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Cut U.S. Emissions 50% by 2030, Over 300 Corporate Leaders Urge Biden
With U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate leaders’ summit just over a week away, more than 300 major corporations are urging the White House to ... -
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France Abolishes Air Travel on Short-Run Domestic Routes
France is abolishing all domestic air travel on routes that can be covered by train in less than 2½ hours, in a bid to ... -
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‘Chaotic’ UK Retrofit Program a Cautionary Tale for Trudeau, Biden
A failed attempt at a building energy retrofit program in the United Kingdom could offer lessons for governments in Canada and the United States ... -
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Alberta Researchers Land $2.9-Million Federal Grant to Produce Jet Fuel from Ag Waste
A research team at the University of Alberta has received a C$2.89-million grant from Natural Resources Canada to produce jet fuel from waste fats ... -
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Architects Criticize ‘Huge’ Embodied Carbon in New Green Buildings
A group of architects in the United Kingdom is pointing to new building construction as the biggest unchallenged obstacle to a carbon-free future and ... -
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Prepare to Lose 450,000 Fossil Jobs in Transition Off Carbon, TD Warns
As many as 450,000 of the 600,000 people now employed directly or indirectly by the Canadian fossil industry could be looking for new jobs ... -
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‘Battery Swapping’ Could Boost EV Uptake
Biden administration officials gearing up to fund 500,000 fast-charging stations for electric vehicles might be better off investing in the mechanics of “battery swapping”, ... -
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Confidence in Success Increases Odds of Hitting 1.5°C Target
Ever since governments at the 2015 Paris climate summit set 1.5°C as the desired limit for global warming, scientists and journalists alike have regularly ... -
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Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels
U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ... -
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Record 260 GW of New Capacity in 2020 ‘Marks Start of the Decade of Renewables’, IRENA Says
Renewable energy producers around the world installed a record 260 billion watts of new capacity last year, with China and the United States setting ... -
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U.S. Aims for 30,000 MW of Offshore Wind as Industry Urges Faster Global Deployment
The Biden administration has unveiled a US$3-billion plan of loan guarantees and accelerated permitting aimed at installing as many as 2,000 offshore wind turbines ... -
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U.S. Regulator Presses ConocoPhillips to Consider Shareholder Motion on Scope 3 Emissions
An investor action group in the Netherlands is declaring a “breakthrough” after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) backed shareholders’ bid to have ... -
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New Legislation Requires Massachusetts to Reach Net-Zero by 2050
Two months after he vetoed a landmark climate bill, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) has signed something very similar, with a 2050 net-zero target ... -
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U.S. Aims to Cut Solar Costs 60% in a Decade
The United States government is setting out to cut the cost of solar-generated electricity by 60% over the next decade, five years ahead of ... -
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Groups Urge Tougher Fossil Targets as B.C. Sets Carbon Goals for Communities, Industries
British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for major sectors of the provincial economy, but ...
