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Three New Canadian LNG Projects ‘Inch Towards Construction’ in 2019
Three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects in Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Oregon are “inching towards construction,” the Financial Post reports, prompting ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Action/"Blockadia"Legal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
When Pipeline Opponents Win in Court, U.S. Regulators Just Change the Rules
Opponents of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) through West Virginia keep challenging the project in court. And when they win, state and federal ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
350 Canada Urges Emergency Parliamentary Debate on 1.5°C Pathways [Sign-On]
Within hours of the IPCC’s release of landmark report on pathways to 1.5°C average global warming, 350 Canada was out with a petition calling ... -
Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
64 Ballot Initiatives in 24 U.S. States Show Citizens Seizing the Energy Agenda
With United States mid-term elections just 33 days (and 14 hours, 55 minutes) away, citizens across 24 mostly western states have launched 64 separate ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBioenergyCitiesCoalDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsGeneral RenewablesHydroJobsOil & GasPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Massive Job Counts Show Renewables, Efficiency Taking Hold in ‘Every U.S. Zip Code’
The Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Boston regions lead the list of metropolitan areas that emerge as “America’s top 50 clean energy ... -
Batteries/StorageCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOil & GasPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
Falling Renewables, Storage Costs Poised to Take the Bite Out of the Natural Gas Boom
A flurry of recent news reports all lead toward the mounting realization that new renewable energy systems are less expensive for power utilities to ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJobsPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
B.C. Scrambles to Square LNG Development with GHG Reductions as Investment Decision Nears
As a group of investors led by Royal Dutch Shell moves toward a final investment decision on the massive, C$40-billion LNG Canada liquefied natural ... -
ChinaFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Exploding Pipeline in Pennsylvania Ties Plastics Manufacturing to Fracked Natural Gas
A natural gas pipeline that exploded outside Pittsburgh earlier this month, just a week after it went into service, is part of a multi-billion-dollar ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCoalEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobsOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Trudeau Admits Trans Mountain is a Fossil Subsidy as Report Urges Clean Energy Shift
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as much as admitted this week that the federal bailout of Kinder Morgan’s troubled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion amounts ... -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Brown Renews Pledge to ‘Launch Our Own Damn Satellite’ as Summit Urges Faster Climate Action
After three days of new low-carbon commitments from regional governments, cities, and industry, the Global Climate Action Summit concluded Friday with a call for ... -
CoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
New Renewables Undercut Existing Fossil Prices in U.S. Grid Transition
U.S. utilities can now buy new renewably-generated electricity at less than it costs them to operate existing fossil plants, a senior executive at Denver-based ...
