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Houston Flood Protection Funding Prioritizes Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods, Generates Status Quo Pushback
After years of being left without flood protection—with all support earmarked for the coastal properties of the wealthy—Houston’s low-lying neighbourhoods have found champions in ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Green Chemistry Educators Aggregate ‘Treasure Trove’ of Free Learning Resources
An esteemed U.S. green chemistry education group has collected and posted a range of free online post-secondary teaching and learning resources to help boost ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsDrive to 1.5Energy Access & EquityFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureJurisdictionsUnited States
Overheated U.S. Cities Face Misery as Pandemic Closes Summer Cooling Centres
Pandemic closures and fears are causing acute suffering for the millions of impoverished American households who, lacking air conditioning, typically escape summer heat in ... -
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Transit in a Pandemic: Now Is the Time to Undo Neglect, Systemic Racism
As pandemic-weary Americans flee mass transit in droves and commuter-driven emissions begin to spike back up, a Black transit policy expert is urging city ... -
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Canada, U.S. Pursue ‘Joint Interest’ in Getting Pipelines Built
Canada has opened discussions with the Trump administration to find a path forward for oil pipeline projects, Bloomberg News is reporting this week, citing ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsPathways to 1.5Renewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentUnited StatesWind
Plummeting Wind Costs Could Make ‘Green’ Hydrogen Cost-Competitive by 2023
Less than two weeks after a report that renewably-produced “green” hydrogen could be cost competitive with fossil-dependent “grey” by 2030, a new analysis by ... -
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Ohio Plans Repeal of Coal, Nuclear Bailout After Bribery Scandal Snares House Speaker
The outsized political power of U.S. utilities has come into sharp focus over the last 10 days, with bribery scandals in Ohio and Illinois ... -
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Storage Can Speed Transition to Renewable Grid, But Obstacles Remain, Study Finds
Increased reliance on electricity storage will make it easier for established power grids to retire their coal- and gas-fired power plants, postpone pricey and ... -
Climate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Treat Lack of Hope as a Catalyst for Action, Utne Urges
Hopelessness doesn’t have to be an endpoint out of which nothing good can come, writes veteran civil rights and environmental justice campaigner and publisher ... -
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EU Treats Climate as ‘Pawn in Bigger Negotiation’, Adopts World’s Greenest Stimulus with Too Little Enforcement
Just a day after declaring it a “mission impossible”, leaders of 27 European countries finalized a COVID-19 recovery plan and seven-year budget worth €1.8 ... -
Deadly Jasper Park Bus Rollover Could Be Linked to Glacial Retreat
In the wake of last weekend’s fatal rollover of an Ice Explorer tour bus near the Athabasca Glacier in Alberta’s Jasper National Park—the cause ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryMethaneNational Plans & ResponsesUnited States
Judge Quashes Trump’s Methane Regulation Rollback as Global Emissions Hit All-Time High
In a decision last week, a U.S. judge called a halt to the Trump administration’s bid to roll back methane regulations enacted by President ... -
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Keystone XL Faces New Lawsuit Over Environmental Permitting Process
The Nebraska-based Bold Alliance launched yet another legal challenge to the Keystone XL pipeline last week, after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasUnited States
Canada’s Pandemic Response Sends $16 Billion to Fossils, Just $300 Million to Clean Energy, Global Energy Policy Tracker Shows
Canada’s pandemic response to date has sent just C$300 million to clean energy, compared to more than $16 billion to fossil fuels, according to ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Jobs & TrainingPathways to 1.5Supply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Working from Home, E-Commerce Produce Permanent 10% Drop in U.S. Traffic Volumes
Changes in work and shopping habits brought on by the coronavirus pandemic will produce a permanent 10% drop in traffic volumes in the United ...
