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Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaAsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSupply Chains & Consumption
LNG Tanker Completes First Winter Passage of Russia’s Melting Northern Sea Route
Since the New Year, an LNG tanker has twice navigated the Northern Sea Route—a feat that until recently would have been impossible in mid-winter. ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsSupply Chains & Consumption
Global Solar Installations Could Reach 209 GW This Year as BNEF Projects 13 to 50% Growth
New installations of photovoltaic solar capacity will reach 160 to 209 gigawatts (that’s up to 209 billion watts) this year, with booming activity in ... -
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‘There’s a Lot to Rebuild’, Trudeau Tells Biden, as Canada, U.S. Map Climate Partnership
Accelerating climate ambition and building back better are two of the six components of a new U.S.-Canada partnership roadmap that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ... -
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Texas Blackouts Highlight Disaster Risk for U.S., Canadian Utilities
With many Texans still scrambling to recover from a week of freezing cold weather, power blackouts, and water shortages, early analysis in the United ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsSupply Chains & Consumption
Circular Economy Leader Brings Major-Brand Refillable Grocery Packaging to Canada
A new partnership between a rising circular economy juggernaut, a supermarket giant, and some very popular food brands (think Häagen-Dazs and Heinz) is raising ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternationalJurisdictionsSupply Chains & Consumption
France’s New Repairability Labelling Law Boosts Fight Against Planned Obsolescence
In a global first, France has mandated that certain electronics manufacturers must let consumers know just how repairable their products are. And happy Right ... -
AsiaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentHydrogenJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Explainer: IISD Lays Out Pros and Cons of Subsidizing Hydrogen Development
As countries chart paths to net-zero economies by 2050, hydrogen has enjoyed a new wave of attention. But a key question facing governments is ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
In Conversation: New Fibre Sources Are Key to Protecting Forest Ecosystems, Drawing Down Carbon, Rycroft Says
Nicole Rycroft is founder and executive director of Vancouver-based Canopy, and one of this year’s two recipients of the 2020 Climate Breakthrough award, a ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentHydrogenJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
GM to Supply Fuel Cells for Hybrid-Electric Trucks
In about three years, Lisle, Illinois-based engine maker Navistar plans to start selling low-emission hydrogen-powered heavy trucks under a partnership with General Motors and ... -
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Sea Level Rise Could Put 100 Airports Below Sea Level, 572 at Risk by 2100
Passengers, prepare for splashdown. Take-off may have to wait for low tide. By 2100, thanks to rising sea levels, around 100 of the world’s ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & Consumption
Refocus Infrastructure Spending to Cut Carbon, Create Jobs, Blue Green Canada Urges
Canada is missing a big opportunity to create jobs, cut pollution, and advance a net-zero emissions agenda by failing to prioritize projects that use ... -
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Banking Industry Funnelled $17 Trillion into Big Plastic over 4½ Years
A groundbreaking investigation into plastics funding has found that the world’s biggest financial institutions have been “silently and indiscriminately” bankrolling the biggest actors in ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsSupply Chains & Consumption
Circular Approach Can Cut Automakers’ Carbon Intensity 75%, Resource Consumption 80%
A circular economy approach to auto manufacturing could cut the sector’s per-passenger life cycle carbon emissions by 75% and its “non-circular” resource consumption 80% ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySolarSupply Chains & Consumption
Major Canadian Solar Firm Denies Reports of Forced Labour
A Canadian solar company is claiming that no Uyghurs are employed at its 30-MW solar farm in China’s Xinjiang region, nor are any members ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJobs & TrainingLegal & RegulatoryMethaneOceansOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind
Sweeping Biden Executive Orders Halt Fossil Leases, Boost Renewables, Stress Environmental Justice and Scientific Integrity
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 ...
