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UBC Climate Hub: Finding Hope, Joy, and Community in the Climate Movement
You don’t have to look far to find dispiriting news about climate change these days, and it’s easy to become overwhelmed by anxiety and ... -
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Vertical-Axis Wind Design Could Replace Diesel on Island Grids, Offer Quieter Turbine for Cities
A designer in South Korea has come up with a prototype for a new, 12-storey vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) that could be located in ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. ‘Climate Corps’ Could Mimic Depression-Era Economic Lifeline
A U.S. program once put to work as an economic lifeline in the 1930s is being proposed for revival as a 21st-century response to ... -
Savings from Retrofits, Rooftop Solar Help Boost Teacher Pay at Arkansas School
If every public school in the United States went 100% solar, the resulting emissions reductions would be equal to shuttering 18 coal-fired power plants. ... -
‘Scared’ Auto Mechanics, Tow Operators Need Training to Work with Electric Vehicles
A shortage of mechanics who are comfortable working on electric vehicles is the latest training challenge Canada will run into in the shift off ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Citizens Decry Incomplete Assessment of Quebec’s Saguenay LNG Project
Environmental groups and concerned citizens are decrying the province of Quebec’s refusal to look beyond site-specific concerns in its analysis of a proposed C$9-billion ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryTransitUnited States
U.S. Can’t Decarbonize Transport without Driving Less, New Analysis Warns
Transportation programs that emphasize electric vehicle use without also limiting the distances people have to drive won’t be enough to achieve rapid decarbonization, Transportation ... -
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Failing to Embrace Green Recovery Will Drive ‘Catastrophic’ Climate Change, C40 Cities Warns Governments
The world’s governments can cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than half by 2030, create 50 million “good, sustainable jobs” by 2025, prevent 270,000 ... -
CitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsUnited StatesWalking & Biking
German-Designed ‘Bicycle Streets’ Flip the Car-Bike Power Dynamic
Originating in Germany and currently being tested in the Netherlands, the concept of a “bicycle street”—where cars defer to bikes, rather than the other ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Enbridge Withdraws Controversial Bid for Hamilton-Area Gas Pipeline
Environmental campaigners are taking some of the credit after Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. announced it was withdrawing its application for a controversial, 10-kilometre gas pipeline ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyNuclear
Op-ed: Alberta’s Managed Coal Power Plummet a Climate ‘Success Story’
Alberta’s turn away from coal has been a “climate action success story” thanks to key policies—many unpopular—set by former premier Rachel Notley, according to ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternationalJurisdictions
Prioritize Degrowth over Electrification to Meet Paris Targets, Study Urges
A mass shift toward electric transport is not enough to bring global transportation emissions in line with the targets in the 2015 Paris Agreement, ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited States
Sacramento Utility Moves to Measure Energy Efficiency by Avoided Carbon Emissions
The publicly-owned utility in the California capital of Sacramento is shifting the focus of its energy efficiency programs by adopting a metric that emphasizes ... -
Canada’s First Net-Zero Church and Social Housing Complex
This community story was originally posted in text and video by Charged Up, a David Suzuki Foundation program on empowering communities across Canada with ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
12 World Cities Sign New Fossil Divestment Pledge
The mayors of a dozen major world cities, including Berlin, Milan, and Vancouver, have pledged to divest from fossil fuels—a move that sends a ...
