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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySub-National Governments

    Nova Scotia Unveils EV, Energy Retrofit Fund, but Climate Analysts Look for More

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews with files from The Energy Mix

    February 26, 2021
     
    February 26, 2021
    Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has announced C$19 million in rebates to help people buy electric vehicles and to assist low-income families in making ...
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    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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  • Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    $16,752 Power Bill was a Feature, Not a Bug, in Texas’ Market-Driven Electricity System

    February 22, 2021
     
    February 22, 2021
    With one Texas ratepayer looking at a US$16,752 power bill, and another down to her last $200 after her electricity reseller cleaned out her ...
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    Texas Blackouts Highlight Disaster Risk for U.S., Canadian Utilities

    February 22, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 22, 2021
    With many Texans still scrambling to recover from a week of freezing cold weather, power blackouts, and water shortages, early analysis in the United ...
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    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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    BREAKING: Texas Was ‘Seconds and Minutes’ from Months-Long Blackouts, Grid Operator Admits

    February 19, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 19, 2021
    At least 47 people were dead, hundreds of thousands of homes were still without power, half of the state was under a boil water ...
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    Fund Low-Income Building Retrofits in Upcoming Budget, Efficiency Canada Urges Ottawa [Sign-Ons]

    February 12, 2021
     
    February 12, 2021
    Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 2021 budget must include funding for building energy retrofits for low-income households that can’t afford the up-front cost of a ...
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    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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    Floating Solar Could Boost African Hydropower Output by 50%

    February 10, 2021
     
    February 10, 2021
    Covering just 1% of Africa’s hydroelectric reservoirs with floating solar panels could double the continent’s hydro capacity while increasing dams’ output by 50%, delivering ...
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    EXCLUSIVE: UNESCO Partnership Helps Global Gas Exporters ‘Boost Legitimacy’, Undercuts UN Climate Goals, Analysts Say

    February 8, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 8, 2021
    The United Nations agency responsible for science, education, culture, and protected areas is undercutting global action on the climate emergency, analysts and campaigners warn, ...
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    Sweeping Biden Executive Orders Halt Fossil Leases, Boost Renewables, Stress Environmental Justice and Scientific Integrity

    January 29, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    January 29, 2021
    With a set of three sweeping executive orders Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden launched an abrupt shift from four years of climate denial and ...
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    Biden Brings a Policy ‘Sea Change’, Podesta Tells GreenPAC Webinar

    January 20, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    January 20, 2021
    An aggressive program of executive actions and green investments, a White House staffed with “climate champions”, and a concerted effort to rebuild the U.S. ...
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    ‘Smart Cities’ Hype Enters the Global South, after North American Projects Fall Short

    January 19, 2021
     
    January 19, 2021
    While oft-criticized in North America for promising much and delivering little, the “smart city” concept is gaining a foothold in the Global South—a troubling ...
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    Higher Emissions from Fossil Plants Could Drive Up Global Power Demand by 27 Gigawatts

    January 15, 2021
     
    January 15, 2021
    In a global first, a study just published in the journal Environmental Research Letters concludes that reliance on fossil-fuelled power plants in a warming ...
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    Vancity Sets 2040 Net-Zero Target for Entire Lending Portfolio

    January 10, 2021
     
    January 10, 2021
    The Vancouver City Savings Credit Union is promising to bring its entire mortgage and loan portfolio to net-zero by 2040, 10 years ahead of ...
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    Detroit Project Extends Solar Ownership to Low-Income Tenants

    February 18, 2021
     
    February 18, 2021
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    UK Think Tank Urges Mandatory EV Chargers at Petrol Stations

    February 16, 2021
     
    February 16, 2021
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    Kenya to Add Solar to 22 Diesel Mini-Grids

    February 16, 2021
     
    February 16, 2021
  • BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National Governments

    Nova Scotia Unveils $5.5 Million in Solar Panel Rebates

    February 9, 2021
     
    February 9, 2021
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    U.S. Institute Campaigns for 30 Million Solar Homes

    February 9, 2021
     
    February 9, 2021
  • AustraliaBatteries/StorageBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    South Australia Looks for More Options to Add Rooftop Solar

    February 9, 2021
     
    February 9, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    445-MW Coal Plant in Tampa to Close in 2023, 18 Years Early

    February 2, 2021
     
    February 2, 2021
  • AsiaCitiesClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeneral RenewablesICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy

    Overbuilding, Pricey Coal and LNG Imports Drive Up Power Costs for Bangaldeshis

    February 2, 2021
     
    February 2, 2021
  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEuropeICYMIJurisdictions

    Shell Adds New Subsidiary to Boost EV Charging Capacity

    February 2, 2021
     
    February 2, 2021
  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsMiddle EastRenewable EnergySolar

    Abu Dhabi Funds Solar Project for 50,000 in Somaliland

    February 2, 2021
     
    February 2, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeneral RenewablesICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Can a City Truly Be 100% Renewable?

    January 31, 2021
     
    January 31, 2021
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    Illustrated Guide Promotes UN Habitat’s New Urban Agenda

    January 28, 2021
     
    January 28, 2021
  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityICYMILegal & Regulatory

    Better Charger Data Could Assuage EV Anxiety

    January 26, 2021
     
    January 26, 2021
  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    ‘Charging Deserts’ for EVs Create Racial Divide in Chicago

    January 21, 2021
     
    January 21, 2021
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyICYMIIndiaJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingWind

    Cyclones Force India to Shut Down Wind Turbines, Curtail Power Production

    January 19, 2021
     
    January 19, 2021
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