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Non-Profit Law Centre Defends Quebec Campaigners from Pieridae ‘Gag Order’ Attempt
The Quebec Environmental Law Centre is coming to the aid of an environmental group targeted by an Alberta oil company threatening legal action. -
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Renewable Stocks Deliver 422% Return in 10 Years, Outperform Fossils Seven-Fold
Investors’ overall returns on their renewable energy stocks have outperformed fossil fuels three-fold over the last five years and seven-fold over the last 10, ... -
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Pieridae Pitches for $925M Federal Subsidy for Goldboro LNG, Threatens Legal Action to Silence Critics
A fossil company angling for a C$925-million federal “grant, repayable contribution, or loan guarantee” for the controversial Goldboro liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in ... -
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Economic Future Looks Dim for Appalachian Fracking, Plastics Production
Those banking on reviving Appalachia with shale gas and plastics would do well to think again, says a new report. A resource glut and ... -
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Groups Urge Tougher Fossil Targets as B.C. Sets Carbon Goals for Communities, Industries
British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for major sectors of the provincial economy, but ... -
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Texas Campaigners Celebrate Cancellation of Rio Grande LNG Terminal
Citing changes in the global market, liquified natural gas developer Annova LNG has cancelled the mammoth export terminal it planned to build in the ... -
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GNL Québec Project Risks Far Outweigh Benefits, Government Review Panel Concludes
Quebec’s environmental review board says the risks associated with GNL Québec’s proposed Saguenay gas terminal project far outweigh its benefits. -
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U.S. Fracking Counties Face Economic Crunch as Coal Country Looks to Diversify
As the energy transition picks up across the United States, fossil-dependent states like Pennsylvania are struggling with the devastating financial and environmental price of ... -
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Opinion: Freeland Must Pick a Lane with Next Month’s Federal Budget. And the Right Answer is Obvious.
When she tables a much-anticipated federal budget later this year, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland mustn’t pass up the opportunity to revisit and rethink a ... -
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‘Choosy’ Colossal Fossil Chevron Pulls Funding from Kitimat LNG Project
The decision by Chevron Canada Ltd. to stop funding its proposed Kitimat LNG project on B.C.’s north coast isn’t surprising given its failed attempt ... -
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‘Conventional Energy Bubble’ Could Cost Utilities $1 Trillion as Cheap Renewables Undercut Fossil Plants
Power utilities are on track to lose US$1 trillion over the next 15 years after analysts, agencies, and bankers grossly overestimated the revenue they’re ... -
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Canada-Germany Agreement Spotlights Tensions Over Renewable, Fossil-Based Hydrogen
Canada and Germany have signed an agreement to team up on green energy innovation and trade, with an eye to hydrogen as the market ... -
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U.S. Congress Aims to End Tax Exemption for Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Set Price on Methane
Congressional Democrats in the United States are considering reversing a long-standing excise tax exemption for tar sands/oil sands crude entering the country, a move ... -
Toronto City Council Calls for Ontario Gas Phaseout
Toronto has become the 21st Ontario city, and by definition the largest, urging the Ontario government to phase out fossil gas-fired power generation as ... -
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Panicky Messaging on Line 5 Closure Threat Masks Real Issues with Pipeline, Oil by Rail
Canadian Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan is framing Michigan’s intention to shutter Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline as a dire threat to energy security on ...
