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Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
BREAKING: Moody’s Downgrades Alberta’s Credit While Federal Regulator Predicts Continuing Over-Dependence on Oil
One of the world’s leading credit assessment agencies has downgraded its rating for Alberta, citing the province’s over-dependence on fossil fuels, lack of pipeline ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate DenialDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
60% of Toxic Superfund Sites in U.S. Are Vulnerable to Climate Impacts
With 60% of America’s toxic Superfund sites at risk from climate impacts like storm surge and flooding, wildfires and rising seas, the Environmental Protection ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
Ecofiscal Commission Urges $210/Tonne Carbon Tax as Canada Falls Behind on 2030 Target
Canada will need to quadruple its carbon tax to C$210 per tonne by 2030, enough to raise gasoline prices by about 40¢ per litre, ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate DenialEnergy PoliticsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Trump Administration Plans Massive Expansion for Alaska Oil Drilling
Continuing its assault on Obama-era environmental protections in the Arctic, the Trump administration released a draft proposal earlier this month to open as much ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesHot SpotsInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail Transport
Federally-Owned Trans Mountain Takes Criticism for Surveillance on Indigenous Opponents
In a move that legal experts are condemning as a disquieting disregard for the democratic rights of assembly and free expression, federally-owned Trans Mountain ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
Seven Youth Sue Ford Government for ‘Tearing Up Ontario’s Climate Laws’
Seven Ontario youth are suing the Doug Ford government for “tearing up the province’s climate laws and violating their Charter rights to life, liberty, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & Responses
EU to Declare Climate Emergency Ahead of UN Climate Conference Next Week
European Union legislators are on track to declare a climate emergency ahead of the annual United Nations climate conference opening next week in Madrid, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
California Sets Moratorium on Fracking Technique, Demands Scientific Evidence for New Permits
California will make new oil and gas fracking permits subject to scientific review, slap a moratorium on a production technique responsible for a recent ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy Access & EquityForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSmall Island StatesSupply Chains & Consumption
Fires Driven by Drought, Forest Clearing Ravage Sumatran Elephant and Tiger Habitat
Fires across Indonesia this summer and fall, driven by a wet season cut short by drought, drained peatlands turned to tinder, and farmers conducting ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsHot SpotsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Ecojustice Challenges ‘Partisan Political Purposes’ Behind Alberta’s Foreign Funding Inquiry
Environmental law charity Ecojustice has filed a legal challenge against the Kenney government’s C$2.5-million commission on supposed “foreign-funded radicals” opposing the Alberta fossil industry, ...
