The Energy Mix

Top Menu

  • About
  • Latest Digest/Archive
  • Partners
  • Which Energy Mix is this?
  • Contact

Main Menu

  • News Archive by Category
    • Climate & Society
      • Carbon Levels & Measurement
      • Carbon-Free Transition
      • Climate Action/”Blockadia”
      • Climate Denial & Greenwashing
      • Climate Policy/Meetings/Negotiations
      • Culture, Curiosities, & Humour
      • Demographics
      • Energy Politics
      • Energy Subsidies
      • Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
      • Finance & Investment
      • First Peoples
      • Insurance & Liability
      • International Agencies & Studies
      • Jobs & Training
      • Legal & Regulatory
      • Media, Messaging, & Public Opinion
      • Methane
      • Travel, Leisure & Recreation
    • Climate Impacts & Adaptation
      • Biodiversity & Habitat
      • Drought, Famine & Wildfires
      • Food Security
      • Forests & Deforestation
      • Health & Safety
      • Heat & Temperature
      • Human Rights & Migration
      • Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
      • International Security & War
      • Severe Storms & Flooding
      • Soil & Natural Sequestration
      • Water
    • Demand & Distribution
      • Air & Marine
      • Auto & Alternative Vehicles
      • Batteries/Storage
      • Buildings
      • Cities
      • Electricity Grid
      • Energy Access & Equity
      • Off-Grid
      • Petrochemicals & Plastics
      • Supply Chains & Consumption
      • Transit
      • Walking & Biking
    • Jurisdictions
      • Africa
      • Arctic & Antarctica
      • Asia
      • Australia
      • Brazil
      • Canada
      • China
      • Europe
      • India
      • International
      • Mexico, Caribbean & Latin America
      • Middle East
      • Oceans
      • Small Island States
      • South & Central America
      • Sub-National Governments
      • United States
    • Non-Renewable Energy
      • CCS & Negative Emissions
      • Coal
      • Nuclear
      • Oil & Gas
      • Pipelines/Rail Transport
      • Shale & Fracking
      • Tar Sands/Oil Sands
    • Opinion & Analysis
    • Renewable Energy
      • Bioenergy
      • Demand & Efficiency
      • General Renewables
      • Geothermal
      • Hydrogen
      • Hydropower
      • Research & Development
      • Solar
      • Wave & Tidal
      • Wind
  • Special Reports
    • Alberta’s Bitumen Pipe Dream
    • Canada’s Drive to Net Zero
    • Carbon Farming
    • City and Sub-National Action
    • Drawdown
    • Drive to 1.5
    • 26-Week Climate Transition Program for Canada
    • America’s Electoral Climate 2020
    • Canada’s Climate Change Election 2019
    • The Energy Mix Yearbook 2018
      • Climate Extremes
      • Fossils Go For Broke
      • Renewables (R)Evolution
      • Electric Vehicles
      • Canada’s Contradiction
      • COP24
      • Pipeline Politics
      • Jobs and Just Transition
      • Cities and Sub-Nationals
      • Finance and Divestment
      • Climate Litigation
  • Webinars & Podcasts
  • About
  • Latest Digest/Archive
  • Partners
  • Which Energy Mix is this?
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
  • Donate

logo

  • News Archive by Category
    • Climate & Society
      • Carbon Levels & Measurement
      • Carbon-Free Transition
      • Climate Action/”Blockadia”
      • Climate Denial & Greenwashing
      • Climate Policy/Meetings/Negotiations
      • Culture, Curiosities, & Humour
      • Demographics
      • Energy Politics
      • Energy Subsidies
      • Energy/Carbon Pricing & Economics
      • Finance & Investment
      • First Peoples
      • Insurance & Liability
      • International Agencies & Studies
      • Jobs & Training
      • Legal & Regulatory
      • Media, Messaging, & Public Opinion
      • Methane
      • Travel, Leisure & Recreation
    • Climate Impacts & Adaptation
      • Biodiversity & Habitat
      • Drought, Famine & Wildfires
      • Food Security
      • Forests & Deforestation
      • Health & Safety
      • Heat & Temperature
      • Human Rights & Migration
      • Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
      • International Security & War
      • Severe Storms & Flooding
      • Soil & Natural Sequestration
      • Water
    • Demand & Distribution
      • Air & Marine
      • Auto & Alternative Vehicles
      • Batteries/Storage
      • Buildings
      • Cities
      • Electricity Grid
      • Energy Access & Equity
      • Off-Grid
      • Petrochemicals & Plastics
      • Supply Chains & Consumption
      • Transit
      • Walking & Biking
    • Jurisdictions
      • Africa
      • Arctic & Antarctica
      • Asia
      • Australia
      • Brazil
      • Canada
      • China
      • Europe
      • India
      • International
      • Mexico, Caribbean & Latin America
      • Middle East
      • Oceans
      • Small Island States
      • South & Central America
      • Sub-National Governments
      • United States
    • Non-Renewable Energy
      • CCS & Negative Emissions
      • Coal
      • Nuclear
      • Oil & Gas
      • Pipelines/Rail Transport
      • Shale & Fracking
      • Tar Sands/Oil Sands
    • Opinion & Analysis
    • Renewable Energy
      • Bioenergy
      • Demand & Efficiency
      • General Renewables
      • Geothermal
      • Hydrogen
      • Hydropower
      • Research & Development
      • Solar
      • Wave & Tidal
      • Wind
  • Special Reports
    • Alberta’s Bitumen Pipe Dream
    • Canada’s Drive to Net Zero
    • Carbon Farming
    • City and Sub-National Action
    • Drawdown
    • Drive to 1.5
    • 26-Week Climate Transition Program for Canada
    • America’s Electoral Climate 2020
    • Canada’s Climate Change Election 2019
    • The Energy Mix Yearbook 2018
      • Climate Extremes
      • Fossils Go For Broke
      • Renewables (R)Evolution
      • Electric Vehicles
      • Canada’s Contradiction
      • COP24
      • Pipeline Politics
      • Jobs and Just Transition
      • Cities and Sub-Nationals
      • Finance and Divestment
      • Climate Litigation
  • Webinars & Podcasts
Advanced Search

Hot Spots

Home›Category: "Hot Spots"
  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Trans Mountain Pipeline Loses Lead Insurer as Zurich Steps Away

    July 24, 2020
     
    July 24, 2020
    Mammoth global insurance company Zurich has decided to abandon its role as principal insurer for the Trans Mountain pipeline when its coverage expires August ...
    Read More
  • Hot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Keystone XL Faces New Lawsuit Over Environmental Permitting Process

    July 21, 2020
     
    July 21, 2020
    The Nebraska-based Bold Alliance launched yet another legal challenge to the Keystone XL pipeline last week, after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower ...
    Read More
  • CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Hot SpotsPipelines/Rail Transport

    Pressure Builds on Trans Mountain’s Biggest Insurer After Two Others Step Away [Sign-On]

    July 9, 2020
     
    July 9, 2020
    Insurance companies are emerging as the latest focus in the continuing fight to stop construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
    Read More
  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSolarTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited StatesWind

    Three Projects, Three Wins: Flurry of Decisions Shows U.S. Pipelines Becoming ‘Unbuildable’

    July 7, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    July 7, 2020
    The last 48 hours have seen a dizzying series of announcements highlighting the increasingly shaky prospects for North American oil and gas pipelines, with ...
    Read More
  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy PoliticsHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Biden Can Be Swayed to Support Keystone XL, Kenney Claims

    July 5, 2020
     
    July 5, 2020
    Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden can be swayed into supporting the Keystone XL pipeline if he enters the White House in January, Alberta ...
    Read More
  • CanadaFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments

    Supreme Court Dismisses Indigenous Appeal of Trans Mountain Re-Approval

    July 2, 2020
     
    July 2, 2020
    The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a bid by three British Columbia First Nations to appeal the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans ...
    Read More
  • CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsHot SpotsLegal & RegulatorySub-National Governments

    ‘Industry Consortium’ to Intervene in Ecojustice Case Against ‘Foreign Funded Radicals’ Panel

    June 18, 2020
     
    June 18, 2020
    A self-styled “industry consortium” that includes pro-fossil provocateur Brett Wilson will be allowed to intervene in a court case launched by Ecojustice, aimed at ...
    Read More
  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited StatesWater

    Minnesota Regulator Delays Line 3 Construction to 2021

    June 4, 2020
     
    June 4, 2020
    Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. will have to postpone a large chunk of the work on its controversial Line 3 pipeline to 2021, after a Minnesota ...
    Read More
  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States

    Keystone Faces Delays After Appeal Court Upholds Withdrawal of Environmental Permit

    June 2, 2020
     
    June 2, 2020
    The Keystone XL pipeline and other U.S. pipeline projects are facing further delays, after a federal appeal court in California declined last week to ...
    Read More
  • CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments

    ‘Great Time to Build a Pipeline’ While Protesters Can’t Gather, Alberta Energy Minister Says

    May 26, 2020
     
    May 26, 2020
    It’s a great time to build a pipeline while pandemic-related public health measures prevent mass protests against them, Alberta Energy Minister and former pipeline ...
    Read More
  • Biodiversity & HabitatFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportUnited StatesWater

    BREAKING: U.S. Judge Rejects Essential Construction Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline

    April 15, 2020
     
    April 15, 2020
    Construction along hundreds of water crossings along Keystone XL pipeline route was thrown into doubt late yesterday, after Montana District Court judge Brian Morris ...
    Read More
  • CanadaFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail Transport

    Four B.C. First Nations Seek Supreme Court Appeal on Trans Mountain

    April 8, 2020
     
    April 8, 2020
    Four British Columbia First Nations are seeking permission for a Supreme Court appeal of a lower court’s unanimous decision supporting the federal government’s re-approval ...
    Read More
  • CanadaEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Keystone XL to Start Construction with $8 Billion in Financial Aid from Alberta

    April 1, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    April 1, 2020
    Calgary-based TC Energy is starting construction on the Keystone XL pipeline between Hardisty, Alberta and Steele City, Nebraska, after the Jason Kenney government announced ...
    Read More
  • Scotford Upgrader Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
    CanadaCitiesHealth & SafetyHot SpotsSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Shell Postpones ‘Crucial Maintenance’ on Alberta Upgrader to Minimize COVID-19 Risk

    March 29, 2020
     
    March 29, 2020
    Shell Canada is postponing what the Calgary Herald describes as “crucial maintenance” on its Scotford tar sands/oil sands upgrader in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, to ...
    Read More
  • CanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    As It Happened: Pressure Was Building Against Teck Mine Proposal as 41 Nobel Laureates Weighed In

    February 24, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 24, 2020
    With the federal cabinet still on track last week to decide whether to approve the C$20.6-billion Teck Frontier megaproject, 41 Nobel laureates urged the ...
    Read More
1 2

ICYMI

  • About the Energy Mix
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy and Copyright
Copyright 2020 © Smarter Shift Inc. and Energy Mix Productions Inc. All rights reserved.