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Bitumen BubbleCanadaFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil Sands
Koch Brothers Abandon Alberta Tar Sands/Oil Sands
Wichita, Kansas-based conglomerate Koch Industries has sold off its substantial position in the Canadian tar sands/oil sands, selling thousands of hectares of land to ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCanadaElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSolarTar Sands/Oil SandsWind
Tar Sands/Oil Sands Analysts Predict Implausible Growth as Renewables, EVs Crush Fossils on Price
A stunning new international analysis shows increasingly affordable wind and solar power and electric vehicles crushing oil on price and efficiency—even as Canadian fossil ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaCoalElectricity GridForests & DeforestationGeothermalMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarTar Sands/Oil SandsTransitWave & TidalWind
‘Stunning’ Poll Results Show Canadian Public ‘Ahead of Our Politics’ on Climate Action
Two-thirds to 84% of Canadians would accept bold measures to address climate change, more than four-fifths see the climate crisis as a serious problem, ... -
Ex-U.S. Ambassador Gary Doer Says Social Licence is ‘All Social, No Licence’
The need for major resource projects to receive “social licence” before they proceed sustained attacks from two different sides of the political spectrum at ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
BREAKING: Greens Would Support Conservative Minority Government that Got Serious About Climate
Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May would work with any other party in a minority Parliament with a serious climate plan—and even thinks she ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Campaign Roundup: Pre-Election Advertising, Carbon Tax Politics, Kenney Makes Trudeau Look Good, and the Prospect of a Coalition Government
With the federal election less than 100 days away, news reports last week focused on the financial action around the upcoming campaign, provinces’ mixed ... -
COSIA Steps Up Effort to Brand Tar Sands/Oil Sands as Cleantech Innovator
With a new CEO set to take over August 6, Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) is about to double down on its effort ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFirst PeoplesHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Launches $2.5-Million ‘Show Trial’ Against Tar Sands/Oil Sands Opponents
Albertans will shell out C$2.5 million in hard-earned tax dollars over the next year for Jason Kenney’s provincial inquiry into the supposed “foreign-funded special ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil Sands
Harrison: Building a Pipeline is Not a Climate Plan
The federal government’s decision to buy out, then re-approve the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion means Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “has made a choice ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Some Oil and Gas Resources Will Stay in the Ground, BP Admits
One of the world’s biggest fossil companies is admitting that some of its “more complicated to extract” oil and gas resources will have to ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBiodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleBuildingsCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSolarSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsTransitWind
Garossino: Despite Pipeline Approval, $70-Billion Federal Plan is Canada’s Best Shot at Decarbonizing
While the Trudeau government disappointed its climate allies with its much-anticipated decision to re-approve the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, it has also crafted ... -
Seismic Lines for Fossil Exploration Boost Climate-Busting Methane Releases at Least 7%
Climate-busting methane released when fossil explorers cut seismic lines through natural landscapes are enough to drive up Canada’s estimated greenhouse gas emissions from land ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"CoalFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Chubb Becomes First U.S. Insurer to Withdraw Investment, Risk Coverage for Coal
Chubb Ltd. is becoming the first U.S. insurance company to refuse coverage or investment dollars to companies that draw more than 30% of their ... -
AsiaBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxChinaCoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentIndiaOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Canada, UK, France, Ireland Declared Climate Emergency While Subsidizing Fossil Fuels
A new analysis this week identifies Canada as one of four countries that have declared climate emergencies after collectively spending US$27.5 billion per year ... -
Bitumen BubbleCoalElectricity GridEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Zurich Insurance Drops Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Pipelines and Rail, Commits to 100% RE by 2022
The world’s 23rd-largest insurance company, Zurich Insurance Group, has become the world’s first to withdraw insurance and investment from companies significantly involved with the ...
