Opinion & Analysis
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Opinion: Now Is the Perfect Moment to Decarbonize Global Trade
International freight transport—whether by air, land, or sea—still relies overwhelmingly on fossil fuels, accounting for 30% of transportation-related carbon dioxide emissions and more than ... -
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Fossils Keep Paying Shareholders Despite Epic Financial Losses, Declining Business Prospects
Some of the world’s most colossal fossils posted epic financial losses between April and June this year, all in the interest of preserving their ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsOpinion & Analysis
Green Recovery Investments May Depend on Making Monetary Theory Cool Again
With the Trudeau government expected to introduce a vision for a just, green recovery in its Speech from the Throne later this month, a ... -
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September Throne Speech Will Include ‘Ambitious Green Agenda’, Trudeau Says
The federal government’s Speech from the Throne will lay out an “ambitious green agenda” that sets the stage for a “long-term recovery” from the ... -
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Freeland, Carney May Be Canada’s Last, Best Chance for a Green Recovery
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Houston in March 2017 and declared fealty to a fossil fuel industry already entering its sunset, he ... -
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Carney Advises Ottawa on Pandemic Recovery as Speculation Swirls Around Morneau’s Future
Summer speculation was swirling in Ottawa this week with the news that former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is back in the country ... -
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Carney Advises Ottawa on Pandemic Recovery as Speculation Swirls Around Morneau’s Future
Summer speculation was swirling in Ottawa this week with the news that former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is back in the country ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyIndiaJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOpinion & AnalysisRenewable EnergySolar
India Coal Mining Plan Endangers Ecologically Sensitive Forests, Indigenous Way of Life
India’s plan to boost an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and reduce its dependence on expensive coal imports is producing a moment of ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsOpinion & AnalysisUnited States
Peabody’s Massive $1.42-Billion Write-Off Shows ‘New Reality in U.S. Coal Mining’
The decision by coal giant Peabody Energy to cut the declared value of the United States’ biggest coal mine by US$1.42 billion is an ... -
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Analysis: Fossil Lobby Keeps Pitching as Federal Green Recovery Discussions Get Complicated
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) showed a previously unsuspected sense of humour last week, pitching the federal government for another round of ... -
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Fossils Expect Permanent Losses, Renewables Keep Growing as Pandemic Crashes Global Energy Demand
The permanent reductions in conventional energy demand wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic will change the oil and gas industry forever, leaving renewables as the ... -
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‘Radical Agenda’ in Memo to Ministers Shows Fossil Fuel Lobby Losing Touch
The epic news conference in mid-April where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced C$2.4 billion in job creation funding for the country’s oil and gas ... -
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Blistering Critiques for Moore’s Planet of the Humans: Short on Facts, Arbitrary in Style
An Earth Day release by filmmaker Michael Moore and director Jeff Gibbs, purporting to show that a clean energy transition won’t help address the ... -
CanadaEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Canadian Fossils Headed for ‘Deep, Deep Collapse’ After Oil Price Dips to -$37.63 Per Barrel
Oil traders and fossil executives whose livelihoods rise and fall on the price of oil were in a state of collective shock earlier this ... -
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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 ...
