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Deliver Real Protections for Climate Migrants, Refugee Group Urges Biden Administration
As work begins on a new climate change and migration report commissioned by the Biden administration, Refugees International is urging the White House to ... -
BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable Energy
Net-Zero Home Rides Out Edmonton Cold Snap with No Furnace Required
A net-zero home in Edmonton, Alberta stayed toasty warm this week when the polar vortex brought bitterly cold temperatures to town, enabling Darryl Zubot ... -
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Shareholders Squirm, Climate Analysts Pounce as Shell Releases ‘Grotesque’, ‘Delusional’ Climate Plan
Colossal fossil Royal Dutch Shell is taking criticism from all sides for its latest attempt at a decarbonization strategy, with fossil-friendly investors driving its ... -
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Wilkinson, McCarthy Hold First Talks on Cross-Border Climate Action
With a new administration in Washington, DC setting climate action as one of its four defining priorities, Canadian Environment and Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Valentine’s Day Campaign, New Research Highlight B.C. Subsidies to Top Fracking Companies
“Roses are red/Money is green/Thanks for the cheque/Glad we’re on the same team.” That’s the tone of a series of valentines released late last week ... -
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1930s Jobs Program Holds Mixed Lessons for Biden’s U.S. Climate Corps
A recent executive order by President Biden has set policy-makers on course to design a strategy for a new U.S. Civilian Climate Corps, with ... -
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Indigenous Clean Energy Seeks Federal Endowment to Build ‘Decolonized Energy Future’
With nearly 200 renewable energy projects in progress, each of them generating more than a megawatt of electricity at full capacity, Indigenous Clean Energy ... -
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Science ‘Translators’ Needed to Help Investors Avoid Climate Greenwashing
Investors and their advisors may be making a dangerous mistake if they allow climate modelling to give them a false sense of certainty over ... -
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Alberta, B.C. Receive New Funding Under Federal Oil Well Cleanup Program
The Alberta, British Columbia, and federal governments have unveiled a new round of funding to help clean up inactive oil and gas sites in ... -
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EXCLUSIVE: Study Shows Governments’ Oil and Gas Revenue Crashing as Decarbonization Takes Hold
Canadian governments stand to lose more than half of their revenue from oil and gas activities through 2040, and nearly nine-tenths of the taxes ... -
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Fund Low-Income Building Retrofits in Upcoming Budget, Efficiency Canada Urges Ottawa [Sign-Ons]
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 2021 budget must include funding for building energy retrofits for low-income households that can’t afford the up-front cost of a ... -
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Big City Mayors Cheer as Trudeau Offers Permanent Federal Transit Funding
The federal Liberal government is promising cash-strapped cities billions of dollars in permanent funding for their public transit systems—though most of the money won’t ... -
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Climate Crisis Will Be More Deadly than COVID, Carney Warns
Climate change could cause as many deaths each year by mid-century as the COVID-19 pandemic has produced over the last 12 months, UN climate ... -
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Ex-Exxon Engineer Personifies ‘Generational Schism’ Facing Millennial Oil and Gas Workers
As pressure on climate-unfriendly Big Fossil builds, so does the sense of disillusionment among the industry’s younger employees, for whom climate change is a ... -
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Study Shows U.S. Decarbonizing by 2050 for $1 Per Person Per Day
The United States—per head of population perhaps the world’s most prodigal emitter of greenhouse gases—can reverse that and have a carbon-free future within three ...
