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  • CanadaLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National Governments

    Coastal GasLink Suspends Work After Unist’ot’en Recover Ancient Artifacts at Man Camp Site

    Full Story: Unist’ot’en Camp @UnistotenCamp and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation @CBCNews

    February 19, 2019
    Primary Author Maryse Zeidler/CBC @MaryseZeidler
    February 19, 2019
    Construction of the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline was suspended late last week after members of the Unist'ot'en Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation found two ...
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  • Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Canada Drags on Promise to Phase Out Fossil Subsidies

    Full Story: National Observer @NatObserver

    February 19, 2019
    Primary Author Carl Meyer @ottawacarl
    February 19, 2019
    Ottawa is being accused of dragging its feet on its 2016 promise to phase out “inefficient” fossil subsidies by 2025, two years after then-auditor ...
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    Analysts See Oil Industry’s Twilight, But Not Soon Enough to Hit Climate Targets

    Full Story: The Energy Mix @theenergymix

    February 15, 2019
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 15, 2019
    Two different analyst reports this week show the oil industry moving into its twilight, but the projected rate of decline is still far too ...
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  • CanadaFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Supreme Court’s Redwater Decision Could Make Credit More Costly, Less Available for Canadian Fossils

    Full Story: National Observer @NatObserver

    February 15, 2019
    Primary Author Carl Meyer @ottawacarl
    February 15, 2019
    Lenders are paying attention to the recent Supreme Court decision holding bankrupt fossils responsible for cleaning up the production sites they abandon. The result ...
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    Local Traffic Concerns Block Approval of UK Firm’s Second Big Fracking Site

    Full Story: The Guardian @guardian

    February 15, 2019
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  • Batteries/StorageCitiesCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationOceansOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited States

    Los Angeles Shifts Billions of Dollars from Gas Plants to Storage, Efficiency, and Solar

    Full Story: Los Angeles Times @latimes

    February 13, 2019
    Primary Author Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth
    February 13, 2019
    Los Angeles is walking away from a plan to spend billions of dollars rebuilding three natural gas power plants along the coast, in what ...
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  • Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Stewart: CAPP is Asking Albertans to ‘Vote for Climate Destruction’

    Full Story: iPolitics @ipoliticsca

    February 13, 2019
    Primary Author Keith Stewart @climatekeith
    February 13, 2019
    Albertans this spring and Canadians this fall should not be fooled into voting for climate destruction just because Big Oil wants them to, Greenpeace ...
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    Atmospheric Methane Increases Could ‘Negate or Reverse Progress’ on CO2 Cuts

    Full Story: American Geophysical Union @theAGU

    February 11, 2019
    Primary Author E.G. Nisbet et al
    February 11, 2019
    Increases in atmospheric methane between 2014 and 2017 could put the targets in the Paris Agreement out of reach, and point to the “urgent ...
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  • CoalDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentOil & GasPathways to 1.5Pipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionShale & Fracking

    Fossils’ Poor Stock Performance Makes Case for Divestment: IEEFA

    Full Story: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis @ieefa_institute

    February 11, 2019
    Primary Author
    February 11, 2019
    Pouring more dollars into the fossil sector no longer makes sense for investors paying attention to a decade of poor stock performance, the gradual ...
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  • Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentShale & FrackingUnited States

    Declining Production, Wall Street Skepticism Could Produce Death Spiral for U.S. Shale Oil

    Full Story: Resilience.org @buildresilience

    February 8, 2019
    Primary Author Kurt Cobb/Resource Insights @kurtcobb
    February 8, 2019
    Despite headline-grabbing production numbers, the shale oil industry in the United States may be heading into a death spiral, according to a recent analysis ...
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  • CoalDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsJobsNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingUnited States

    Green New Deal Draft Commits to Net-Zero GHG, Leaves Out Fossil Phaseout Deadline

    Full Story: Politico @politico

    February 6, 2019
    Primary Author Zack Colman @zcolman
    February 6, 2019
    With Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey set to outline Democrats’ Green New Deal legislation within days, a recent draft includes a commitment ...
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  • Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Supreme Court Holds Bankrupt Fossils Responsible for Cleaning Abandoned Sites

    Full Story: The Star Calgary @thestarcalgary and Pembina Institute @Pembina

    February 3, 2019
    Primary Author Emma McIntosh @EmmaMcI and Pembina staff
    February 3, 2019
    A Supreme Court of Canada ruling that holds bankrupt fossils responsible for cleaning up their abandoned oil and gas wells will produce lasting impacts ...
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    Oilfield Services Giant Sees Future in Renewables

    Full Story: Bloomberg @business

    February 3, 2019
    Primary Author Kelly Gilblom @KellyGilblom and David Wethe @DavidWethe
    February 3, 2019
    The world’s third-biggest oilfield services provider is looking to expand its offerings for wind and solar energy suppliers, as it begins to contemplate a ...
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  • CanadaFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & Fracking

    TransCanada Tries to Offload Majority Share of Coastal GasLink Pipeline

    Full Story: Globe and Mail @globeandmail

    January 30, 2019
    Primary Author Brent Jang @brentcjang
    January 30, 2019
    TransCanada Corporation is trying to sell off a majority share of the Coastal GasLink pipeline, the controversial, C$6.2-billion project that has faced sustained opposition ...
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  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCoalDrive to 1.5Forests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportOil & GasShale & FrackingSoil & Natural SequestrationTar Sands/Oil Sands

    2019 Set to Deliver Big Jump in Atmospheric CO2

    Full Story: British Broadcasting Corporation @BBC

    January 27, 2019
    Primary Author Matt McGrath @MattMcGrathBBC
    January 27, 2019
    Scientists are looking ahead to a “worrying” jump in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations this year, right on the heels of a report declaring 2018 ...
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