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Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Wilkinson Touts ‘Really Good News’ as Canada Reports Higher CO2 Emissions for 2019
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions rose fractionally in 2019, the first year the country’s national carbon pricing system took effect, but Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
New York State Pension Fund Divests from Seven Tar Sands/Oil Sands Producers
New York State’s US$247.7-billion pension fund is dropping the more than $7 million it’s invested in seven Canadian tar sands/oil sands producers, citing the ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyUnited States
Cut U.S. Emissions 50% by 2030, Over 300 Corporate Leaders Urge Biden
With U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate leaders’ summit just over a week away, more than 300 major corporations are urging the White House to ... -
Air & MarineCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
France Abolishes Air Travel on Short-Run Domestic Routes
France is abolishing all domestic air travel on routes that can be covered by train in less than 2½ hours, in a bid to ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Prepares for Another ‘Devastating’ Fire Season
From California to Wisconsin, U.S. policy-makers are putting dollars into pre-emptive action and more “boots on the ground” as a lower-than-normal snowpack portends a ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Non-Profit Law Centre Defends Quebec Campaigners from Pieridae ‘Gag Order’ Attempt
The Quebec Environmental Law Centre is coming to the aid of an environmental group targeted by an Alberta oil company threatening legal action. -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergyUnited States
‘Chaotic’ UK Retrofit Program a Cautionary Tale for Trudeau, Biden
A failed attempt at a building energy retrofit program in the United Kingdom could offer lessons for governments in Canada and the United States ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEuropeForests & DeforestationJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & Consumption
B.C. Wood Pellet Industry Feeds on Whole Trees, Not Waste Wood
Environmentalists and loggers are crying foul after revelations that British Columbia’s thriving wood pellet industry is sourcing its feedstock not from wood waste, but ... -
Air & MarineCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictions
Airship Company Plans to Float Cargo Gently Over the Canadian Arctic
A Paris-based airship company called Flying Whales has signed an exclusive deal with Canada that could advance plans to use the dirigibles as an ... -
Air & MarineBioenergyCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFood SecurityJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySupply Chains & Consumption
Alberta Researchers Land $2.9-Million Federal Grant to Produce Jet Fuel from Ag Waste
A research team at the University of Alberta has received a C$2.89-million grant from Natural Resources Canada to produce jet fuel from waste fats ... -
Drastic Ridership Drop During Pandemic Prompts TTC to Speed Up Subway Maintenance
Toronto transit users can expect to return to a much-improved subway network once the COVID-19 pandemic begins to subside, after the Toronto Transit Commission ... -
BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & AnalysisRenewable Energy
Pre-Budget Talk Centres on National Child Care Plan as Trudeau Mocks Conservatives’ Climate Policy
Fresh from a Liberal Party policy convention over the weekend, the Trudeau government is just days away from an April 19 budget that is ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Fossils Could Replace Two of 10 Workers with Robots in a Decade, Save $7B Per Year in Wages
At least two out of 10 fossil workers around the world involved in drilling, operational support, or maintenance could be replaced by robots over ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportUnited StatesWater
U.S. Army Corps Declines to Close Dakota Access Pipeline Despite Missing Permit
Indigenous leaders and progressive Democrats are urging the Biden administration to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesHydropowerJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryOff-GridRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
Decolonize Climate Policy, Address Structural Inequalities, Indigenous Climate Action Urges Ottawa
Canada needs to rethink its climate policies to stop excluding Indigenous people from decision-making, respect Indigenous rights to self-determination and free, prior and informed ...
