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Flurry of Biden Executive Orders Returns U.S. to Paris Agreement, Begins Reversing Trump Deregulatory Agenda
News reports Wednesday heralded the dawn of a new era in U.S. climate, energy, and environmental justice policy, as President Joe Biden marked his ... -
AsiaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind
Global Energy Transition Investment Grows 9% in 2020, Hits Record $501 Billion Despite Pandemic
Global investment in the energy transition hit a record US$501.3 billion last year, posting a brisk 9% increase in spite of the severe restrictions ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsEuropeJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Anti-Trump Resistance Gives Rise to Bigger, Wider Climate Movement
Amid a flurry of reporting on the policy and regulatory chainsaw that Donald Trump took to environmental and climate protections during his term of ... -
AustraliaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
$85 Billion in Coal Investments Leave BlackRock Open to Charges of Greenwashing
A year after BlackRock CEO Larry Fink issued a landmark investors’ letter that stressed climate risk and fossil fuel divestment, the world’s biggest asset ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"EuropeFinance & InvestmentInsurance & LiabilityInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Mega-Shareholders Demand Real Net-Zero Action from HSBC
A bloc of HSBC shareholders have filed a resolution urging Europe’s largest bank to stop funding the fossil industry, with coal at the top ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy SubsidiesEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
Cities Help Build Momentum for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
A plan for a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, first introduced last year in a paper co-authored by Canadian climate campaigner Tzeporah Berman, may ... -
AfricaAir & MarineBiodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionEuropeFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Food Industry Drives Habitat Loss as Consumers Shift Eating Habits
New research is shining a light on the role the global food industry could play in driving habitat and species loss over the next ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Norway Boosts Carbon Tax to $237 Per Tonne by 2030
Norway will more than triple its national carbon tax by 2030, from kr 590 to kr 2,000 (US$70 to $237) per tonne of carbon ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable Energy
UK Accused of ‘Rank Hypocrisy’ After Allowing New Underground Coal Mine
The UK government is being accused of “rank hypocrisy” that “beggars belief”, after failing to rescind local approval of the country’s first new underground ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsOceansUnited States
2020 Ties 2016 for Hottest Year on Record
Last year tied 2016 for hottest on record, further accelerating the melting of the Arctic region and fuelling a spate of deadly droughts, heat ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsWater
Coastal Communities Face Drought as Global Warming Shrinks Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea—the world’s largest lake—is about to go down in the world. And with it could go the fortunes of some of the ... -
AsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Momentum from 2020 Drives Hopes for a Year of Climate Action
After a horrid year of pandemic lockdowns and searing inequalities that nevertheless produced surprising progress for climate action and carbon reduction commitments, several news ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"EuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Students Press Ontario Teachers to Pull Retirement Funds Out of Fossil Fuels
TORONTO — An environmental coalition is appealing to Ontario teachers to pressure their pension fund to divest from companies that develop or transport fossil ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind
Wind, Solar Industries Must Address Environmental Costs as Renewables Expand
Determined that there can be no “green halo” for renewables, solar and wind stakeholders in the United States are tackling the reality that their ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportShale & Fracking
Ontario Pension Plan Invests Teachers’ Retirement Savings in Italian Gas Pipeline Network
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan closed out the year by buying a controlling interest in a fossil gas pipeline company in Italy, with an ...
