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Banff, Alberta Sets an Example with Rapid Decarbonization Plan
The tourist town of Banff, Alberta is aiming for a rapid shift to renewable energy, as one part of the effort to reduce its ... -
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Energy Transition Plan Shows Nova Scotia Cutting Emissions 50%, Creating 15,000 Green Jobs by 2030
Supplying 90% of Nova Scotia’s electricity from renewable sources, cutting energy consumption in social housing 60%, tripling energy efficiency in the electricity sector, electrifying ... -
Copenhagen Sets a Global Standard with 2025 Carbon Neutrality Goal
A vision of a “five-minute city”, restrictions on polluting cars, an awesomely effective transit system, and a shift to renewable energy are centrepieces of ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsElectricity GridFood SecurityMethaneSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
California Cuts Carbon Even Faster Than Ambitious State Mandate
California is cutting its greenhouse gas emissions even faster than state regulations require, and produced more electricity from renewable energy than from fossil fuels ... -
Oregon Senate Adopts Five-Year Fracking Moratorium
The Oregon State Senate adopted a five-year moratorium on oil and gas fracking last week, after amending a House resolution calling for a 10-year ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Electricity GridHydropowerOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTransit
Quebec’s Legault Promises 40% Cut in Oil Consumption by 2030
Quebec will invest massively to cut its oil consumption 40% by 2030 and shift transportation, buildings, and businesses to electricity, Premier François Legault announced ... -
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100 Resilient Cities Closure Shows Limits of Climate Philanthropy
In the spring of 2013, the Rockefeller Foundation—the hundred-year-old charitable organization started by Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller—launched an ambitious program to help ... -
BuildingsCanadaCitiesDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureOil & Gas
Montreal Mayor Promises New Climate Action But Critics Call for More
Montreal’s city administration is vowing to get tougher on fossil-fueled heating and fossil company divestment, but its climate plan has already led to the ... -
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Ottawa, Toronto, Burlington, and Victoria Step Up with New Action on Climate
Four Canadian cities have stepped up their action on climate change in the last week, with Ottawa and Burlington, Ontario declaring a climate emergency, ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Nevada, Washington State Declare 100% Clean Energy Targets
Nevada and Washington State have been the latest in a string of U.S. jurisdictions to adopt rapid steps to replace fossil fuels with renewable ... -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingUnited States
New York Passes Landmark Bill to Cut Buildings’ Carbon Emissions, Energy Use
New York City has adopted a plan to reduce carbon pollution from large buildings by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030—roughly a 26% cut ... -
Ottawa City Committee Adopts Climate Emergency Resolution
Ottawa City Council is on track to adopt a climate emergency resolution after the measure was adopted on a 6-2 vote by the city’s ... -
Ottawa, National Capital Commission to Study Local Climate Impacts
The National Capital Commission and the City of Ottawa have issued a call for a consultant to advise them on how climate change will ... -
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Connect Infrastructure Planning with Climate Crisis, Analysts Urge U.S. Legislators
Linking infrastructure policy with the climate crisis, introducing more low-carbon transit, and incorporating more nature in infrastructure design are all key steps in addressing ... -
Kingston Becomes First Ontario City to Declare Climate Emergency
Kingston has become the first Ontario community to declare a climate emergency, after city council adopted a resolution Tuesday “for the purposes of naming, ...
