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EXCLUSIVE: UNESCO Partnership Helps Global Gas Exporters ‘Boost Legitimacy’, Undercuts UN Climate Goals, Analysts Say
The United Nations agency responsible for science, education, culture, and protected areas is undercutting global action on the climate emergency, analysts and campaigners warn, ... -
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212,000 Kilometres of New Pipelines World-Wide Would Enable 170 Billion Tonnes of Emissions, Analysts Warn
A 212,000-kilometre network of oil and gas pipelines now in construction or under development around the world could set investors up for US$1 trillion ... -
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Canada and U.S. Drastically Underestimate Methane Emissions as Atmospheric Levels Rise
Federal environmental agencies are underestimating methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells by 20% in the United States and 150% in Canada, according ... -
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Musk Faces Headwinds in Bid to Power SpaceX Rockets with Fossil Gas
Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk is facing serious criticism for plans to power his other major business venture, SpaceX, with fossil gas. -
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Fossils ‘Stunned’, ‘Aghast’ After Biden Pauses New Oil and Gas Leases
North American fossils are declaring themselves “stunned” and “aghast” at the wave of climate action emanating from the White House last week, with U.S. ... -
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Jason Kenney vs. the Plimsoll Line
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney proved to be “all hat but no horse” when it came to roping and tying down the ill-fated Keystone XL ... -
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Job Prospects Evaporate, Student Interest Sags as Fossils Scramble for New Talent
A new generation of young professionals is coming back with an eloquent response to the idea that a declining fossil industry is a “slap ... -
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Sweeping Biden Executive Orders Halt Fossil Leases, Boost Renewables, Stress Environmental Justice and Scientific Integrity
With a set of three sweeping executive orders Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden launched an abrupt shift from four years of climate denial and ... -
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Biden to Pause Oil and Gas Leasing, Emphasize Environmental Justice in ‘Climate Day’ Executive Orders Expected Today
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to pause new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters and unveil an ambitious plan to ... -
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‘Gas Is Over’, EU Banker Declares, Casting Pall on Ontario Teachers’ Fund’s Net-Zero Plans
A European banking executive’s declaration that “to put it mildly, gas is over” is casting a pall over what should have been a moment ... -
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White House Says More Climate Action Coming in ‘Omnibus’ Order Next Week
U.S. President Joe Biden is planning another week of rapid action on the climate emergency, Reuters reports, citing a White House memo that promises ... -
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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 ...
