Non-Renewable Energy
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CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyGeneral RenewablesJobsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarTar Sands/Oil SandsWind
BREAKING: Clean Energy Employs More Canadians Than Tar Sands/Oil Sands
Canada’s clean energy industries generate more direct employment than the tar sands/oil sands, Clean Energy Canada reported this week. -
CanadaClimate & SocietyFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
B.C. First Nation Challenges Federal Approval of Northern Gateway Pipeline
The Gitxaala Nation in northern British Columbia is challenging the Canadian government’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, after the Federal Court of Appeal ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportWater
Canadian Government Approved Test Drilling Despite Impacts on Beluga Whales
The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans may have blocked research scientist Dr. Véronique Lesage from sharing her concerns about the impact of exploratory ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsWater
Northern Ontario Town Gears Up to Fight Energy East Pipeline [sub may be required]
The city of North Bay, Ontario is gearing up for a fight against TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline, with Mayor Al McDonald, the North Bay-Mattawa ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Oil Patch Faces Prospect of ‘Peak Demand’
Shaken by shale oil production in the United States, softening demand from China and Europe, and rising global concern about climate change, Canada’s tar ... -
CitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Chicago Pet Coke Facilities: One Down, One to Go
The City of Chicago has pushed the smaller of two petroleum coke (petcoke) storage facilities out of town, although the remaining one, owned by ... -
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia Pursue Moratoria on Natural Gas Fracking
A moratorium on natural gas fracking is one of the election promises on the agenda after Brian Gallant’s Liberals formed a majority in the ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Statoil Suspends Work on Tar Sands/Oil Sands Project in Northern Alberta
Falling oil prices and rising costs have prompted Stavanger, Norway-based Statoil ASA to suspend work on its 40,000-barrel/day tar sands/oil sands project in northern ... -
Rockefeller Fund Begins Divesting Fossil Fuel Assets
The $900-million Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced Monday that it will begin divesting its fossil fuel assets, 140 years after John D. Rockefeller Sr. began ... -
Natural Gas a Detour, Not a Bridge to a Low-Carbon Future: Study
Long touted as a bridge to a low-carbon future, natural gas is actually a detour, according to a September 24 report by Christine Shearer ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited States
Illinois CCS Plant Runs Into Sierra Club Lawsuit, Investor Jitters
Although construction has begun on a carbon capture and storage plant (CCS) in Illinois, a lawsuit and a looming grant deadline make it a ... -
Fossil Fuel Coalition Plans Methane Reductions
Norway’s Statoil was in the lead when six global oil and gas companies unveiled plans to reduce their methane emissions under the UN’s Climate ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Ex-Saskatchewan MLA Takes Helm of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Tim McMillan, Saskatchewan’s former minister of rural health, will become president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers October 1. -
Climate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
U.S. Coal Shutdown Picks Up Steam
United States utilities are responding to federal power plant regulations by retiring coal-fired generation faster than expected, according the a U.S. General Accounting Office. -
Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsMiddle EastNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
ISIL Nets $1.5-2.0 Million Per Day on Black Market Oil Sales
Black market oil sales are bringing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) revenue of $1.5 to $2.0 million per day.
