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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 ... -
Marshall: Fossil Lobbyists Tout Job Creation Despite Continuing Quest for Layoffs
As the process of “de-manning” the fossil industry picks up momentum, Environmental Defence National Program Manager Dale Marshall has a question for Canadian policy-makers: ... -
CanadaEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Alberta Fossils Dream of Petrochemical Boom Fueled by Cheap, Fracked Gas
The low cost of fracked natural gas has Alberta fossils dreaming of a multi-billion-dollar boom in petrochemical production, mimicking the industrial development that followed ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryMethanePipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
13-Point ‘To-Stop List’ Offers Trudeau a Way Forward After Trans Mountain
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet try to patch together a to-do list to salvage the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in light ... -
CanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Germany’s LNG Loan Guarantee in Nova Scotia Would Contradict Domestic Ban, Delay Post-Carbon Transition
Germany must withdraw a US$4-billion loan guarantee that would enable Calgary-based Pieridae Energy Ltd. to build a 10-million-tonne-per year liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
B.C. Natural Gas Boom Fuels Alberta Tar Sands/Oil Sands Production
The “energy dispute for the ages” over the Trans Mountain pipeline has obscured the role of British Columbia’s natural gas industry in fueling tar ...
