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As Morneau Walks ‘Tightrope’, Analysis Shows Canada’s COVID Recovery Favouring Fossils
A weekend analysis piece on CBC News lays out the “tightrope” Finance Minister Bill Morneau is walking as he tries to manage the economic ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingOil & GasSub-National Governments
It’s 2030. Here’s How Calgary Transformed Itself into a Cleantech Capital.
The city at the heart of the Alberta oilpatch can transform itself into a cleantech capital by the end of this decade if it ... -
Campaign for a Resilient Canadian Recovery Signs 2,100+ Allies [sign-on]
More than 2,100 Canadian companies and organizations have signalled their support for a post-pandemic economic recovery plan grounded in the principles of sustainability and ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCoalEnergy PoliticsEuropeGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingNuclearSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Lags in Preparing for a Just Transition to Decarbonization
The United States is failing coal and nuclear plant workers who are seeking a just transition to a decarbonized economy, while their counterparts in ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionDemand & EfficiencyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & Training
Analysts Point to Green Recovery as Route to ‘Shovel-Worthy Decade’
From prominent international economists to an (almost as prominent?) Canadian think tank, there’s a widening consensus that green investment in projects that are “shovel-worthy” ... -
Air & MarineAuto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsGeneral RenewablesSub-National Governments
The Interview: Post-COVID Recovery Becomes Added Lens for Climate, Energy Efficiency Programs, Dunsky Says
Philippe Dunsky is President of Dunsky Energy Consulting, a 35-person Canadian firm specialized in accelerating the clean energy transition. In early April, he circulated ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingOil & GasSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransit
Guilbeault, McKenna, Wilkinson Assigned to Chart Post-COVID Green Recovery
Federal cabinet ministers Steven Guilbeault, Catherine McKenna, and Jonathan Wilkinson have been handed responsibility for crafting “an economic recovery plan that aims to accelerate ... -
Batteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyHydrogenInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingOil & GasPathways to 1.5Supply Chains & Consumption
Renewables Agency Urges $110-Trillion Green Infrastructure Investment to Supercharge Recovery, Boost Resilience
Governments around the world can “supercharge their recovery, become more resilient to crises, and save trillions of dollars,” while setting sights on deep greenhouse ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesSub-National Governments
Week 16, April 20: An Efficient Renewable Energy Grid
To ensure that Canada’s power utilities continue to produce reliable, dispatchable power through the transition to 100% renewable energy, we will provide $100 million ... -
AsiaBiodiversity & HabitatEuropeGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & Studies
Human Incursion into Wild Spaces Make Pandemics More Likely
Humanity’s ever more destructive relationship with wild animals and their habitats—as expressed in a global wildlife trade worth billions, the calculated destruction of rainforest ... -
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Renewables Delivered Nearly 75% of New Electricity Last Year, But Investment Must Double by 2030
Solar, wind, and other forms of renewable power supplied nearly three-quarters of the new electricity generating capacity installed in 2019, but annual investments will ... -
AustraliaBatteries/StorageCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingMethaneSolarWind
Scarce Details, ‘Quid Pro Coal’ Undercut Australian State’s 17.7-GW Renewables Plan
The Australian state of New South Wales has released a new net-zero plan that promises up to 17,700 MW in new wind, solar, and ... -
AsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingNational Plans & ResponsesOil & Gas
Coal-Dependent South Korea Adopts 2050 Carbon-Neutral Target, Sets Deadlines for Green New Deal
In a major shift, South Korea’s governing party has pledged to adopt a Green New Deal and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, with a ... -
AsiaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasShale & FrackingSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind
Oil War and COVID-19 Create Risk, Opportunity for Clean Energy
The end-to-end news coverage of the coronavirus emergency is producing a secondary wave of commentary and analysis on whether the global pandemic will derail ... -
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Time to Cut Fossils’ ‘Corporate Welfare’, Make Economy More Efficient, Author Argues
Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies is a policy measure that could create some common ground between climate campaigners and libertarian free market advocates, self-styled independent ...
