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Alberta, B.C. Polls Show Strong Support for Net-Zero, Low Buy-In for LNG
More than two-thirds of Albertans support a 2050 target for net-zero emissions, and six in 10 British Columbians back clean energy over liquefied natural ... -
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Fossils Create Less than 1% of Canadian Jobs, Making 20-Year Phaseout ‘Very Feasible’, Study Concludes
The Canadian economy has added 42 new jobs for each one it has lost in fossil fuels since 2014, and a 20-year industry phaseout ... -
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Campaign Promises, Cabinet and Senate Leadership Put Climate at Centre of Biden Agenda
When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in later today as the 46th president and 49th vice-president of the United States, they’ll take ... -
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Surge of New Oil Drilling Permits Could Help U.S. Fossils Withstand Biden Climate Plan
In the closing months of the Trump administration, fossil companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years ... -
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Students Press Ontario Teachers to Pull Retirement Funds Out of Fossil Fuels
TORONTO — An environmental coalition is appealing to Ontario teachers to pressure their pension fund to divest from companies that develop or transport fossil ... -
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Ontario Pension Plan Invests Teachers’ Retirement Savings in Italian Gas Pipeline Network
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan closed out the year by buying a controlling interest in a fossil gas pipeline company in Italy, with an ... -
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Countries’ Fossil Extraction Plans Drive Emissions Far Past 1.5°C Limit
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a “potential turning point” in global fossil fuel production, countries will drive greenhouse gas emissions far beyond a ... -
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Energy Transition Could Cut Future LNG Demand by 75%, Leave Long Trail of Stranded Assets
Renewable energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, and green hydrogen are set to draw away more than 75% of future demand for liquefied natural gas ... -
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2020 Delivers Devastating Slump for LNG Developers
Continuing low gas prices, the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and continuing uncertainty about a cluster of market factors have turned 2020 into ... -
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Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Fracking First to Go as NY Pension Fund Pledges Fossil Divestment by 2040
New York State’s pension has announced plans to drop the “riskiest” oil and gas stocks from its massive investment portfolio by 2025 and fully ... -
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Lax COVID-19 Safety at B.C. Man Camps Puts Indigenous Communities at Risk
WorkSafe BC documents have revealed shocking carelessness with worker protections in the province’s northern “man camps.” And as COVID-19 cases continue to mount in ... -
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Safety Issues, Cost Overruns Mean It’s Time to Cancel Site C Megadam, Dogwood Says
With its price nearly doubling, construction deadlines slipping, and serious geological challenges on the ground, BC Hydro’s plan to complete the Site C megadam ... -
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Exxon Writes Off $20 Billion, Imperial $1.2 Billion as Gas Properties Become Stranded Assets
Colossal fossil ExxonMobil announced that is writing off US$17 to $20 billion in natural gas holdings in North and South America as stranded ... -
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With Fossil Plants Running Out of Time, U.S. Grid Decarbonization May Cost Less than Expected
With nearly three-quarters of the country’s fossil-fuelled power plants reaching the end of their operating life by 2035, it will probably cost the United ... -
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B.C. Sets New 2025 Emissions Target as Oil and Gas Projects Trigger ‘Alarming’ Increase
The British Columbia government is setting a new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 after determining it is further from reaching its ...