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Small Modular Reactors Raise Nuclear Waste Risk, Distract from Real Climate Solutions
The rise of “small” nuclear reactors (SMRs) raises serious concerns about radioactive waste disposal and is ultimately a distraction from real climate solutions, according ... -
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Record Renewable Energy Adoption in 2019 Still Falls Short of Climate Targets
Global clean energy investment grew 1% last year, to US$282.2 billion, and countries installed a record 184 gigawatts of new renewables capacity. But the ... -
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Rwanda Emerges as Climate Leader with Updated 2030 Carbon Target
One of the world’s poorest countries became one of its more ambitious climate leaders last week, when Rwanda became the first African nation to ... -
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Spain’s Green Recovery Bill Pledges 350,000 Jobs Per Year, Sets 2050 Net-Zero Target, Halts All New Fossil Projects
The Spanish government is expected to table a draft law today that will aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, call an immediate halt ... -
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Week 20, May 18: Green Industry
In 2017 heavy industry produced 73 Mt of CO2e, accounting for 10% of Canada’s emissions, including non-fossil-fuel mining, smelting and refining, and the production ... -
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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 ... -
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Opinion: Planet of the Humans Doesn’t Let Facts Get in the Way of a Sensational Yarn
After the reactions I’d read before I watched Planet of the Humans, I found parts of movie more thought-provoking than I expected. But my ... -
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Saskatchewan Analysts See Energy Retrofits, Renewables as ‘Very Practical’ Path to Economic Recovery
As oil prices plummet and coronavirus-hit economies reel, analysts and experts are urging aggressive investment in labour-intensive renewable energy projects and efficiency retrofits as ... -
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Shell Draws Praise, Pushback for 2050 Net-Zero Pledge
Royal Dutch Shell is receiving some praise and a healthy dose of pushback after unveiling plans to become a “net-zero carbon company” by 2050. -
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Week 15, April 13: First Nations and Rural Opportunities
In the Yukon, $200 million is spent each year to import diesel to provide power and heat for the territory’s 40,000 people, averaging $5,000 ... -
Hand Sanitizer Holds Out Weak Lifeline for Embattled U.S. Ethanol Industry
Ethanol producers struggling through the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic are welcoming new U.S. government rules that will permit them to provide alcohol ... -
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Researchers Convert Used McDonald’s Fryer Oil to Biodegradable 3D Printing Resin
Researchers at the University of Toronto say they’ve converted used fryer oil from a McDonald’s fast food restaurant into a biodegradable 3D printing resin. -
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Mixed Results for 2019 Show Slight Rise in Renewable Energy Investment
World renewable energy investment hit US$282.2 billion last year, slightly higher than 2018’s total of $280.2 billion, with investment declining in China but hitting ... -
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Chetwynd, B.C. ‘Renewable Hydrogen’ Plant Gets $200M Cash Injection from Macquarie
A new C$200-million “renewable hydrogen plant” is about to get off the ground in Chetwynd, British Columbia with a boost from the green energy ... -
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Bioenergy Faces Scrutiny Over Coal Plant Conversions, Forest Loss
Bioenergy entered 2020 facing renewed scrutiny over its potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with scientists in Europe and the United States warning ...
