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BREAKING: New Assessment Declares Canada’s Climate Plan ‘Insufficient’ as Throne Speech Day Dawns
With the Trudeau government just hours away from tabling its long-awaited Speech from the Throne, the international Climate Action Tracker is branding the country’s ... -
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Australian Utility to Offer EV ‘Subscriptions’
In an Australian first, Sydney-based public utility AGL is launching a “Netflix for EVs”: a rather pricey subscription service, paid weekly, that offers customers ... -
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Pandemic Brings Scant Reduction as Atmospheric GHGs Continue to Rise
The temporary greenhouse gas emission reductions during the COVID-19 lockdowns have done little to slow down the increase in atmospheric GHGs, and the world ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaAustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEncoreEuropeHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOceansSevere Storms & Flooding
WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
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Australian Bushfires Killed or Displaced Nearly Three Billion Animals
The devastating Australian bushfires in late 2019 and early 2020 killed or displaced nearly three billion koalas, kangaroos, and other wildlife, three times more ... -
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Landmark Australian Lawsuit Ties Investor Risk to Climate Change
In what observers are describing as a “world-first” legal case, a 23-year-old law student from Melbourne is taking the Australian government to court, charging ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaAustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOceansSevere Storms & Flooding
WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
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As Morneau Walks ‘Tightrope’, Analysis Shows Canada’s COVID Recovery Favouring Fossils
A weekend analysis piece on CBC News lays out the “tightrope” Finance Minister Bill Morneau is walking as he tries to manage the economic ... -
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Fossils Hit ‘Turning Point’ as Shell Follows BP in Declaring Stranded Assets
The coronavirus pandemic may have produced a tipping point in the transition off fossil fuels, with two colossal fossils declaring in the last two ... -
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Australian Lobby Group Points to One Million Jobs in Green Recovery Plan
Countering Canberra’s fossil-backed call for a gas-powered pandemic recovery plan, the Australian lobby group Beyond Zero Emissions has mapped a solar- and wind-powered path ... -
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Green Hydrogen Projects Set to Skyrocket, Though Pandemic Could Slow Investors Down
Interest in “green” hydrogen produced from renewable electricity has been skyrocketing over the last several months, with global interest in electrolyser projects—particularly large ones—tripling ... -
Swedish Firm Produces World’s First Rolled Steel with Hydrogen
A company in Sweden reported a world first late last month, after replacing liquefied natural gas (LNG) with hydrogen to produce the high-temperature heat ... -
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‘Stealth Subsidies’ in Trade Policy Deliver $550 to $800 Billion Per Year to Fossil Companies
The “environmental bias” in tariffs and other trade barriers adds up to a US$550 to $800 billion annual “stealth subsidy” to fossil fuels, according ... -
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71% of Global Survey Respondents See Climate, COVID-19 Crises as Equally Important
More than 70% of citizens in 14 countries around the world believe climate change is as serious a crisis as the COVID-19 pandemic, and ... -
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Low Prices Have Global LNG Market ‘Imploding Before Our Eyes’
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis is out with a list of 11 major liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects that have been ...
