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Storage Can Speed Transition to Renewable Grid, But Obstacles Remain, Study Finds
Increased reliance on electricity storage will make it easier for established power grids to retire their coal- and gas-fired power plants, postpone pricey and ... -
AustraliaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
Landmark Australian Lawsuit Ties Investor Risk to Climate Change
In what observers are describing as a “world-first” legal case, a 23-year-old law student from Melbourne is taking the Australian government to court, charging ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentLegal & Regulatory
Canada Flunks Climate Test with ‘Policy Full of Loopholes’ for Assessing New Projects
Canada’s new impact assessment rules for power plants, pipelines, and other major infrastructure fall far short of the climate test environmental organizations have been ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryMethaneUnited States
Judge Quashes Trump’s Methane Regulation Rollback as Global Emissions Hit All-Time High
In a decision last week, a U.S. judge called a halt to the Trump administration’s bid to roll back methane regulations enacted by President ... -
Keystone XL Faces New Lawsuit Over Environmental Permitting Process
The Nebraska-based Bold Alliance launched yet another legal challenge to the Keystone XL pipeline last week, after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower ... -
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$2.7-Trillion in Ecosystem Investments Would Generate 400 Million Jobs: WEF
A yearly investment of US$2.7 trillion in ecosystem health would reap an annual 400 million jobs and $10 trillion in returns through 2030, according ... -
Wilkinson Sets End-of-July Deadline to Decide on Vista Coal Mine Review
Environment and Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has given himself until the end of this month to decide whether to order a federal environmental assessment ... -
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Downtown St. John’s, Newfoundland Goes Car-Free for COVID-19
Pandemic-weary residents and business owners in St. John’s, Newfoundland are getting used to a newly-refashioned pedestrian-only downtown, and many of them hoping the changes ... -
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Gutted Market for Recycled Plastics Hits Waste-Picker Communities Hard
Businesses that commit to incorporating more (and more) recycled plastic into their supply chains will be rewarded for putting the health of the oceans ... -
Open Letter to Wilkinson Urges Environmental Assessment for Vista Coal Mine Expansion
A group of 47 Canadian environmental, Indigenous, health, civil society, and faith organizations issued an open letter this week calling on Environment and Climate ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Drive to 1.5EuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatorySouth & Central America
Litigation Drives Global Policy Change on Climate, Study Shows
Recent high-profile legal cases have marked a sea change in climate litigation, showing that the courts are becoming an increasingly effective venue for driving ... -
‘Five Tribes’ Control Half of Oklahoma, But Impact on Fossils Could Take Decades to Sort Out
The implications may take years or decades to sort out, but last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision recognizing about half of Oklahoma as Native ... -
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Dakota Access Pipeline Continues Accepting Oil After U.S. Judge Orders Shutdown
The company behind the intensely controversial Dakota Access Pipeline isn’t explicitly defying a court order. But nor was it reported to have taken any ... -
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Fossils Use Resource Adequacy Concerns to Delay Grid Decarbonization
Now that renewable energy has established its cost advantage over fossil fuels, the industry’s next challenge is to show grid planners they can decarbonize ... -
Ontario’s Talk of Housing Near Transit a ‘Trojan Horse’ for Rolling Back Environmental Protection
Recent announcements on transit-oriented development, affordable housing, air conditioning in long-term care homes, and even education policy are shaping up as a screen for ...
