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  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Rising Rents, Hurricane Damage Drive Homelessness Crisis in Louisiana

    February 26, 2021
     
    February 26, 2021
    Only six months after seeing their homes destroyed by back-to-back hurricanes, many renters in the industrial heartland of southwest Louisiana have found themselves literally ...
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  • BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable Energy

    Toronto Cuts Climate Funding, Delays Long-Term Emissions Plan as Pandemic Strains Finances

    February 24, 2021
     
    February 24, 2021
    Toronto city council decided last week to delay planning activities and reduce funding for its TranformTO climate plan, ignoring warnings that the climate crisis ...
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  • AsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionForests & DeforestationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions

    City Forests Hold Promise for Significant CO2 Offsets, Study Concludes

    February 24, 2021
     
    February 24, 2021
    Urban reforestation in cities in the Global South could be a cost-effective path to offsetting some part of global city emissions, according to a ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Off-Gassing Upholstery, Highway Emissions Make Cars Toxic Inside and Out

    February 24, 2021
     
    February 24, 2021
    The average commute time in California is 30 minutes, and growing. And according to a new study, the half-hour spent in vehicles that off-gas ...
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  • CanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments

    Alberta Towns Declare Crisis as Deadbeat Fossils’ Unpaid Tax Bills Triple to $245 Million

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews

    February 22, 2021
     
    February 22, 2021
    The exponential growth of unpaid property taxes from Alberta’s struggling oilpatch is threatening small communities and they need new ways to enforce the rules, ...
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  • AustraliaAuto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryTransitWalking & Biking

    Going All In on EV Adoption Won’t Solve America’s Car Addiction: Op-Ed

    February 21, 2021
     
    February 21, 2021
    While the Biden administration’s recent pledge to replace the U.S. government’s fleet of some 650,000 vehicles with EVs is being welcomed, observers warn that ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments

    Pickering-Area Citizens Launch Blockade, ‘Shoe Strike’ to Protect Sensitive Local Wetland

    February 17, 2021
     
    February 17, 2021
    Community groups and angry citizens from Pickering, Ontario are going up against what one news report calls “a billionaire and a business-friendly government” to ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsTransitUnited States

    Amtrak One? With a Rail Enthusiast in the White House, Transit Advocate Eyes a Renaissance

    February 17, 2021
     
    February 17, 2021
    Through a three-decade career in the U.S. Senate, President Joe Biden famously made the commute from Delaware to Washington, DC by rail, and his ...
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  • CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Appalachia Counties Lose Jobs, Population Despite Massive Fracking Boom

    February 15, 2021
     
    February 15, 2021
    The 22 counties in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio that have been at the centre of an extraordinary, decade-long fracking boom have seen very ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments

    Alberta, B.C. Receive New Funding Under Federal Oil Well Cleanup Program

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews

    February 14, 2021
     
    February 14, 2021
    The Alberta, British Columbia, and federal governments have unveiled a new round of funding to help clean up inactive oil and gas sites in ...
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  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsTransitWalking & Biking

    Big City Mayors Cheer as Trudeau Offers Permanent Federal Transit Funding

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews

    February 12, 2021
     
    February 12, 2021
    The federal Liberal government is promising cash-strapped cities billions of dollars in permanent funding for their public transit systems—though most of the money won’t ...
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  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    U.S. Cities Vastly Underreport Their Emissions, Study Concludes

    February 7, 2021
     
    February 7, 2021
    A new study in the journal Nature Communications warns that most American cities are likely underreporting their greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 20%, an ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    ‘Ending Zero-Sum Green Energy Politics’ Depends on Local Solutions, Win-Win Thinking

    February 5, 2021
     
    February 5, 2021
    A detailed, local pitch for jobs and economic activity will be central to the Biden administration’s push to transform the way the United States ...
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  • 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

    February 3, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 3, 2021
    Federal environmental agencies are underestimating methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells by 20% in the United States and 150% in Canada, according ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationJurisdictions

    Trudeau Tree-Planting Plan to Run $2.78B Over Budget, PBO Warns

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews

    January 31, 2021
     
    January 31, 2021
    The parliamentary budget office says a pledge by the Trudeau Liberals to plant two billion trees could cost almost double what the government says.
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  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Wildfires Deliver Economic Hit After Flames Go Out

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • AsiaBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergySolarWind

    Taiwan to Offset Coal with 20.4 GW of Renewables by 2030

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTransit

    Toronto Transit Expansion Means Expropriation for Some Landowners

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas

    BP, Chevron Invest in Calgary Geothermal Startup

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsTransitUnited States

    Virginia Environmental Justice Council Urges Action on Regional Transportation

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Utility to Close Wisconsin’s Second-Biggest Coal Plant by 2025

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Iowa Sees Longer Wait List for State Solar Tax Credit

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • Batteries/StorageBuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited States

    Wells Fargo Plans 30 MW of Rooftop Solar in Seven U.S. States

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • AustraliaBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National Governments

    Australia Coal Hub Building World’s Biggest Battery

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydropowerICYMIIndiaJurisdictionsRenewable Energy

    Punjab Region Wants 5,000 MW of New Power Production by 2024

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesICYMIJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaRenewable Energy

    Dominican Republic Puts More Emphasis on Renewables

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    U.S. Flood Damage Costs to Rise 61% by 2051

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • CitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & Fracking

    Equinor Drops Bakken Shale Stocks after Multi-Billion-Dollar Losses

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHydrogenICYMINon-Renewable EnergyRenewable Energy

    Cement Makers Look to Cut Emissions with Green Hydrogen, Carbon Capture

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMINon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyResearch & Development

    Musk’s Carbon Capture Prize Has Big Cost Hurdles to Overcome

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
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