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CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Beer: Alberta Should Treat Total’s $9.3-Billion Write-Off as a Wake-Up Call, Not a Cheap Shot
After French petroleum giant Total wrote off C$9.3 billion in stranded assets in the tar sands/oil sands, the Jason Kenney government had the option ... -
AsiaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEuropeHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsTransitUnited States
Austria, Paris, and Tokyo Studies Find No Link Between Transit, COVID-19 Clusters
Several new studies from around the world have found no link between public transit and infection clusters of COVID-19. That means using transit is ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
116-Year-Old VW Factory Produces Last Internal Combustion Car as Shift to EVs Looms
One hundred and sixteen years after the Volkswagen factory in Zwickau, Germany (also known as the City of Cars) first began producing internal combustion ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Colossal Fossil Total Declares $9.3B in Stranded Assets in Alberta Tar Sands/Oil Sands
French colossal fossil Total sent a shockwave through the Alberta oilpatch Wednesday with the announcement that it is writing off C$9.3 billion in assets ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyTar Sands/Oil Sands
UK’s Biggest Pension Fund Dumps Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Arctic Drilling, Coal
The United Kingdom’s biggest pension fund is banning investments in tar sands/oil sands, Arctic drilling, and coal projects—against the wishes of the country’s current ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEuropeHydrogenJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySupply Chains & Consumption
New Study Shows Low-Carbon Technologies Cutting Industrial Emissions 86% by 2050
Businesses across 14 industrial sectors in the OECD plus Brazil, Russia, India, and China could use new technologies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeJurisdictionsSupply Chains & Consumption
German Companies Discover Enormous Savings in Ditching Business Travel
The shift to videoconferencing demanded by the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting major German companies—including Deutsche Bank, Bayer, and BMW—to think twice about returning to ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Deutsche Bank Dumps Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Arctic Oil and Gas, Falls Short on Coal Divestment
Frankfurt-based banking giant Deutsche Bank is immediately cutting off financing for new tar sands/oil sands and Arctic oil and gas projects and will end ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeGeneral RenewablesHydropowerJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarWind
Renewable Generation Beats Out Fossil Electricity in EU First
The first six months of 2020 saw renewables edging out fossils in Europe’s power mix for the first time, thanks to the happy conjunction ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionChinaDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityIndiaJobs & TrainingNational Plans & ResponsesSolarUnited StatesWind
EU Treats Climate as ‘Pawn in Bigger Negotiation’, Adopts World’s Greenest Stimulus with Too Little Enforcement
Just a day after declaring it a “mission impossible”, leaders of 27 European countries finalized a COVID-19 recovery plan and seven-year budget worth €1.8 ... -
British Airlines to Retire Its 31 Gas-Guzzling 747s
Citing the pandemic-induced global collapse of air travel, British Airways has announced the immediate retirement of its legendary Boeing 747s. Elegant, but a gas-guzzler—and ... -
BrazilChinaDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesPathways to 1.5United StatesWind
Record Offshore Wind Spending Keeps Renewables Investment ‘Resilient’ through Pandemic
Global investment in offshore wind development quadrupled over the first half of this year, with US$35 billion pouring into 28 new projects, despite the ... -
AfricaEnergy Access & EquityEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSolarWind
Adow: UK’s Mozambique Pipeline Plan Is Morally, Financially Negligent
As the Boris Johnson government debates greenlighting a billion-pound loan guarantee for a gas pipeline project in Mozambique, Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa ... -
EuropeFinance & InvestmentIndiaJobs & TrainingLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
Gutted Market for Recycled Plastics Hits Waste-Picker Communities Hard
Businesses that commit to incorporating more (and more) recycled plastic into their supply chains will be rewarded for putting the health of the oceans ... -
AfricaAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Drive to 1.5EuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryPathways to 1.5South & Central America
Litigation Drives Global Policy Change on Climate, Study Shows
Recent high-profile legal cases have marked a sea change in climate litigation, showing that the courts are becoming an increasingly effective venue for driving ...
