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CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourDemographicsEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Negotiations Seek ‘Peaceful Solution’ at Unist’ot’en After RCMP Arrest 14 Blocking Coastal GasLink Pipeline
Negotiations were under way between RCMP and hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation Tuesday night, aimed at finding a “peaceful solution” to a standoff ... -
Massachusetts to Receive 40 Years of Documents After U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Exxon Appeal
ExxonMobil will have to hand over 40 years’ worth of documents that could shed light on whether it intentionally withheld information on the impacts ... -
CitiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & Fracking
Municipal Opposition, Earthquake Restrictions Could Put an End to UK Fracking
A wave of municipal opposition, on the heels of falling natural gas prices, is raising serious questions about the future of hydraulic fracturing in ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Health & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Maryland Regulator Rejects TransCanada Gas Link from Pennsylvania to West Virginia
A regulatory body in Maryland has unanimously rejected Calgary-based TransCanada Corporation’s bid to build a natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to West Virginia across ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & Responses
French Climate Petition Approaches Two Million Signatures in One Week as Groups Plot Legal Action
A petition protesting France’s failure to honour its commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement has collected nearly two million signatures in one week, making ... -
Bitumen BubbleCitiesEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentLegal & RegulatoryTravel, Leisure & Recreation
Accountability Letter a ‘Fair’ Way to Share Cost of Climate Impacts, Victoria Mayor Asserts
Victoria, British Columbia is stepping into the spotlight as one of the 16 municipalities across the province asking fossil producers to cover their share ... -
CanadaDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPathways to 1.5Sub-National Governments
Jaccard: Carbon Taxes are ‘Good Policy, Bad Politics’ When Regulations Do Most of the Work
One of Canada’s leading climate economists and modelers is out with a Globe and Mail opinion piece that questions the decades-old narrative that positions ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesSmall Island States
Recognition of Loss and Damage Emerges as COP 24 Success Story
Recognition of the loss and damage vulnerable countries face due to the inevitable impacts of climate change is emerging as a major success story ...
