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    BREAKING: Texas Was ‘Seconds and Minutes’ from Months-Long Blackouts, Grid Operator Admits

    February 19, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 19, 2021
    At least 47 people were dead, hundreds of thousands of homes were still without power, half of the state was under a boil water ...
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    EXCLUSIVE: UNESCO Partnership Helps Global Gas Exporters ‘Boost Legitimacy’, Undercuts UN Climate Goals, Analysts Say

    February 8, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 8, 2021
    The United Nations agency responsible for science, education, culture, and protected areas is undercutting global action on the climate emergency, analysts and campaigners warn, ...
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    Jason Kenney vs. the Plimsoll Line

    January 31, 2021
     
    Primary Author Paul McKay
    January 31, 2021
    Alberta Premier Jason Kenney proved to be “all hat but no horse” when it came to roping and tying down the ill-fated Keystone XL ...
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    ‘Gas Is Over’, EU Banker Declares, Casting Pall on Ontario Teachers’ Fund’s Net-Zero Plans

    January 25, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    January 25, 2021
    A European banking executive’s declaration that “to put it mildly, gas is over” is casting a pall over what should have been a moment ...
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    Campaign Promises, Cabinet and Senate Leadership Put Climate at Centre of Biden Agenda

    January 20, 2021
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    January 20, 2021
    When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in later today as the 46th president and 49th vice-president of the United States, they’ll take ...
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    Freeland Plans Fiscal Update Today as Energy Regulator Report Renews Trans Mountain Opposition

    November 30, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    November 30, 2020
    With Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland due to release her long-awaited fiscal update today, the federal government is coming under new ...
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    With Fossils Crashing, Renewables Surging, Alberta and Saskatchewan Need a New Narrative

    November 25, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    November 25, 2020
    Across nearly a dozen pieces of news and analysis over the last week, a consistent theme is emerging: Canada’s fossil sector crash is accelerating, ...
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    President-Elect Biden Brings ‘Clear Climate Mandate’ to White House

    November 9, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    November 9, 2020
    Even with Democrats unlikely to hold majority control of the U.S. Senate during the first two years of his administration, President-Elect Joe Biden enters ...
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    Biden-Harris Campaign Launches BuildBackBetter. com Transition Team Site

    November 6, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    November 6, 2020
    With the final ballots still being counted in five key states, but analysts and a desperate-sounding Donald Trump signalling the imminent end of the ...
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    Lookback: Trump’s 2017 Inauguration Put Climate Campaigning at the Starting Gate

    November 2, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    November 2, 2020
    This archived post captures what the world looked like on January 20, 2017, the day a misogynistic, white nationalist climate denier became president of ...
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    Opinion: Time to Uncover the Toxic Legacy of Plastics Recycling

    November 2, 2020
     
    Primary Author Gaye Taylor
    November 2, 2020
    Blue bins have long been a symbol of reassurance for convenience-craving consumers across North America, offering citizens the comfortable belief that the disposables we ...
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    How Lucky Do You Feel? The bottom falls out of B.C.’s overhyped LNG gamble

    November 1, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    November 1, 2020
    I’ve had friends over the years whose favourite pastime was to visit their friendly neighbourhood casino. But most of us would draw a big, ...
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    Democrats Explore How Biden Climate Plan Would Navigate a Hostile U.S. Senate

    October 28, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    October 28, 2020
    With a bitter presidential campaign in the United States winding down to its last 100 or so hours, and Democratic candidates Joe Biden and ...
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    Why Canada Needs a Royal Commission on What the Hell Do We Do Now

    October 15, 2020
     
    Primary Author Chris Wood
    October 15, 2020
    Let’s face it Canada, as things go in this troubled world, we’re not doing badly. But that’s exactly when we need to take a ...
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    BREAKING: ‘Baby Steps’ in Annual Analysis Make International Energy Agency a ‘Threat to Climate Safety’

    October 13, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    October 13, 2020
    The International Energy Agency is taking intense criticism this morning for a set of energy futures scenarios that factor in the impact of the ...
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    Globe and Mail’s Radwanski Scorches $5,000 Home Retrofit Credits

    December 6, 2020
     
    December 6, 2020
  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & AnalysisSub-National GovernmentsTransitUnited States

    Only 45 of Top 100 U.S. Cities Have Specific Carbon Targets

    November 24, 2020
     
    November 24, 2020
  • CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOpinion & Analysis

    Queen’s U Family Medicine Prof Urges No More Nuclear Subsidies

    November 9, 2020
     
    November 9, 2020
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    Analysis Explains Why Carbon Offsets Don’t Deliver

    September 27, 2020
     
    September 27, 2020
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    Treat Floods, Fires as Migration Crises, Globe and Mail Columnist Urges

    January 8, 2019
     
    January 8, 2019
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