Climate & Society
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CanadaEnergy PoliticsHeat & TemperatureMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSevere Storms & FloodingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Canada’s Climate Change Election: Will Extreme Weather Drive the Vote?
As Canada’s federal election moves into its first full week, one of the looming questions is how and whether voters’ concerns about climate change, ... -
Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Security & WarMiddle EastNuclearOil & GasUnited States
Trump Threatens Military Action After Drone Strikes Cut Saudi Oil Production by Half
Saudi Arabia’s daily oil output has been cut by half after Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen claimed responsibility for a drone strike on what ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAsiaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOceansSmall Island StatesSouth & Central America
New Analysis Shows ‘Enormous Area’ of the Earth Above 2.0°C
Some of the planet’s hot spots are already above the temperature agreed by scientists and politicians as the maximum allowable to prevent a disastrous ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaCoalDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobsOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & Consumption
Ottawa Looks at Economy-Wide Electrification to ‘Reduce or Eliminate’ Fossil Fuel Use
The federal government has issued a call for consulting proposals to study how widespread electrification can “reduce or eliminate” fossil fuel use across the ... -
Carbon Tax May Fail as Election Controversy with Gasoline Prices Holding Steady
While federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer may have hopes of turning the Liberal government’s carbon tax into an election issue, it’ll be hard to ... -
CanadaFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInsurance & LiabilitySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Atlantic Canada Rethinks Infrastructure, Tree Planting to Prepare for More Frequent, Severe Storms
A steady stream of hurricane-force storms has Atlantic Canada rethinking its approach to electricity grids, shoreline defences, and even tree planting, while insurance companies ... -
AfricaAsiaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central America
Extreme Weather Displaces a Record Seven Million People in First Six Months of 2019
A record seven million people were displaced from their homes by extreme weather in the first half of this year, marking 2019 as “one ... -
Floating Solar in Southeast Asia to Grow from 40 MW to 3 GW in Next Decade
Floating solar photovoltaic plants are arriving as an option for renewable electricity development across Southeast Asia, with analysts at Rystad Energy predicting their prevalence ... -
World Bank Agency Raises $750 Million with First-Ever Green Bond in Canadian Funds
The International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s first green bond ever issued in Canadian dollars has generated C$750 million in investment capital, the agency reported earlier ... -
Enbridge Plans $2.5-Billion Gas Processing Plant and Pipeline for Chetwynd, B.C.
Enbridge Corporation is proposing to build a new natural gas liquids extraction plant and pipeline based near Chetwynd, British Columbia, at a cost of ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon Transition
‘Shut Up, Franzen!’: Climate Hawks Scorch U.S. Novelist’s Latest Fiction that Warming Crisis is Unstoppable
From the outpouring of criticism U.S. novelist Jonathan Franzen is receiving for his latest piece of overwrought climate fatalism in The New Yorker, he ... -
Refrigerant Management Would Save 89.7 Gigatons of Carbon Equivalent by 2050
Refrigerant management places #1 on the Drawdown list of climate solutions, with potential to prevent the equivalent of 89.7 gigatons of carbon dioxide from ...
