Opinion & Analysis
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Pandemic Response Should Mobilize Around Low-Carbon Solutions
With the coronavirus pandemic devastating the global economy and pushing world oil prices over a cliff, the federal government has two potential options in ... -
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Climate Denial, Disinformation Obscure the Cause of Australia’s Bushfire Disaster
Australia’s climate denial machine is kicking into high gear, with Scott Morrison’s Liberal coalition government and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire trying to separate the ... -
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Need to Get It Right: Article 6 Could Trigger Faster Carbon Cuts or Massive Greenwashing
It could make or break the success of the Paris Agreement. It’s a notably complicated section of an international accord that is already arcane ... -
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Saudi Aramco IPO Shows Weakening Global Oil Market, Perils for ‘Wexit Albertans’
Saudi Arabia’s long-awaited bid to raise investment dollars through an initial public offering (IPO) for its massive, state-owned oil company, Saudi Aramco, has produced ... -
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‘Two Worlds Collide’ as Urgent Street Protests Meet Slow, Deliberate COP Negotiations
With negotiations at this year’s United Nations climate conference in Madrid, COP 25, reaching their midpoint, some delegates and observers are getting a sense ... -
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BREAKING: Moody’s Downgrades Alberta’s Credit While Federal Regulator Predicts Continuing Over-Dependence on Oil
One of the world’s leading credit assessment agencies has downgraded its rating for Alberta, citing the province’s over-dependence on fossil fuels, lack of pipeline ... -
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IEA Drives Fossil Growth, Climate Breakdown with Latest World Energy Outlook
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is undercutting its own, essential role in confronting the climate crisis by downplaying renewable energy options and driving future ... -
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Pipeline Politics: Who Buried the Lede?
Award-winning investigative reporter Paul McKay looks into how mainstream media tilts coverage by assigning climate science missing-in-action status. -
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Analysis: Encana Departure Puts Canada, Alberta at Crossroads to a Carbon-Free Future
The overwrought grief that greeted Encana Corporation’s decision to move its Calgary head office to the United States shows Canada and Alberta at a ... -
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Minority Government Could Deliver Climate Action, But Time to Change the Front-Line Conversation
A week after the climate crisis emerged as the big winner in Canada’s federal election, politicians and opinion writers are beginning to probe the ... -
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Climate Community Declares the Win as Polling Shows Climate Concern Driving Vote
The Canadian climate community is taking a victory lap and getting ready for the hard work ahead, after this week’s federal election largely delivered ... -
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With Climate on the Agenda, Advocates Call for Legislated Targets, Fossil Industry Phasedown
As election results rolled in last night in downtown Ottawa, climate hawks assessed the results of the first campaign in Canadian history where climate ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Months of Open Advocacy, Direct Intervention Bring Fossils the Election Outcome They Feared
After months of open advocacy, thousands if not millions of dollars in campaign spending, and direct collaboration with the federal Conservative Party that prompted ... -
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Climate Remains a Top Issue, Minority Government a Near-Certainty as Election Day Looms
After six weeks of campaigning, months of preparations, and years of advance political positioning, Canada is just three days away from a national vote ... -
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Beer: Emissions Are Set to Rise Through 2050. And Fossils Think Climate Protesters Are the Naïve Ones?
With the latest trend report for fossil fuel consumption projecting higher carbon dioxide emissions through 2050, Canadian fossils are expressing the odd view that ...
