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Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Oil Prices Tumble Again as OPEC+ Cuts Production, G20 Aims for ‘Stability’
A week of high-stakes deal-making came up short Friday, as energy ministers from the Group of 20 (G20) industrialized nations decided against cutting oil ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
NOAA Reports Fastest Growth in Methane Concentrations Since 2014
Atmospheric methane levels increased at the fastest rate in five years between 2018 and 2019, according to preliminary data released last week by the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Anxious Workers at Fossil Man Camps Brace for ‘Hellish’ COVID-19 Outbreak
Anxious tar sands/oil sands workers are bracing for a “hellish” outbreak of COVID-19 in the man camps surrounding tar sands/oil sands, coal, and liquefied ... -
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Unregulated Tar Sands/Oil Sands Emissions May Undercut Canada’s Methane Reductions
Although Canada can still meet its 2025 deadline to reduce methane releases from conventional oil and gas production by 40 to 45%, those gains ... -
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11th Democratic Primary Debate has Biden, Sanders Talking Climate Strategy
Former U.S. vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders did something unusual when they met last Sunday evening for the eleventh televised debate ... -
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Coronavirus Triggers OPEC+ Breakup, Drives Deepest Oil Price Dive in 29 Years
Driven by cratering economic activity due to the coronavirus pandemic, oil markets crashed 31% in a matter of seconds last week, after cooperation across ... -
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Oil War and COVID-19 Create Risk, Opportunity for Clean Energy
The end-to-end news coverage of the coronavirus emergency is producing a secondary wave of commentary and analysis on whether the global pandemic will derail ... -
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Trump Considers Fossil Bailout as Coronavirus, OPEC Price War Put Producers in Peril
Federal government assistance for the U.S. shale industry emerged as a strong possibility last week, after falling demand due to the coronavirus pandemic and ... -
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Oil Price Crash Could Mean Delays, Uncertainty for New LNG Projects
The oil price crash triggered by the coronavirus crisis will likely have a secondary impact on liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects that were aiming ... -
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Buffett Fund Backs Out of Quebec LNG Project as Hearings Begin, Community Opposition Mounts
U.S. investment legend Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway industrial conglomerate has decided not to sink C$4 billion into Canada’s next controversial fossil pipeline, the GNL ... -
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CCPA: B.C. Must Plan for Managed Decline Before International Fossil Markets Scale Back
British Columbia may be running out of time to plan for a managed decline of its fossil fuel industry, given the prospect that the ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingNuclearOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Biden, Sanders Climate Policies Come Into Focus as Primary Field Narrows
With the race for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination narrowing to two main candidates, the New York Times and Foreign Policy magazine are ... -
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New U.S. Energy Legislation Backs Solar, Wind and Storage, Misses Out on Efficiency, Pushes Fracked Gas Exports
A massive, bipartisan energy bill could come up for a vote in the U.S. Senate as soon as this week, with billions of dollars ... -
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Calgary Pipeliner Left to Wait as U.S. Regulator Delays Decision on Oregon LNG Terminal
The Calgary-based pipeliner behind a proposed US$10-billion liquefied natural gas export terminal in Oregon is facing what the Financial Post calls a “surprise setback”, ... -
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Ontario Climate Hawks Join City Council to Oppose Fracked Gas Pipeline Through Hamilton [Sign-On]
The City of Hamilton and Ontario climate organizations are mobilizing against a 10-kilometre pipeline that would carry fracked gas from the United States and ...
