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CARE Canada: Fighting Plastics Pollution No Substitute for G7 Action on Climate Impacts
G7 countries’ initiative to attack plastic pollution during this week’s environment and energy ministers’ meeting in Halifax is no substitute for faster action to ... -
Ottawa Unveils Marine Protected Area Off B.C. After Shell Gives Up Exploration Permits
Shell Canada is giving up offshore exploration permits covering 50,000 square kilometres off the British Columbia coast, an area 1.5 times the size of ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘Toxic Bitumen Export Corridor’ Exposes Salish Sea to Unacceptable Risk, Officials Tell Trudeau
Citing the recent death of a killer whale calf as “our canary in a coal mine,” elected officials from a number of Salish Sea ... -
Drive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentJobsOceansPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionWind
Ørsted Opens World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Project Off Northwest England
The 659-megawatt Walney Extension offshore wind project became the world’s biggest of its kind when it opened off the northwest English coast last week, ... -
Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Jerry Brown’s Climate Legacy Hangs in the Balance Over State Oil and Gas Permits
As delegates gather in California today for Governor Jerry Brown’s Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), Brown’s legacy as a global climate leader could yet ... -
‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Beneath Arctic Ocean Could Speed Up Northern Ice Loss
A pocket of warm salt water located 50 metres below the western Arctic Ocean could be a “ticking time bomb” set to cause significant ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsOceansPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & Flooding
Espinosa and Hidalgo: Climate Action is Ramping Up, But ‘More is What We Need’
UN Climate Secretary Patricia Espinosa and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Chair of C40 Cities, issued this post just days before delegates gathered for several ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentNational Plans & ResponsesOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon Transition
Norway Nears Decisions on Sovereign Wealth Fund Divestment, Lofoten Oil Drilling Ban
A government report late last month slowed down some of the momentum for Norway’s US$1-trillion sovereign wealth fund to divest its oil and gas ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Appeal Court Halts Trans Mountain Pipeline Construction in Scathing Rebuke to NEB
In a scathing rebuke of the National Energy Board’s “unjustified failure” to consider oil tanker risks triggered by expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
Notley Yanks Alberta Out of Federal Climate Plan
Hours after a landmark court decision striking down federal approval of the C$13.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced she was ... -
1.5°C Limit Would Cut Future Ocean Heat Waves by More Than Half
Limiting average global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels could cut the increased frequency and intensity of marine heat waves by more than half, ... -
AfricaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrawdownEuropeFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationHuman Rights & MigrationOceansOil & GasSoil & Natural SequestrationSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Coastal Wetland Protection Would Save 3.3 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Protection of Coastal Wetlands ranks #52 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. The strategy could reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 3.3 gigatons by 2050, ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsForests & DeforestationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionMethaneOceansPost-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural Sequestration
‘Hothouse Earth’ Coverage Misses the Point: Landmark Study Delivers Action Agenda, ‘Blueprint for Hope’
The "breathless media coverage" of this week's landmark Hothouse Earth study missed the authors' most important point, veteran climate hawk and meteorologist Eric Holthaus ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Media, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Starving Orcas, Grieving Mother Draw Global Attention to Trudeau’s Pipeline Buyout
The image of a grieving mother orca cradling her dead calf off Canada’s west coast is hitting media around the world, drawing critical attention ...
