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Deutsche Bank Dumps Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Arctic Oil and Gas, Falls Short on Coal Divestment
Frankfurt-based banking giant Deutsche Bank is immediately cutting off financing for new tar sands/oil sands and Arctic oil and gas projects and will end ... -
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Taxpayer Funds Could Trigger Pandemic Recovery Loans Above $100 Million Per Fossil Company, EDC Says
Loan guarantees and other forms of financial risk management from Export Development Canada (EDC) could clear the way for bank loans well in excess ... -
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Plastics in America Are a ‘Story of Environmental Racism’
The story of plastics in America is a story of environmental racism, with Black and Indigenous communities both far more likely both to purchase ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Demand & EfficiencyHydropowerJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsWind
Coalition Urges Ontario to Phase Out Gas-Fired Electricity by 2030 [Sign-On]
Nearly three dozen local, provincial, and national organizations are calling on Ontario to phase out its pricey natural gas power plants and abandon a ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
With U.S. Fossils ‘Hurtling Toward Bankruptcy’, Execs Get a Payout While Abandoned Wells Leak Methane
With U.S. fossils “hurtling toward bankruptcy at a pace not seen in years,” companies are already abandoning unprofitable oil and gas wells or leaving ... -
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Three Projects, Three Wins: Flurry of Decisions Shows U.S. Pipelines Becoming ‘Unbuildable’
The last 48 hours have seen a dizzying series of announcements highlighting the increasingly shaky prospects for North American oil and gas pipelines, with ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasShale & Fracking
Global ‘Gas Bubble’ Has Nearly Half of New LNG Projects Facing Pandemic Delays, Nervous Investors
Investment legend Warren Buffett’s decision last March to pull out of a controversial liquefied natural gas project in Quebec’s Saguenay region is just one ... -
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Global Oil Demand, CO2 Emissions Likely Peaked in 2019 as Fossil Analysts Predict More Stranded Assets
A small parade of analysts stepped out last week with projections that global oil demand and carbon dioxide emissions likely peaked last year, with ... -
AustraliaBitumen BubbleBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Fossils Hit ‘Turning Point’ as Shell Follows BP in Declaring Stranded Assets
The coronavirus pandemic may have produced a tipping point in the transition off fossil fuels, with two colossal fossils declaring in the last two ... -
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House Democrats’ Blueprint Aims for Net-Zero by 2050, Connects Racial Inequity with Rising Temperatures
A climate plan released this week by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives is receiving wide acknowledgement as a sweeping proposal that would ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Indigenous Leaders Warn They May Be Left Out of Abandoned Well Cleanup Fund
Indigenous leaders are concerned their communities may be left out as Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia begin spending C$1.5 billion in federal funds to ... -
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U.S. Analysis Busts Myths, Shows No Need for New Gas Plants
It’s time to bust some myths about gas-fired electricity, renewable energy, and the United States grid, writes David Wooley, executive director of the Center ... -
Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
30% of U.S. Shale Drillers ‘Technically Insolvent’ as Analyst Places Economic Recovery Three to Five Years Away
Nearly one-third of shale oil and gas drillers in the United States are “technically insolvent” at today’s oil prices, as crashing demand drives the ... -
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Abandoned Wells Emerge as Massive, Largely Unmeasured Methane Risk
The United States is emerging as a focal point of one of the larger problems arising from oil and gas production: the leaky wells ... -
Navajo, Pueblo Nations Stand Up Against Fracking Plans
As the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) contemplates expanding fracking operations in northern New Mexico, the Navajo and Pueblo peoples who have lived ...
