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Study Shows Sea Levels Rising 50% Faster than Latest IPCC Estimate
The rate of annual sea level rise is accelerating, with a new study pointing to a 10-year pace that is 50% higher than the ... -
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Front-Line Communities Are Driving Force for Biden’s Climate Transformation, Salazar and Goloff Say
Adrien Salazar is Senior Campaign Strategist for Climate Equity at Dēmos, a U.S. racial and economic justice policy organization. Ben Goloff is Senior Climate ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public Opinion
Pick Up the Pace on Climate Risk Exposure, Bank of Canada Governor Macklem Urges
Canada’s banks and businesses must pick up the pace on disclosing the risks they’re exposed to as a result of the climate crisis, newly-installed ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsUnited States
U.S. GHG Emissions on Track for ‘Biggest Drop on Record’
The United States is on track to exceed the emissions pathway targeted by the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, thanks to green(er) transformations in the ... -
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‘Scathing’ Auditor General’s Report Shows Ontario At Risk of Missing 2030 Carbon Targets
The Doug Ford government’s failure to make greenhouse gas reductions a “cross-government priority” has placed it at risk of missing its 2030 carbon targets, ... -
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Midwestern U.S. Mayors Launch $60-Billion Energy Transition Blueprint
Mayors in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia recently unveiled a US$60-billion Marshall Plan for Middle America, intended to accelerate a compassionate, equitable, just, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsGeneral RenewablesInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyUnited States
Explainer: Bloomberg Analysis Highlights Inefficiency of Fossil Fuels
The argument that overhauling the energy system is too daunting is easily undercut by the fact electrification can offer efficiencies in excess of 100%—a ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergyUnited States
Michigan Governor Yanks Line 5 Pipeline Easement, Citing Enbridge Violations
Citing repeated and routine refusals by Calgary-based Enbridge to address safety concerns surrounding the 6.4-kilometre Straits of Mackinac section of its Line 5 pipeline, ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Trump Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Sell Drilling Rights in Arctic Wildlife Refuge
The Trump administration is making a last-ditch effort to sell oil and gas drilling rights in Alaska’s environmentally fragile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before ... -
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Quebec Green Plan Falls Far Short of 2030 Carbon Target, Analysts Say
The Quebec government may have nabbed some early headlines by tipping the centrepiece of its Green Economy Plan, a 2035 phaseout of internal combustion ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Farmers Sue Alberta Fossil for Unpaid Oil Lease Rent
Put off by their tenant’s abrupt decision to cease making its lease payments, two Alberta farmers have launched what may become the first class ... -
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Safety Issues, Cost Overruns Mean It’s Time to Cancel Site C Megadam, Dogwood Says
With its price nearly doubling, construction deadlines slipping, and serious geological challenges on the ground, BC Hydro’s plan to complete the Site C megadam ... -
BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionTransit
Cities, Transit Agencies Urge Federal Investment in Expanded Networks, Zero-Emission Fleets
Transit is having a moment toward the top of the agenda for economic recovery investment requests, with both the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
Indigenous Investor Offers $1B for Keystone XL Pipeline as Possible Cancellation Looms
Calgary-based pipeliner TC Energy and Natural Law Energy announced a tentative agreement yesterday that could bring up to C$1 billion in new investment and ... -
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Doig: For 1.2 Billion People, Decarbonization is a Matter of Survival
I have sat in many long Zoom calls this year discussing climate ambition. Never once have I thought these were life or death discussions ...
