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Trump Administration Touts ‘Molecules of U.S. Freedom’ as LNG Exports Rise
Memo to Trump administration spinmeisters: it’s time to stop inhaling greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas), and start working to ... -
Local Fracking Suspended After Earthquake Near Alberta’s Brazeau Reservoir
An earthquake last March near the Brazeau Reservoir, a large dam in east central Alberta, has prompted the province’s energy regulator to restrict oilfield ... -
Energy SubsidiesHealth & SafetyMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
With Industry Dating Back to 1859, Pennsylvania Struggles with 200,000+ Orphan Wells
Although pressure is building on the fossil industry to address fugitive emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells, deadbeat drillers and insufficient public funds ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"JobsLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
New York State Rejects $1-Billion Natural Gas Pipeline
Presenting their decision as rooted in a responsibility to protect state waters from pollution, New York State regulators have rejected a contentious US$1-billion dollar ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Oilpatch Journalist Debunks Krause’s Conspiracy Theories About Anti-Pipeline Campaigners
Part of Jason Kenney’s “pushback strategy” is a C$2.5-million public inquiry into “the foreign source of funds behind the campaign to landlock Alberta energy.” ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Two Emergency Resolutions, One New Climate Platform as Parties Position for Fall Vote
Three federal political parties in Canada are talking about the climate crisis this week, with the Liberals and New Democrats tabling duelling emergency resolutions ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsShale & FrackingSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWater
Blockbuster Report Shows Plastics Producing 850 Million Tonnes of Emissions This Year
Producing and incinerating plastic will emit more than 850 million tonnes of greenhouse gases this year, the equivalent of 189 new 500-megawatt coal plants, ... -
CanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsFirst PeoplesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Singh Discovers New Interest in Climate, Declares Against Oil and Gas Fracking in Wake of B.C. Byelection Loss
A week after the Green Party of Canada won a British Columbia byelection in a seat formerly held by the New Democrats, NDP leader ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeGeneral RenewablesJobsPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolar
Spanish Socialists Coast to Election Win with ‘Sweeping’ Ecological Transition Program
Spaniards threw their weight behind a Green New Deal program Sunday, after re-electing the pro-climate Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE). -
Batteries/StorageElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarSub-National Governments
Solar+Storage Dominates Natural Gas Across Most U.S. Grid Areas
Solar+storage is beginning to undercut natural gas “peaker” plants in Arizona on price, and is now in a position to supply more affordable peak-hours ... -
CanadaEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Chevron Asks to Double Proposed LNG Project as B.C. Completes ‘Fiscal Framework’ for LNG Canada
Chevron Canada has asked the National Energy Board to nearly double the size of its proposed Kitimat LNG facility, seeking a 40-year licence to ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Canadian Organizer Calls for Bank Strike Against Fossil Fuel Investments
Scarcely two weeks after an international study placed five Canadian banks at the centre of financing fossil fuel development, in defiance of the targets ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatEnergy PoliticsLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
U.S. Judge Shoots Down Trump Repeal of Obama Ocean Drilling Ban, Puts 51.8 Million Hectares Off Limits to Fossils
A U.S. federal judge in Alaska put 128 million acres (51.8 million hectares) of Arctic and Atlantic Ocean waters off limits for oil and ... -
BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSevere Storms & FloodingShale & FrackingTransit
UK Fossils Should Pay £44 Billion Per Year in Climate Damages, Campaigners Calculate
The United Kingdom should apply the “polluters pay” principle by assessing the country’s coal, oil, and natural gas companies at least £44 billion per ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalCulture, Curiosities, & HumourHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergyShale & FrackingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Nearby Neighbours Prefer Wind Farms to Fossil, Nuclear or Solar Plants, Study Finds
People who actually live near operating wind farms see them as better neighbours than fossil, nuclear, or solar plants, even if they’re located in ...
