Oceans
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Batteries/StorageCitiesCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited States
Los Angeles Shifts Billions of Dollars from Gas Plants to Storage, Efficiency, and Solar
Los Angeles is walking away from a plan to spend billions of dollars rebuilding three natural gas power plants along the coast, in what ... -
Big Brands Launch E-Commerce Platform to Cut Single-Use Plastic
Some of the world’s biggest food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical companies, courier company UPS, and recycling titan TerraCycle have formed an ambitious e-commerce partnership to ... -
Trans Mountain’s ‘Amateur Hour’ Work Destroys River Habitat, Endangers Salmon
Federally-owned Trans Mountain Corporation’s “amateur hour” work on the Stewart Creek river crossing in Chilliwack, British Columbia has destroyed habitat and will reduce food ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Santa Barbara Activists Trace Green Awareness, Fossil Skepticism to 1969 Offshore Oil Spill
With the Donald Trump administration racing to deregulate the fossil industry and encourage oil and gas drilling off America’s coasts, Californians stopped on January ... -
Fishing Operators Point to Fossils’ Seismic Tests After Plankton Populations Fall 50% in Five Years
Fishing operators in Newfoundland and Labrador are urging a federal-provincial regulator to stop seismic testing by oil and gas companies off Canada’s east coast, ... -
ChinaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureOceansSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Oceans Warming Faster Than IPCC Estimate, China-U.S. Study Concludes
The world’s oceans are up to 50% warmer than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated in its most recent report, and the rate ... -
BioenergyFood SecurityMiddle EastOceansPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionResearch & DevelopmentSupply Chains & Consumption
New Microorganism Produces Biodegradable Bioplastics from Seaweed
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say they’ve come up with a new polymer for bioplastics derived from microorganisms that feed on seaweed, using a ... -
Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOceansOil & GasSouth & Central America
Fossils Plan More Than 100 New Offshore Projects Worth $123 Billion in 2019
Energy research and business intelligence firm Rystad Energy foresees more than 100 new offshore fossil projects worth US$123 billion receiving approval in 2019, compared ... -
SeaRose Oil Platform Still Not Stabilized as Biologists Warn of Wider Wildlife Impacts
Nearly two weeks after Husky Energy’s SeaRose offshore oil platform spilled 250,000 litres of crude oil into the Atlantic Ocean, about 350 kilometres off ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJobsNational Plans & ResponsesOceansSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Climate Assessment Shows Impacts ‘Intensifying Across the Country’
The effects of climate change in the United States are “intensifying across the country” and will soon add up to hundreds of billions of ...
