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Batteries/StorageCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHydropowerJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Trudeau Touts Hydropower Exports as U.S. Looks to Canadian Dams for Electricity Storage
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to promote hydropower exports to the United States, as one response to President Joe Biden’s commitment to decarbonize ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Ecojustice Goes to Court Against Alberta’s ‘Foreign-Funded Influence’ Panel
A judge in Calgary was to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta’s public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsWater
From Aquifers to Tree Canopies, New Research Flags Shrinking Fresh Water Supplies
Courtesy of climate change, the many and diverse parts of the Earth that hold fresh water are drying up, putting 66% of the land ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Denial & GreenwashingDemographicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Ex-Exxon Engineer Personifies ‘Generational Schism’ Facing Millennial Oil and Gas Workers
As pressure on climate-unfriendly Big Fossil builds, so does the sense of disillusionment among the industry’s younger employees, for whom climate change is a ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Study Shows U.S. Decarbonizing by 2050 for $1 Per Person Per Day
The United States—per head of population perhaps the world’s most prodigal emitter of greenhouse gases—can reverse that and have a carbon-free future within three ... -
ChinaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalEuropeHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Fossil Fuel Pollution Caused 8.7 Million Premature Deaths in 2018, New Study Finds
Fossil fuel pollution killed 8.7 million people prematurely in 2018—more than 18% of the total global death toll that year, and more than twice ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHydrogenJurisdictionsMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergyResearch & Development
Canada Can Thrive on Road to Net-Zero if Governments Make Good Decisions Now
Canada has multiple opportunities to thrive along the road to a net-zero economy by 2050 as long as governments make the right decisions now, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
U.S. Can Save $3.5 Trillion by Launching Climate Transition Today, Not Waiting Until 2030
The United States can save US$3.5 trillion by launching a serious greenhouse gas reduction effort now, rather than waiting until 2030—without even factoring in ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
In Conversation: New Fibre Sources Are Key to Protecting Forest Ecosystems, Drawing Down Carbon, Rycroft Says
Nicole Rycroft is founder and executive director of Vancouver-based Canopy, and one of this year’s two recipients of the 2020 Climate Breakthrough award, a ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Capital Markets ‘Shift Decisively’ Out of Oil and Gas as Investors Place Their Bets on Renewables
Investors are increasingly placing their bets with renewable energy and abandoning oil and gas, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis reports, in ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Line 5 Pipeline Battle Produces Overheated Claims on Job vs. Environment
As officials in Michigan look to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, business interests in Ontario and Quebec are warning of dire economic effects. ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyCoalFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergySub-National Governments
Loopholes Still Allow Mountaintop Mining, Law Prof Warns, after Alberta Reinstates 1976 Coal Policy
Doubts are being raised about the Alberta government’s decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEuropeFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central America
Peruvian Study Connects Flood Risk to Climate Change, Boosts Litigation Hopes
A landmark study of a Peruvian glacier has concluded that climate change caused by human activity is the key factor in the dangerous phenomenon ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar
Floating Solar Could Boost African Hydropower Output by 50%
Covering just 1% of Africa’s hydroelectric reservoirs with floating solar panels could double the continent’s hydro capacity while increasing dams’ output by 50%, delivering ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Fossil Cenovus Declares $100-Million Loss on Keystone XL Cancellation
The cancellation of the Keystone XL oil export pipeline has resulted in a second tar sands/oil sands company posting a multi-million-dollar impairment charge in ...
