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G20 Survey Finds Canada’s Renewables Growth Stagnating, Fossils at 76% of Total Energy
While Canada has the second-largest share of renewable energy in its electricity mix, it was one of only four that didn’t have plans to ... -
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IEA Sees Global Solar and Wind Capacity Doubling, Outstripping Gas and Coal by 2025
Global solar and wind capacity is on track to double over the next five years and outstrip both coal and gas, after continuing to ... -
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Ottawa City Plan Sets Sights on Zero Emissions, 4.4 GW of New Renewables by 2050
The City of Ottawa has released a long-awaited energy transition plan that has it eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions, phasing out all fossil fuel ... -
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Renewables Employed 11.5 Million in 2019, Could Approach 30 Million by 2030, IRENA Reports
Renewable energy created 11.5 million jobs around the world in 2019, up from 11 million in 2018, according to the latest in a series ... -
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Sweden, Norway Take a Lead in EU’s Swing to Renewable Energy
Nordic countries are helping to lead on the European Union’s commitment to source 30% of its energy from renewables by 2030, thanks to renewable-driven ... -
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BREAKING: ‘First Blueprint’ Lays Out China’s Path to Carbon Neutrality
China would rely on a massive increase in solar, nuclear, and wind capacity while cutting its coal consumption 96% between 2025 and 2060 under ... -
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4,000-MW Coal Plan ‘Won’t Provide Much Space’ for Pakistan’s Ambitious Renewables Target
Pakistan may be jeopardizing its own hopes of bringing renewable energy to 30% of its electricity mix by 2030, from 4% today, by pursuing ... -
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BP Declares 40% Production Cut by 2030, Boosts Renewables, After Pandemic Delivers Big Quarterly Loss
London, UK-based BP says it will reduce its fossil fuel output 40% by 2030 and scale back its dividend to shareholders for the first ... -
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David Suzuki Foundation Fellow Brings Power to the People
A member of the Lubicon Cree First Nation, Melina Laboucan-Massimo has a master’s degree in Indigenous governance and is the founder of Lubicon Solar ... -
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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 ...
