Means ‘Breathtaking’ $900-Billion Loss for Colossal Fossils
The world’s oil and gas companies may have to write off a “breathtaking” US$900 billion in stranded assets—about one-third of their total value—if governments ...
