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Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHot SpotsPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Keystone XL to Start Construction with $8 Billion in Financial Aid from Alberta
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 ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Suspends All Environmental Reporting, Cuts Back Fossil War Room
The Jason Kenney government in Alberta is cutting its pro-fossil war room back to “subsistence operations” over the next three months, after intuiting that ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyJobsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Trump Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standard Aimed at Cleansing the Air, Cutting Emissions
With his country in the grips of an out-of-control pandemic of respiratory disease, Donald Trump is pressing ahead with his long-standing plan to gut ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail Transport
The Interview: Pandemic Recovery Can Boost the Economy, Attack Emissions, Increase Climate Resilience, Nagata Says
Kai Nagata is Communications Director at Dogwood in British Columbia. Since the pandemic began, he’s been pointing out that every dollar spent on the ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National Governments
Pembina Praises Ottawa for ‘Staying the Course’ on Carbon Price Increase
By sticking to its original plan to increase its floor price on carbon from C$20 to $30 per tonne April 1, in spite of ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Health & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesUnited States
UN Postpones COP 26 Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The United Nations has postponed this year’s global climate change conference, COP 26, to the middle of next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansPetrochemicals & Plastics
‘Remarkable’ Conservation Gains Show Oceans Could Be Fully Restored by 2050
A series of isolated but remarkable examples of biological resilience show that conservation efforts could fully restore the glory of the world’s oceans within ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionFood SecurityHealth & SafetyJobsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & Consumption
‘Now Is the Time’ for Food Security Planning, Dauncey Urges
With the pandemic posing an increasing threat to food security, policy-makers need to be thinking hard, and quickly, about how to protect the supply ... -
Community Gardeners Object After Ontario Deems Food Production ‘Recreation’ During Pandemic [Sign-On]
With tens of thousands across the province relying on community gardens for affordable, local food, the Ontario government made a big mistake when it ... -
Canadian Cities Stepping up with Sustainable Land Use
Affordability, equity, quality of life, and climate resilience are emerging as key objectives in sustainable land use practices being developed by municipalities across Canada—and ... -
DemographicsHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Extreme Weather Response Holds Answers to COVID-19’s ‘Slow-Motion Hurricane’
The COVID-19 pandemic is a kind of “slow-motion hurricane”, and lessons from past hurricane disasters can help guide us through it, according to a ... -
‘Epic’ Oil Crash Crowns Coal as the Priciest Fossil
Coal—once the world’s cheapest form of energy—is now the most expensive after oil prices crashed through March. But analysts say the price point will ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEuropeHealth & SafetyNational Plans & Responses
European Green Deal Will Guide Coronavirus Recovery Plan, EU Leaders Pledge
European Union leaders have agreed to make the massive economic measures they’re planning in response to the coronavirus match up with the continent-wide Green ... -
Cleanse the Air to Help #FlattenTheCurve, Doctors Urge
While physical distancing and handwashing (have you washed your hands recently??) are essential strategies to #FlattenTheCurve on the coronavirus pandemic, governments can also reduce ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & DivestmentMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Canada-Wide Poll Shows Wide Support for Albertans, ‘Warning Signal’ Against Industry Bailout
Canadians across the country, and of all ages and political stripes, support federal government assistance to an oil and gas sector facing record-low oil ...
