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CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Ecojustice Goes to Court Against Alberta’s ‘Foreign-Funded Influence’ Panel
A judge in Calgary was to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta’s public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is ... -
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. ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyCoalFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergySub-National Governments
Loopholes Still Allow Mountaintop Mining, Law Prof Warns, after Alberta Reinstates 1976 Coal Policy
Doubts are being raised about the Alberta government’s decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central America
Peruvian Study Connects Flood Risk to Climate Change, Boosts Litigation Hopes
A landmark study of a Peruvian glacier has concluded that climate change caused by human activity is the key factor in the dangerous phenomenon ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingDemographicsEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
French Court Orders More State Action on Climate Change
In what campaigners are calling a landmark ruling, a French court has judged the country to be failing in its commitments to fight the ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments
‘Intense Public Protest’ Prompts Alberta to Restore Some Coal Industry Regulation
The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Cities Vastly Underreport Their Emissions, Study Concludes
A new study in the journal Nature Communications warns that most American cities are likely underreporting their greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 20%, an ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail Transport
‘Tears of Joy’ as Court Orders Compensation for Shell Pipeline Spills in Nigeria
A European campaign organization responded with “tears of joy”, and a reporter predicted a wave of new litigation after an appeals court in The ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
White House Abandons Trump-Era Attacks on Vehicle Efficiency, Methane Standards
The Biden administration is abandoning a controversial Trump-era attempt to challenge California’s legislated authority to set its own tailpipe and methane emission standards under ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Alberta Fossil Defence Tactics Ripped Right from Fossil Petro-State Playbook, Analysis Shows
Alberta’s government may brandish democracy when it promotes its oil to the world, but its transparent efforts to silence voices of opposition to fossil ... -
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 ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & DistributionEuropeHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingUnited States
Canada and U.S. Drastically Underestimate Methane Emissions as Atmospheric Levels Rise
Federal environmental agencies are underestimating methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells by 20% in the United States and 150% in Canada, according ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Ireland Plans to Ban New Oil and Gas Licences, ‘Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground’
The Irish Cabinet has approved a legislated ban on new oil and gas exploration licences, though it still plans to honour existing licences—to the ...
