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Carbon Levels & MeasurementCoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsNuclearPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Pennsylvania Moves to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Pennsylvania is moving to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), making it the biggest carbon emitter in what would now become a nine-state ... -
Road Tests Show LNG Trucks Producing Higher NOx Than Diesel, with Little or No GHG Benefit
Trucks fuelled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) produce twice to five times the oxides of nitrogen as the equivalent running on diesel, and only ... -
BuildingsCanadaDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionShale & Fracking
Election Roundup: Parties’ Promises, Fossils Collect Campaign Data, and Climate Protesters Tread Carefully
Week three of Canada’s federal election saw a flurry of climate, energy, and environment promises from the four national party leaders, coinciding with a ... -
Fossils Shift Language, Pay Less Heed to ‘Combatting’ Climate Change
The fossil industry that has poured millions of dollars into climate denial is now working to burnish its image with increasingly skeptical investors, just ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalEnergy PoliticsHeat & TemperatureOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Unlike 2020 Democrats, No Canadian Politician is Spotlighting Big Oil’s Climate Influence
Although three of the major parties running in Canada’s federal election have put forward serious climate plans, “none of them explicitly names the oil ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Methane Leaks, Gas Flaring Could Be LNG’s ‘Achilles’ Heel’, IEA Chief Warns
Methane leaks and gas flaring will become the Achilles’ heel of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry if producers don’t commit to serious greenhouse ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobsOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTransit
Greens Promise 60% Carbon Cut by 2030, Fossil Subsidy Phaseout in One Year
A 65% greenhouse gas emissions cut by 2030, job transition programs for fossil workers, a ban on new pipelines, coal mining, and oil and ... -
Blown Fracking Well in Louisiana on Fire Since August 30, Could Burn for Another Month
A fracked gas well in northwest Louisiana that blew out August 30 was still on fire as of September 12, and was expected to ... -
Enbridge Plans $2.5-Billion Gas Processing Plant and Pipeline for Chetwynd, B.C.
Enbridge Corporation is proposing to build a new natural gas liquids extraction plant and pipeline based near Chetwynd, British Columbia, at a cost of ... -
Horgan, Trudeau Accused of ‘Greenwashing’ Methane with Support for B.C. LNG
The British Columbia and federal governments are being accused of greenwashing the climate-busting methane emissions behind the province’s widely-touted liquefied natural gas expansion, with ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBitumen BubbleClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Finance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansOil & GasPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Fossils Could Lose $2.2 Trillion by 2030 if Countries Get Serious About Carbon Cuts
The world’s most colossal fossils have invested US$50 billion in less than two years in new oil and gas projects that undercut the fight ... -
46% of Registered Voters Support U.S. Fracking Ban in Latest Poll
With political posturing ahead of the 2020 election in the United States already heating up, progressive pollster YouGov Blue is out with a new ... -
CanadaElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHydroShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsWind
B.C., Ottawa Get Mixed Reviews with LNG-Fracking Industry Electrification Plan
The federal and British Columbia governments are getting mixed reviews for their plan to partly decarbonize the province’s emerging liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry ... -
Energy PoliticsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingUnited States
Trump Methane Rollback Sows Divisions Among U.S. Fossils
The Trump administration drove a wedge into the U.S. fossil industry last week with a proposal to roll back Obama-era regulations to control climate-busting ...
