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Canada Boosts Fossil Subsidies to $14.3B Per Year, Joins Saudi Arabia as G20’s Top Two Oil and Gas Funders
Canada averaged US$14.3 billion per year in fossil fuel subsidies between 2017 and 2019, earning it top ranking alongside Saudi Arabia as the two ... -
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Biden-Harris Win Could Bring 1.5°C ‘Within Striking Distance’, Climate Think Tank Declares
With their promise to bring the United States back into the Paris Agreement on Day One of their new administration, and a US$2-trillion climate ... -
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Australian Pension Fund Settles ‘Groundbreaking’ Claim on Climate Risk Assessment
An Australian retirement fund worth A$57 billion has reached an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit launched by a member who accused it of jeopardizing ... -
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Another Lloyd’s of London Insurer Refuses to Back Adani Coal Mine
350.org is declaring a win after Apollo, an insurance provider that belongs to Lloyd’s of London, declared it will not renew the coverage it ... -
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Net-Zero Commitment Could Bring Australia $63 Billion in New Investment by 2025
A commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050 from Australia’s notoriously coal-friendly government would unlock A$63 billion in new investment over the next five years ... -
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Western Australia Greets 26-GW Asian Renewable Energy Hub as Job Creator, ‘Major Contributor’ to Carbon Reductions
The state government in Western Australia has issued planning approvals for the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, a vast solar, wind, and green hydrogen production ... -
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Analysts See ‘Green’ Hydrogen Costing Less than Fossil-Sourced Product within a Decade
While the definition of “clean” or “green” hydrogen is still distinctly fuzzy, the truly green variety produced from wind- or solar-generated electricity could become ... -
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‘Flights to Nowhere’ Drive Up Aviation Emissions, Sell Out in Minutes
Airlines from Australia to Japan are filling seats, and running up unseemly carbon footprints, by offering scenic “flights to nowhere” that give frequent flyers ... -
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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 ... -
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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 ... -
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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 ...
