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Washington State ‘Cap-and-Invest’ Law Aims for Fast Carbon Cuts without Higher Energy Costs
Washington State is adopting a new “cap-and-invest” law aimed at driving rapid decarbonization without increasing energy costs for ratepayers. -
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Haley: Ottawa’s Energy Efficiency Plans Will Hinge on ‘Nitty-Gritty Details of Implementation’
While last week’s federal budget cemented a significant increase in government support for energy efficiency, the “nitty-gritty details of implementation” have yet to be ... -
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Federal Budget Puts $17.6 Billion into Green Recovery, Tips 36% Emissions Cut by 2030
The federal government is getting decidedly mixed reviews for a 2021 budget that announces but doesn’t quite spell out C$17.6 billion in green recovery ... -
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Ottawa Offers $40,000 Interest-Free Loans for Deep Energy Retrofits
The federal government is hoping a budget provision for C$40,000 interest-free loans will be sufficient incentive to encourage 200,000 Canadian households to undertake deep ... -
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‘No Vaccine for Climate Change’, Departing Toronto Energy Director Warns, in Critique of City’s Climate Performance
Toronto’s retiring director of environment and energy issued a broadside on his way out the door last week, warning councillors that there’s “no vaccine ... -
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Virginia’s ‘Solar Barn Raisings’ Help Power Community Spirit
A solar non-profit’s work with Habitat for Humanity to bring “solar barn raising” to Virginia communities is putting paid to the myth that solar ... -
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IEA Urges ‘Massive’ Energy Efficiency Gains to Hit Net-Zero Targets
Countries will need “massive improvements” in energy efficiency to achieve their net-zero targets under the Paris Agreement, International Energy Agency policy analyst Alyssa Fischer ... -
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New Start-Up Aims to Build U.S. Energy Equity One Neighbourhood at a Time
To be poor and a person of colour in the United States all too often means living with energy poverty and its associated health ... -
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Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels
U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ... -
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Danish Architects’ Prefab Façades Could Cut Building Energy Use in Half
An architectural design collaboration in Denmark is hard at work on a prefab, modular façade that can be quickly installed on an existing building ... -
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Top Architecture Award Picks Refurbishment Over High-Carbon Reconstruction
For the first time in its 46-year history, the most prestigious award in architecture has gone to a firm that has devoted three decades ... -
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U.S. Lawmakers to Vote on Groundbreaking Environmental Justice Bill
A landmark bill currently in front of the U.S. Congress could change the game for environmental justice in the country. Two key provisions: an ... -
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Use Energy Efficiency to Counter Energy Poverty, Analyst Urges
Energy efficiency is an essential part of the solution for the 20% of Canadian households now living in energy poverty—but the country’s major news ... -
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Indigenous-Led Dakota Wind Project Holds Lessons for Just Transition
With some of the windiest places on the continent sited within their territories, six Oceti Sakowin (Lakota) tribes in South Dakota are three years ... -
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More Systemic Racism than Storm Damage in Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis
The winter storm that famously brought Texas to its knees last month also delivered misery to places like Jackson, Mississippi. Weeks later, more than ...
