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BP Says Oil Demand Will Never Recover as OPEC, IEA Predict Continuing Losses Due to COVID
The global fossil industry is facing a parade of bad news this week, with colossal fossil BP concluding that global oil demand has already ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydropowerJurisdictionsOil & GasRenewable EnergySub-National Governments
Replace Pickering Nuclear Plant with Renewables, Not Gas, OCAA Urges
The impending closure of Ontario’s Pickering Nuclear Station is an opportunity to build a sustainable energy system based on sound energy efficiency programs, investment ... -
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Nuclear Industry Survey Shows 86% Public Support for Federal Investment in Clean Energy
More than three-quarters of Canadians see climate change as a serious issue, 57% say it has affected them or their loved ones, and 86% ... -
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Renewables Post ‘Seismic Shift’, Deliver Two-Thirds of New Power Generation in 2019
Renewable energy delivered more than two-thirds of the 265 gigawatts of new electricity generation capacity installed around the world last year, with solar alone ... -
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U.S. Analysis Busts Myths, Shows No Need for New Gas Plants
It’s time to bust some myths about gas-fired electricity, renewable energy, and the United States grid, writes David Wooley, executive director of the Center ... -
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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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BC Hydro, NDP Blame COVID-19 for Site C Overruns, Despite Pre-Existing Problems
Two years after an international expert wrote a lengthy report on the myriad factors likely to lead to major construction cost overruns on the ... -
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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 ... -
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Coalition Urges Ontario to Phase Out Gas-Fired Electricity by 2030 [Sign-On]
Nearly three dozen local, provincial, and national organizations are calling on Ontario to phase out its pricey natural gas power plants and abandon a ... -
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‘Californication’ of B.C. Grid Cuts Off Indigenous, Other Local Suppliers, Dogwood Warns [Sign-On]
Dogwood BC has launched a petition campaign against what it calls the “Californication” of British Columbia’s power grid, decrying a provincial plan to buy ... -
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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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B.C. Coastal First Nations Begin Shift from Diesel to Local Hydro
Two of the 11 off-grid and largely diesel-dependent First Nations communities along the British Columbia coast are investing C$25 million in hydro power in ... -
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U.S. Analysis Busts Myths, Shows No Need for New Gas Plants
It’s time to bust some myths about gas-fired electricity, renewable energy, and the United States grid, writes David Wooley, executive director of the Center ... -
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U.S. Democrats Debate Climate Policy, Introduce Green Infrastructure Measures as Fall Election Approaches
With the U.S. federal election just 131 days away, climate and clean energy are poised to take centre stage in the campaign, with Democrats ... -
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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 ...
