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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 ... -
Air & MarineClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & Consumption
UN Shipping Agency Wastes Time ‘Rearranging Deck Chairs’, Ignores Climate Emergency
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) squandered valuable time debating procedure and process when it could have been working to decarbonize the global shipping industry, ... -
Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryNuclearPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chair Calls for Nuclear Reactor Ban
The former chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the country’s nuclear industry should be banned, after concluding that the dangers of climate ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsWater
‘Unprecedented’ Interference by Unelected Senators Puts Environmental Reforms in Jeopardy
Politicians and environmental groups are raising the alarm about political interference after unelected Canadian senators voted down one environmental protection bill in committee and ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Oilpatch Journalist Debunks Krause’s Conspiracy Theories About Anti-Pipeline Campaigners
Part of Jason Kenney’s “pushback strategy” is a C$2.5-million public inquiry into “the foreign source of funds behind the campaign to landlock Alberta energy.” ...
