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CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Campaign Roundup: Pre-Election Advertising, Carbon Tax Politics, Kenney Makes Trudeau Look Good, and the Prospect of a Coalition Government
With the federal election less than 100 days away, news reports last week focused on the financial action around the upcoming campaign, provinces’ mixed ... -
BuildingsCanadaCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon Transition
New Canadian Association Builds Energy Efficiency’s Profile, Beginning with the Industry Itself
With a national think tank positioning energy efficiency as a kind of “all-of-the-above” strategy to deliver lower home energy bills, boost business productivity, and ... -
Batteries/StorageDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Minnesota Sees Energy Storage Competing Against Natural Gas Peaker Plants
Minnesota is the latest U.S. state to consider grid-scale storage as a possible alternative to natural gas peaker plants, under a new state law ... -
GE, BlackRock Announce New Investment in Distributed Solar, Solar+Storage
General Electric and BlackRock Real Assets, described by Greentech Media as an “asset management firm and heavyweight renewables investor,” have unveiled a joint investment ... -
EuropeFinance & InvestmentJobsLegal & RegulatoryPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind
Biggest-Ever Renewables Procurement Makes New York a U.S. ‘Epicentre’ for Offshore Wind
Offshore wind developers Ørsted and Equinor and industrial workers along the eastern United States coast were the biggest winners last week as New York ... -
Air & MarineClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
1.5°C Warming Limit Destroys One-Third of Oil Tanker Demand by 2050
Demand for oil tankers will shrink by one-third by 2050 if countries stay on track to hold average global warming to 1.5°C, meaning that ... -
AfricaCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyWater
Two Million People Lose Access to Water as Drought, Dam Management Problems Hit Harare
Only about half of the 4.5 million people living in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare and four satellite towns have access to municipal water ... -
Batteries/StorageBuildingsCitiesDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentOff-GridSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Utility Safety Outages in California, Nevada Boost Interest in Solar and Storage
With utilities in two southern U.S. states resorting to planned outages to stop their equipment from sparking wildfires during dry, windy conditions, power users ... -
CanadaFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHydroPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Pieridae Delays Nova Scotia LNG Decision While Chevron Unveils New Plans in B.C.
Calgary-based Pieridae Energy Inc., the company behind the C$10-billion Goldboro liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, has postponed the go/no-go ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Scheer’s Climate Plan Costs More, Achieves Less Than Current Federal Policies: Clean Prosperity Study
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer’s recently-announced climate strategy would end up costing more than the current government’s policies and leave Canada farther from achieving its ...
