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IEA Urges ‘Massive’ Energy Efficiency Gains to Hit Net-Zero Targets
Countries will need “massive improvements” in energy efficiency to achieve their net-zero targets under the Paris Agreement, International Energy Agency policy analyst Alyssa Fischer ... -
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‘Chaotic’ UK Retrofit Program a Cautionary Tale for Trudeau, Biden
A failed attempt at a building energy retrofit program in the United Kingdom could offer lessons for governments in Canada and the United States ... -
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Alberta Researchers Land $2.9-Million Federal Grant to Produce Jet Fuel from Ag Waste
A research team at the University of Alberta has received a C$2.89-million grant from Natural Resources Canada to produce jet fuel from waste fats ... -
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Pre-Budget Talk Centres on National Child Care Plan as Trudeau Mocks Conservatives’ Climate Policy
Fresh from a Liberal Party policy convention over the weekend, the Trudeau government is just days away from an April 19 budget that is ... -
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Decolonize Climate Policy, Address Structural Inequalities, Indigenous Climate Action Urges Ottawa
Canada needs to rethink its climate policies to stop excluding Indigenous people from decision-making, respect Indigenous rights to self-determination and free, prior and informed ... -
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Site C Man Camp Makes Good Use of Waste Food on Project Meant to Inundate Prime Farmland
A B.C. man camp operator’s well-intentioned plan to keep waste food out of the nearest landfill is colliding with the permanent food security impact ... -
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Supreme Court Carbon Ruling Could Trigger ‘Start-Up Explosion’ but Loopholes Undermine Federal Floor Price
A U.S. technology newsletter is touting Canada’s newly-confirmed carbon tax as a likely catalyst for a “start-up explosion” in several branches of cleantech, even ... -
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Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels
U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ... -
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‘No Means No’, Indigenous Groups Say, as Sweden Cancels Solar Geoengineering Experiment
The Canadian scientist behind a controversial attempt to combat climate change by dimming the sunlight reaching the Earth is vowing to keep at it ... -
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Danish Architects’ Prefab Façades Could Cut Building Energy Use in Half
An architectural design collaboration in Denmark is hard at work on a prefab, modular façade that can be quickly installed on an existing building ... -
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Record 260 GW of New Capacity in 2020 ‘Marks Start of the Decade of Renewables’, IRENA Says
Renewable energy producers around the world installed a record 260 billion watts of new capacity last year, with China and the United States setting ... -
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Renewable Stocks Deliver 422% Return in 10 Years, Outperform Fossils Seven-Fold
Investors’ overall returns on their renewable energy stocks have outperformed fossil fuels three-fold over the last five years and seven-fold over the last 10, ... -
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U.S. Looks to Canada as ‘51st State’ for Supplies of Electric Vehicle Minerals
Less than two weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled a US$2-trillion infrastructure plan with heavy emphasis on electric cars and clean electricity, U.S. ... -
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Climate-Denying Kansas Senator Plans Straitjacket for $14-Billion State Wind Industry
At hearings last week chaired by a climate change denier and green energy critic, the utilities committee of the Kansas Senate considered a measure ... -
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Biden to Announce Massive Jobs and Infrastructure Plan as Allies Push for Climate Spending
U.S. President Joe Biden will be in Pittsburgh today to announce a massive new jobs and infrastructure plan worth as much as US$4 trillion ...