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Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportUnited StatesWater
Minnesota Appeals Court Rejects Line 3 Pipeline Approval
Fossils were disappointed and Enbridge saw its share price fall 4.7% Monday, after a Minnesota appeals court ruled a state regulator had failed to ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Abandoned Well Cleanup Could Take 2,800 Years, Alberta Regulator Tells Industry
It may take more than 2,800 years to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells across Alberta, National Observer and Star Calgary reveal in ... -
CanadaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrought, Famine & WildfiresLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
Kenney Courageously Strikes Back After Wildfires Defame Alberta’s Oilpatch
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is all set to strike back at the perfidious wildfires besmirching the fossil industry’s good reputation, reports Canada’s satirical online ... -
Oregon Senate Adopts Five-Year Fracking Moratorium
The Oregon State Senate adopted a five-year moratorium on oil and gas fracking last week, after amending a House resolution calling for a 10-year ... -
Vrooman, Guilbeault Urge ZEV Mandate, Support for Deep Energy Retrofits
A federal zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate and stronger support for deep energy retrofits are the main recommendations of the federal Advisory Council on Climate ... -
AustraliaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHydroJobsLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsWind
Australia Reports Rising Emissions, Sees Strong Renewables Potential, as Adani Mine Fight Intensifies
The intensity surrounding recent national elections in Australia is rolling over into the post-campaign period, with the country’s greenhouse gas emissions still rising, its ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Alberta Party Leaders Unanimously Back C-69 Amendments from Unelected Senate Committee
The 187 amendments to Canada’s proposed Impact Assessment Act adopted by the unelected members of the Senate Energy Committee would make the bill acceptable ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
B.C. Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Judges’ Decision Against Trans Mountain Regulation
British Columbia is on its way to a Supreme Court of Canada appeal, after the provincial Court of Appeal ruled unanimously against its right ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementChinaCitiesDrive to 1.5Health & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & ResponsesSolarWind
China Boosts Unsubsidized Renewables But Storms Ahead with Coal Production, Air Pollution
While China is surging ahead with more than 20 billion watts of unsubsidized renewable energy, the country is also seeing alarming increases in coal ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Food SecurityHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Ohio Becomes Battleground on the Legal Rights of Nature
Ohio is becoming a battleground in the fight over the legal rights of nature, after voters in Toledo adopted a ballot initiative in February ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisSub-National Governments
Pre-Election Messaging Rolls Out as Ottawa Confirms Federal Carbon Tax for Alberta
With Ottawa confirming last week that it will impose its backstop price on carbon after the Jason Kenney government moved to eliminate Alberta’s carbon ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"JobsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
New York State Rejects $1-Billion Natural Gas Pipeline
Presenting their decision as rooted in a responsibility to protect state waters from pollution, New York State regulators have rejected a contentious US$1-billion dollar ...
