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Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Midwestern U.S. Mayors Launch $60-Billion Energy Transition Blueprint
Mayors in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia recently unveiled a US$60-billion Marshall Plan for Middle America, intended to accelerate a compassionate, equitable, just, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsGeneral RenewablesInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyUnited States
Explainer: Bloomberg Analysis Highlights Inefficiency of Fossil Fuels
The argument that overhauling the energy system is too daunting is easily undercut by the fact electrification can offer efficiencies in excess of 100%—a ... -
Climate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergyUnited States
Michigan Governor Yanks Line 5 Pipeline Easement, Citing Enbridge Violations
Citing repeated and routine refusals by Calgary-based Enbridge to address safety concerns surrounding the 6.4-kilometre Straits of Mackinac section of its Line 5 pipeline, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsRenewable Energy
Germany’s City Utilities Help Boost Clean Energy Revolution
Germany’s network of city utilities (stadtwerke) has moved to the forefront of the clean energy revolution, according to an urban planner based in Berlin, ... -
AsiaBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy
Study Urges Fast Transition Off Fossil Fuels for Asia’s Electricity Grids
It’s time for Asia—the region that British Columbia and Alberta are counting on as a future market for oil and gas exports—to reduce its ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyDemographicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy
University of Calgary Sees Plummeting Enrolment for Oil and Gas Sciences
University of Calgary undergrads are fleeing en masse from oil and gas-friendly majors as job security in the industry plummets. And renewable energy studies ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
Ontario’s Ford Government Guts Environmental Protections, Undermines Health Record
While Ontario’s Ford government has proven to be an able defender of health in the face of COVID-19, it continues to be a profound ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsOff-GridRenewable EnergyUnited States
Barry: U.S. Must Choose ‘Dignified Life’, Regenerative Economy for Citizens in Sacrifice Zones
Millions of Americans live in so-called “sacrifice zones,” where racism and rapacious economic imperatives are robbing entire communities of the fundamentals for a healthy ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHydrogenJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergySolarWind
PetroChina’s ‘Green, Low-Carbon Model’ Shows Renewables Reshaping the Future
China’s most colossal fossil is investing some of its winnings in renewable energy after selling off US$38 billion worth of pipelines, after concluding it ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
Alberta’s Fossil Tax Relief Plan Downloads Financial Pain to Small Communities
Alberta’s United Conservative Party is considering relieving the province’s oil and gas operators of their obligation to pay municipal property taxes, an act of ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHydrogenOil & Gas
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 ... -
AfricaCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy
IEA Risks Credibility with Projections that Enable New Fossil Megaprojects
The International Energy Agency is giving political cover to new fossil megaprojects, and risks undermining its own influence over the next few years, by ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeGeneral RenewablesHydropowerJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarWind
Renewable Generation Beats Out Fossil Electricity in EU First
The first six months of 2020 saw renewables edging out fossils in Europe’s power mix for the first time, thanks to the happy conjunction ... -
AfricaEnergy Access & EquityEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSolarWind
Adow: UK’s Mozambique Pipeline Plan Is Morally, Financially Negligent
As the Boris Johnson government debates greenlighting a billion-pound loan guarantee for a gas pipeline project in Mozambique, Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa ... -
Indigenous Communities Now a Top-Three Canadian Clean Energy Owner
Indigenous communities are now the third-biggest ownership bloc of clean energy projects in Canada, together operating 171 significant projects, with 26 more on the ...
