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AfricaAsiaDrought, Famine & WildfiresEncoreFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
U.S. Border Crisis Driven by ‘New Level of Climate Desperation’
With Donald Trump casually describing incoming migrants at his country’s southern border as “invaders” and comparing them to “vermin”, news reporting in the last ... -
Mi’kmaq, NS Enviros ‘Extremely Concerned’ After 136,000-Litre Spill at BP’s Offshore Drilling Site
It took less than four months for BP’s “safe” offshore drilling program about 330 kilometres east of Halifax to spill 136,000 litres of toxic ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEncoreEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & Analysis
Beer: Dodge’s ‘False, Frightening Narrative’ Suggests ‘People Will Die’ in Trans Mountain Protests
A recent opinion piece by ex-Bank of Canada governor David Dodge, asserting that killing off a few “extremists” in the Burnaby Mountain protests might ... -
CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEncoreFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Scaled-Up Urban Solutions Could Free Billions from Climate Impacts
With new projections showing billions of urban dwellers affected by climate-related heat waves, drought, flooding, food shortages, and blackouts by 2050, C40 Cities is ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5EncoreFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHydroIPCC ReportPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
Average Warming On Track to Exceed 1.5°C by 2040: Leaked IPCC Report
Average global warming is on track to exceed 1.5°C by about 2040, according to a leaked draft of a special report commissioned by the ... -
Fossils Must Face Their Future as a ‘Declining Industry’, Investment Execs Assert
Oil and gas must prepare to “face its future as a declining industry” and leave it to finance and investment professionals to allocate the US$29 trillion ... -
Holthaus: Quick Climate Action Can Still Minimize Antarctic Ice Loss
There’s still time to prevent the nightmare scenario that could flow from the massive loss of Antarctic ice since 1992—40% of it in the ... -
Electricity GridEncoreEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Utility Project in Nevada Prices Solar at Record-Low $23.76 Per Megawatt-Hour
Just days after a project in Arizona secured the lowest confirmed price for a U.S. utility solar project, at $24.99 per megawatt-hour, 8minutenergy’s 300-megawatt ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5EncoreInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Green Building Pioneers Urge LEED to Embrace Low-Carbon Tech, Climate Change Challenge
As the U.S. Green Building Council celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for environmentally sound ... -
Sustained Drought Could Leave Two Million Hungry in Afghanistan
Two-thirds of war-torn Afghanistan is in the grips of a sustained drought that could trigger food shortages for two million or more people, according ... -
AsiaCanadaEncoreEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Kinder Morgan Wins, Canadian Taxpayers Lose in Pipeline Buyout, Rubin Declares
Finance Minister Bill Morneau had better options than to nationalize a pipeline and send C$4.5 billion in taxpayers’ dollars to Houston-based Kinder Morgan Inc., ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Republican Mayors Take Action on Climate. Just Don’t Call It Climate Action.
Fearful of a backlash from conservative talk show hosts and other climate deniers, most Republican mayors in the United States aren’t into “group photos ... -
CanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail Transport
Justin Trudeau: The Speech He Never Gave
Imagine this scenario: At 12:40 PM on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, Finance Minister Bill Morneau abruptly cancels a widely expected announcement that the government ... -
AfricaAsiaBuildingsChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEncoreEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeGeneral RenewablesIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaNuclearOff-GridPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSmall Island StatesSolarUnited StatesWind
Renewable Power Posts Record Growth, But Wider, Faster Shift Needed to Hit Paris Goals
Renewable electricity accounted for 70% of new power generation around the world last year, but greenhouse gas emissions are still on the rise and ... -
Five-Gigawatt Solar Farm Wins Planning Approval in India
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has given planning approval for a massive, five-gigawatt solar project in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state ...
