Opinion & Analysis
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Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaChinaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSolarUnited States
EXCLUSIVE: Stalled U.S. Tailpipe Standards Could Trigger the Next Auto Industry Bailout
The green transition in China, the world’s largest energy consumer and vehicle market, is unfolding at a faster rate, and with greater intensity, than ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentOpinion & AnalysisSub-National Governments
How a Houston Pipeliner Out-Maneuvered the Canadian Government
In an exclusive after-action analysis of the negotiations leading up to Canada’s purchase of Kinder Morgan’s C$7.4-billion pipeline, the Reuters news agency recounts the ... -
Air & MarineAsiaBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
EXCLUSIVE: New Ship Fuel Rules Could Sink Tar Sands/Oil Sands Expansion
The law of unintended consequences may soon cause serious collateral damage to Alberta’s tar sands/oil sands ambitions, and the planned Trans Mountain and Keystone ... -
AsiaBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCoalEncoreEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJobsMethaneOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionWater
EXCLUSIVE: Justin Trudeau’s Devil of a Pipeline Deal
Kinder Morgan has signed a contract for 75% of the segments for its Trans Mountain pipeline to be produced by a company controlled by ... -
CanadaCitiesFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Analysis: Kinder Morgan Wins a Round, But Pipeline Still Isn’t a Done Deal
Fossil industry media and climate community listservs erupted late last Thursday with the news that a National Energy Board (NEB) panel had sided with ... -
AfricaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisSolarWind
Analysis: Shell’s Big Climate Announcement Promises Only Small Investment Boost, Conditional Carbon Reductions
Royal Dutch Shell pledged last week to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2035 and 50% by 2050, while investing US$1 to ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJobsOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island StatesUnited States
Analysis: Nuts-and-Bolts Details Will Determine Paris Agreement’s Success
A key takeaway from this year’s United Nations climate change conference (COP 23) is that, when it comes to putting a practical foundation under ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island States
COMMENT: Canada Must Balance the Climate Finance Books Between Adaptation and Mitigation
COP23 could mark a paradigm shift in the way the world talks about, and seeks to address, climate change. Yet this shift is not ... -
Fossil Fuel Use Turns India’s Capital Into a ‘Gas Chamber’
Fumes from burning gasoline and diesel, ‘petroleum coke’, and coal, smothered Indian’s capital and other cities across south Asia, forcing vehicles off streets, aircraft ... -
CCS & GeoengineeringClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHuman Rights & MigrationOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon Transition
UN Climate Talks: Slow Progress on the Inside, Transformative Thinking at the Margins
The second week of this year’s United Nations climate change conference kicked off Monday morning with a duality—or a disconnect—that goes right to the ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalElectricity GridEuropeOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island StatesUnited States
Bonn Climate Conference Gets Down to Details, Leaving Trump Agenda Largely Sidelined
What was supposed to be a quiet, technical UN climate change conference (COP 23) in BonnNovember 6-17 got under way with a surprising amount of ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil Sands
TransCanada ‘Dodged a Bullet’ by Cancelling Energy East
The storm of controversy around the cancellation of the Energy East pipeline misses a basic reality, The Energy Mix curator Mitchell Beer argues this ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationInsurance & LiabilityOpinion & AnalysisSevere Storms & FloodingUnited StatesWater
Human Influence Apparent as Houston Staggers Under Hurricane Harvey
Rain continued to pummel the Houston area Tuesday, as the full extent of the damage caused by hurricane-turned-tropical storm Harvey continued to be tallied, ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsJobsLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Could a Border Carbon Tax Shake Up Canada’s NAFTA Negotiating Position?
Canadian NAFTA negotiators should consider shaking up negotiations with Donald Trump’s trade representatives by proposing a border adjustment tax for carbon, The Energy Mix ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialCulture, Curiosities, & HumourMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisUnited States
Mixed Reaction to Gore’s Inconvenient Sequel Points to ‘Hacked’ Democracies
With climate veteran Al Gore’s new film, An Inconvenient Sequel, in theatres this month, the mixed, sometimes brutal reaction to the film is emblematic ...
