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France Delays $7-Billion LNG Import Over West Texas Methane Emissions
France is slamming on the brakes on a US$7-billion liquefied natural gas import deal by energy trader and utility Engie, out of concern that ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsRenewable Energy
Germany’s City Utilities Help Boost Clean Energy Revolution
Germany’s network of city utilities (stadtwerke) has moved to the forefront of the clean energy revolution, according to an urban planner based in Berlin, ... -
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Wilkinson Interested in Carbon Border Adjustment as Analysts Scan Biden Trade Policies
The Trudeau government is expressing warmer interest in carbon border adjustments (CBAs) as a way to control industrial greenhouse gas emissions without putting Canadian ... -
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Methane Emissions Rise 32% Despite Economic Slump as EU Considers Mandatory Import Standards
With global methane emissions rising sharply, by 32% so far this year despite the pandemic-driven recession, the European Union may consider mandatory emission standards ... -
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Prioritize Degrowth over Electrification to Meet Paris Targets, Study Urges
A mass shift toward electric transport is not enough to bring global transportation emissions in line with the targets in the 2015 Paris Agreement, ... -
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Globe and Mail, Guardian Step Up with Climate Journalism Commitments
A year after The Guardian pledged to become a global leader in reporting on the climate crisis—from causes to consequences to solutions—the UK-based paper ... -
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Air Pollution ‘Nanoparticles’ Linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
New research is showing a link between pollution “nanoparticles” and the forms of molecular damage that are hallmarks of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and ... -
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European Parliament Adopts 60% Carbon Cut by 2030 as Fossils Fall Short of Paris Targets
European legislators adopted a legally-binding target this week to decrease greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2030, more ambitious than the net reduction of “at ... -
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Cambridge University to Drop All Fossil Investments by 2030
In what student campaigners are celebrating as a “historic victory,” Cambridge University has pledged to divest completely from fossil fuels by 2030, and to ... -
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Deloitte Withdraws Study Suggesting Economic Benefits from ‘Fastest Warming Scenarios’
Global management consulting giant Deloitte has withdrawn a ludicrous report that concluded extreme climate change would deliver GDP gains to one-third of the world’s ... -
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Majority of UK Fossil Workers Would Welcome a Shift to Renewables, Offshore Wind
Just over four-fifths of offshore oil workers in the United Kingdom would consider leaving the industry, more than half would be interested in working ... -
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New Floating Solar + Hydro Combo Could Meet Nearly Half of Global Power Demand
Combining solar power with hydroelectricity in floating reservoirs could meet nearly 50% of global electricity demand, says a new study being described as “potentially ... -
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Keep Fossil Polluters Out, Campaigners Urge COP 26 Organizers [Sign-on]
Climate campaigners are mounting a new effort to push fossil fuel lobbyists out of the influential back rooms of next year’s United Nations climate ... -
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Climate Plan, Coalition Tensions Put Denmark’s 70% Emissions Cut at Risk
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has thrown her country’s 2030 emissions reduction target of 70% into doubt, and may have jeopardized her governing coalition, ... -
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Green Hydrogen Could Decarbonize Steel Production by 2050 in ‘Multi-Billion-Dollar Opportunity’
The global steel industry is on the verge of a transformative, multi-billion-dollar opportunity, with plummeting renewable energy costs and green hydrogen pointing to a ...
