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CanadaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Coastal GasLink Asks First Nations to Squelch Community Opposition as NEB Rules Against Federal Review
Just two weeks after Canada’s National Energy Board rejected calls for it to review the contested Coastal GasLink shale gas pipeline, a First Nation ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Bankrupt California Utility Will Still Honour $42 Billion in Solar, Wind Contracts
There were sighs of relief in California earlier this month, after utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric confirmed it will honour all its contracts ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageHealth & SafetyJobsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Blockbuster News Investigation Reveals ‘Culture of Silence’ in Fossil Health and Safety Violations
National Observer and Global News are out with a blockbuster investigative report that alleges potentially deadly health and safety problems in the western Canadian ... -
Lac-Mégantic Rail Line Faced ‘Several Urgent’ Issues in May, 2019 Transport Canada Inspection
The rail line that runs through Lac-Mégantic, the Québec community whose downtown was incinerated by a runaway oil train that killed 47 people in ... -
Climate Change Makes Record-High Great Lakes Water Levels the ‘Evolving Normal’
Climate change is a “deciding factor” in this summer’s record high water levels on the Great Lakes, CTV News reported earlier this month, citing ... -
AsiaBuildingsChinaCitiesElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Corporate Renewable Energy Buys Could Set All-Time Record in 2019
Corporate renewable energy purchases are on track to set another all-time record in 2019, with the United States still driving a strong growth trend ... -
Bitumen BubbleClimate Action/"Blockadia"Hot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Free Speech at Risk, Fossil Lobbyist Touts Success as Nine U.S. States Declare Pipeline Protest a Felony
Campaign groups and constitutional lawyers are raising concerns about free speech and a fossil lobbyist is bragging about his success, after nine U.S. states ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentJobsSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Loses 14,300 Jobs in July Despite Corporate Tax Cut, Profitable Fossils
Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is declaring herself “disappointed” that her province lost 14,300 jobs last month, bringing the unemployment rate up to 7%, ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesCoalElectricity GridLegal & RegulatoryPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
22 U.S. States, Seven Cities Challenge Trump Rollback of Obama Clean Power Plan
Twenty-two U.S. states and seven cities went to court last week, trying to block the Trump administration from rolling back Obama-era restrictions on coal-fired ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy SubsidiesFinance & DivestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
Pipeline Opponent Sees Fossil Subsidies Campaign as Latest Front Against Trans Mountain
A new campaign against the fossil fuel subsidies on which projects like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion depend is just the latest front in ... -
BuildingsDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Power Prices Hit $9,000/MWh as Texas Grid Declares First Supply Emergency Since 2014
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued its first emergency alert since January 2014, after record demand driven by a summer heat wave ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyMethaneShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
B.C. Actively Promotes Fracking Boom as New Study Reaffirms Climate Impact
British Columbia is taking heat from two different news outlets for its avid support of natural gas fracking to feed its liquefied natural gas ...
