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CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentHydrogenHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States
Brookfield to Supply Hydro-Generated Electricity for U.S. Green Hydrogen Plant
Toronto-based Brookfield Renewable Partners is planning to supply electricity from its Holtwood hydropower plant in Pennsylvania to a U.S. fuel cell company aiming to ... -
AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOceans
A Decade After Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Cleanup ‘Has Barely Begun’ [Sign-on]
A decade ago, on March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake created a 14-metre-high tsunami wave which destroyed the reactors of a Japanese nuclear power ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemographicsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Caribbean Refinery Poses an Early Test for U.S. Climate Justice Commitments
U.S. President Joe Biden’s promise to advance the cause of environmental justice is being put to the test by a U.S. Virgin Islands oil ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & DistributionFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsTravel, Leisure & Recreation
Local Councillors Raise Coal Mining Concern in Alberta Environment Minister’s Home Riding
A municipal council in Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon’s constituency is the latest in a growing number of communities expressing concern about the province’s ... -
AsiaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEuropeHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Lethal Heat Waves More Likely, More Extreme in Poor Neighbourhoods, Study Shows
As the summer thermometer soars, and the cities of the southwestern United States are caught up in extremes of heat, the poorest people who ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Volvo’s Plans for Online EV Sales Bypasses Car Dealerships
Volvo has already made waves with its announcement that it will be fully electric by 2030, and now the company is pushing for change ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
Decline in Western U.S. Butterflies Linked to Higher Temperatures
Summer temperatures in the western parts of the U.S. are not just creeping higher, they’re creeping longer, too. And this gradual loss of cool, ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictions
New Type Font Dramatizes Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Two typographers in Finland and South Africa have developed a new font, and named it Climate Crisis, to embody a range of scientific projections ... -
CanadaCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Alberta Calls for $30-Billion Carbon Capture Subsidy in Upcoming Federal Budget
The Alberta government is pitching for a 10-year, C$30-billion federal budget commitment to subsidize large-scale carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCUS) projects, even as ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Panicky Messaging on Line 5 Closure Threat Masks Real Issues with Pipeline, Oil by Rail
Canadian Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan is framing Michigan’s intention to shutter Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline as a dire threat to energy security on ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Experts Brace for Disaster as Canada, U.S. Increase Oil-by-Rail Shipments
The fierce debate over cross-border pipelines is putting more Canadian oil and gas on trains destined for the United States—a country experts fear is ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Demand & DistributionElectricity GridJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Quebec LNG Megaproject Will Drive Up Power Rates with $310M Revenue Hit, Analysis Finds
The controversial GNL-Québec liquefied natural gas megaproject will drive up electricity rates across the province by producing a roughly C$310-million revenue shortfall for utility ... -
Air & MarineCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
FedEx Pledges All-Electric Ground Fleet by 2040, Donates $100M to Natural Carbon Capture Centre
Federal Express is investing US$2 billion to convert its entire fleet of parcel pickup and delivery trucks to electric vehicles by 2040, and says ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Bankrupt Texas Oil Companies Abandon Toxic Wells, Cash Out CEOs
Texas oil and gas companies are pulling up stakes, pleading bankruptcy, and leaving the public on the hook for abandoned wells they insist they ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
800-MW Vineyard Wind Project Off Massachusetts Coast Moves Closer to Approval
The 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm is inching closer to U.S. government approval, years after an earlier project off Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts ...
