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Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Capital Markets ‘Shift Decisively’ Out of Oil and Gas as Investors Place Their Bets on Renewables
Investors are increasingly placing their bets with renewable energy and abandoning oil and gas, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis reports, in ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Line 5 Pipeline Battle Produces Overheated Claims on Job vs. Environment
As officials in Michigan look to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, business interests in Ontario and Quebec are warning of dire economic effects. ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar
Floating Solar Could Boost African Hydropower Output by 50%
Covering just 1% of Africa’s hydroelectric reservoirs with floating solar panels could double the continent’s hydro capacity while increasing dams’ output by 50%, delivering ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Fossil Cenovus Declares $100-Million Loss on Keystone XL Cancellation
The cancellation of the Keystone XL oil export pipeline has resulted in a second tar sands/oil sands company posting a multi-million-dollar impairment charge in ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentHydrogenJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
GM to Supply Fuel Cells for Hybrid-Electric Trucks
In about three years, Lisle, Illinois-based engine maker Navistar plans to start selling low-emission hydrogen-powered heavy trucks under a partnership with General Motors and ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHydrogenHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
‘Hydropower Era May Be Over’ as Wind Farms Draw New Investment in Quebec, B.C.
Wind energy investment received twin boosts in Quebec and British Columbia last week, with one of the announcements prompting the Globe and Mail to ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsSub-National Governments
Tech Sector Helps Diversify Alberta Job Market, But Gains May Not Last
Technology companies are delivering a ray of hope to an Alberta economy facing the combined impact of a global health crisis and shaky demand ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Permian Basin Drilling Leases Put New Mexico’s Aquifers at Risk
The vast and pristine network of caves that thread through the limestone and gypsum landscape of southeastern New Mexico are otherworldly in their beauty, ... -
AfricaChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSmall Island StatesUnited States
Veteran Negotiators, ‘Dream Team’ of Advocates May Bode Well for COP 26 ‘Moment’
With at least two veteran negotiators back for a repeat engagement, a “dream team” of newer advocates coalescing, and a massive sense of urgency ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Industrial Hog Farm Biogas Projects Ignore Community Impacts
Many Black and low-income communities in the U.S. have long played unwilling hosts to industrial hog farms and their sub-par waste-treatment processes. Now, efforts ... -
ChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingUnited States
212,000 Kilometres of New Pipelines World-Wide Would Enable 170 Billion Tonnes of Emissions, Analysts Warn
A 212,000-kilometre network of oil and gas pipelines now in construction or under development around the world could set investors up for US$1 trillion ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Wyoming Citizens Divided on Economic Shift from Fossil to Renewables
As the low-carbon transition takes hold, fossil-producing Wyoming is at a crossroads. The windy state is grasping at the potential to invest big in ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘Ending Zero-Sum Green Energy Politics’ Depends on Local Solutions, Win-Win Thinking
A detailed, local pitch for jobs and economic activity will be central to the Biden administration’s push to transform the way the United States ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Exxon Faces ‘Frustrated Investors’ After First-Ever Financial Loss
Colossal fossil ExxonMobil declared an annual financial loss yesterday for the first time ever, capping a year in which it had to borrow money ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail Transport
New Campaign Presses RBC, Other Canadian Banks to Drop Fossil Investments [How-to Guide]
A series of socially-distanced demonstrations across Canada last Friday kicked off a national campaign to press the Royal Bank of Canada and other big ...
