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OPINION: Canadian Fossils ‘Lose Patience’ with Trudeau as World Oil Prices Drag Them Down
With world oil prices heading toward another crash, the swashbuckling free marketeers in Canada’s oilpatch are doing exactly what you would expect: amping up ... -
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IEA Sees Signs of Energy Transition, But Backtracks on Paris-Compliant Modelling
An end to new fossil plant construction, a coal industry already past its production peak, a surge in natural gas use, and up to ... -
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World’s Biggest Petro-States Face ‘Sustained Pressure’ to Diversify Economies, Cut Fossil Subsidies
The countries that depend most heavily on oil and natural gas revenues and exports will face “sustained pressure” to diversify their economies and cut ... -
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Democrats on Offence, Climate Hawk Urges ‘Green New Deal’ After Midterm Election Result
The split result in U.S. midterm elections Tuesday evening is receiving extensive coverage in the country’s climate and energy media, with the new Democratic ... -
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Asleep at the Switch: Canada’s Pathway to 1.5°C Means Phasing Out Natural Gas
There’s a massive gap in Canadian climate strategy that is big enough and serious enough to undercut every other effort to turn the country ... -
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Groups Challenge B.C.’s $1 Billion Per Year in Fossil Fuel Subsidies
British Columbia is giving away C$1 billion per year in fossil fuel subsidies, including generous incentives for LNG Canada’s new $40-billion liquefied natural gas ... -
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Petrochemical Boom Could Undercut GHG Reductions, Turn U.S. Rust Belt into ‘Plastics Belt’
The United States is on the verge of a US$202.4-billion boom in plastics and petrochemical production that could put the country at odds with ... -
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Hughes: Selling Off Fossil Resources at ‘Bargain Basement Prices’ is Poor Energy Strategy for Canada
Canada’s current practice of harvesting bitumen and fracked oil and gas and selling them off at bargain basement prices is a poor excuse for ... -
Three New Canadian LNG Projects ‘Inch Towards Construction’ in 2019
Three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects in Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Oregon are “inching towards construction,” the Financial Post reports, prompting ...
