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Ottawa Releases Flurry of New Announcements on Tree Planting, Hydrogen, Clean Fuels, SMRs
The Trudeau government is continuing its flurry of year-end policy moves on climate change and energy, with announcements earlier this week on hydrogen strategy ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
B.C. Sets New 2025 Emissions Target as Oil and Gas Projects Trigger ‘Alarming’ Increase
The British Columbia government is setting a new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 after determining it is further from reaching its ... -
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Energy Transition Could Cut Future LNG Demand by 75%, Leave Long Trail of Stranded Assets
Renewable energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, and green hydrogen are set to draw away more than 75% of future demand for liquefied natural gas ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
With Fossil Plants Running Out of Time, U.S. Grid Decarbonization May Cost Less than Expected
With nearly three-quarters of the country’s fossil-fuelled power plants reaching the end of their operating life by 2035, it will probably cost the United ... -
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Lax COVID-19 Safety at B.C. Man Camps Puts Indigenous Communities at Risk
WorkSafe BC documents have revealed shocking carelessness with worker protections in the province’s northern “man camps.” And as COVID-19 cases continue to mount in ... -
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Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Fracking First to Go as NY Pension Fund Pledges Fossil Divestment by 2040
New York State’s pension has announced plans to drop the “riskiest” oil and gas stocks from its massive investment portfolio by 2025 and fully ... -
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Fossil Financing Continues as Emissions Gap Report Points to 3.0°C Average Warming
With record greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 on track to deliver 3.0°C average global warming, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling on ... -
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Quebec Rules Out Provincial Funding, Won’t Cancel Project After 110,000 Sign Petition Against GNL Québec Megaproject
Quebec Premier François Legault has ruled out provincial financial support for a plan to build the GNL Québec liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in ... -
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BREAKING: Countries’ Fossil Extraction Plans Drive Emissions Far Past 1.5°C Limit
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a “potential turning point” in global fossil fuel production, countries will drive greenhouse gas emissions far beyond a ... -
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Exxon Writes Off $20 Billion, Imperial $1.2 Billion as Gas Properties Become Stranded Assets
Colossal fossil ExxonMobil announced yesterday that is writing off US$17 to $20 billion in natural gas holdings in North and South America as stranded ... -
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Bank of America Becomes Last of Six Big U.S. Lenders to Abandon Arctic Drilling
The Bank of America has become the sixth of six big U.S. banks to declare that it won’t invest in fossil projects in the ... -
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The Rise of SWB: Seba Says Solar, Wind, Batteries Can Deliver 100% RE by 2030, Make New Fossil Investment Irrational
An all-renewable electricity system is “both physically possible and economically affordable by 2030,” according to a new report from the RethinkX think tank, write ... -
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2020 Delivers Devastating Slump for LNG Developers
Continuing low gas prices, the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and continuing uncertainty about a cluster of market factors have turned 2020 into ... -
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Climate Groups Must Connect with Communities that Feel ‘Villainized’ by Just Transition
Coal country in Utah is at risk of being left behind as the United States accelerates its shift off fossil fuels, making it that ... -
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Yellen Expected to Bring Climate Concerns to New Role as U.S. Treasury Secretary
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as treasury secretary is being interpreted as the latest sign the new ...
