Europe
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Inuit Party Election Win in Greenland Casts Doubt on Rare-Earth Mining Project
Greenland’s plans for a massive rare-earth metals mine have been thrown doubt with the recent election victory of Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA), a party firmly ... -
BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
Architects Criticize ‘Huge’ Embodied Carbon in New Green Buildings
A group of architects in the United Kingdom is pointing to new building construction as the biggest unchallenged obstacle to a carbon-free future and ... -
Air & MarineCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
Scientists Urge UK Supreme Court to Rethink Ruling on Heathrow Expansion
In a significant challenge to the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court, several leading climate scientists have said a recent ruling it made on the expansion ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & Consumption
Apple, Microsoft Get Poor Marks from France’s Right-to-Repair System
France’s recent move to require makers of electronics to give their products a “repairability” score shows that major tech brands like Apple and Microsoft ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
62% of Big Five Bank Directors Have Ties to ‘Climate-Conflicted’ Industries, New Database Shows
Nearly two-thirds of the directors of Canada’s five biggest banks have past or present ties to high-carbon industries, making “climate-conflicted” bank directors a far ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Global Forest Loss Accelerates Despite Pandemic Restrictions
Two recent studies are offering new evidence that the carbon-sequestering forests required to hold average global warming to 1.5°C are in peril. -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
‘Battery Swapping’ Could Boost EV Uptake
Biden administration officials gearing up to fund 500,000 fast-charging stations for electric vehicles might be better off investing in the mechanics of “battery swapping”, ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Less ‘Doom’, More Resilience: New Study Offers a Hopeful Perspective on Ancient Societies
An obsession with catastrophe over facts might be producing a skewed understanding of how ancient societies responded to abrupt climatic change, leaving today’s society ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"EuropeFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentUnited States
‘No Means No’, Indigenous Groups Say, as Sweden Cancels Solar Geoengineering Experiment
The Canadian scientist behind a controversial attempt to combat climate change by dimming the sunlight reaching the Earth is vowing to keep at it ... -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEnergy Access & EquityEuropeJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySupply Chains & Consumption
Danish Architects’ Prefab Façades Could Cut Building Energy Use in Half
An architectural design collaboration in Denmark is hard at work on a prefab, modular façade that can be quickly installed on an existing building ...
