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CanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Pembina Applauds, Fossils Claim ‘Disrespect’ as House Passes Amended Impact Assessment Act
The Pembina Institute applauded a step forward and the fossil lobby accused a senior federal cabinet minister of being “disrespectful” as the amended Bill ... -
Air & MarineAuto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEuropeNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolar
Critics Scorch UK’s Net-Zero Announcement for Slow Transition, Misuse of International Carbon Credits
Soon-to-depart Prime Minister Theresa May has unveiled legislation to make the UK the first G7 country to enshrine a 2050 net-zero carbon deadline in ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Liberals to Reject Most Senate Amendments to Impact Assessment Act
The federal government is poised to reject most of the amendments to the proposed new Impact Assessment Act, Bill C-69, put forward last month ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Demand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionResearch & DevelopmentShale & FrackingSupply Chains & Consumption
Fossils See Circular Economy, Backlash Against Plastics Cutting Demand for Oil and Gas
The mounting global backlash against plastic pollution has fossil companies worried, as public opinion coalesces into a threat to businesses they’ve been counting on ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Environment Groups Declare Fossils’ Election Platform a Recipe for ‘Climate Chaos’
National environmental groups declared the fossil industry’s election campaign demands a recipe for “climate chaos” last week, after the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementFinance & InvestmentHydroMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Quebec LNG Megaproject Would Boost Emissions by 37 Million Tonnes Per Year
The GNL Quebec liquefied natural gas megaproject would increase life cycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 37 million tonnes per year, a group ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Abandoned Well Cleanup Could Take 2,800 Years, Alberta Regulator Tells Industry
It may take more than 2,800 years to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells across Alberta, National Observer and Star Calgary reveal in ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
MMIWG Inquiry Highlights Connection Between Megaproject Work Camps, Sexual Violence
Natural resource companies and their regulators must factor in the safety and security of Indigenous women and girls at every step in planning and ... -
Oregon Senate Adopts Five-Year Fracking Moratorium
The Oregon State Senate adopted a five-year moratorium on oil and gas fracking last week, after amending a House resolution calling for a 10-year ... -
Batteries/StorageEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMethaneOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
Roberts: Oil Change International Report Confirms No Space for New Natural Gas Development
That there is vanishingly little space for natural gas in a world that wishes to stay below 2.0°C average global warming is a fact ... -
AsiaAustraliaBatteries/StorageFinance & InvestmentHydroIndiaOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolar
Renewables Investment in Asia Set to Exceed Fossil Exploration by 2020
Renewable energy investment in Asia is set to edge ahead of oil and gas exploration by next year, according to international fossil analysts at ... -
Trump Administration Touts ‘Molecules of U.S. Freedom’ as LNG Exports Rise
Memo to Trump administration spinmeisters: it’s time to stop inhaling greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas), and start working to ... -
Local Fracking Suspended After Earthquake Near Alberta’s Brazeau Reservoir
An earthquake last March near the Brazeau Reservoir, a large dam in east central Alberta, has prompted the province’s energy regulator to restrict oilfield ... -
Energy SubsidiesHealth & SafetyMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
With Industry Dating Back to 1859, Pennsylvania Struggles with 200,000+ Orphan Wells
Although pressure is building on the fossil industry to address fugitive emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells, deadbeat drillers and insufficient public funds ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"JobsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
New York State Rejects $1-Billion Natural Gas Pipeline
Presenting their decision as rooted in a responsibility to protect state waters from pollution, New York State regulators have rejected a contentious US$1-billion dollar ...
