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Airship Company Plans to Float Cargo Gently Over the Canadian Arctic
A Paris-based airship company called Flying Whales has signed an exclusive deal with Canada that could advance plans to use the dirigibles as an ... -
Air & MarineBioenergyCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFood SecurityJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySupply Chains & Consumption
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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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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Indigenous People Are Best Guardians of Amazon Rainforests, Study Finds
Securing Latin America’s rainforests from further degradation will be critical to fighting the climate crisis and protecting biodiversity. And according to a recent United ... -
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Youth Declare ‘Historic Legal Victory’ as Ontario Court Sends Climate Case to Full Hearing
The Doug Ford government in Ontario is now 0 for 2 in its bid to stop a youth-led climate lawsuit from going to a ... -
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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 ... -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Carbon Capture Tax Credit Would Drive Higher Emissions, Could Mislead Investors
A new federal incentive, modelled on a U.S. tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage, would be tailor-made to drive higher greenhouse gas ... -
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New Report Counts 600+ Cities in 72 Countries with 100% Renewable Energy Plans
The latest global status report on renewable power in cities shows that 2020 was a good year for the development of targets and policies ... -
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‘Conventional Energy Bubble’ Could Cost Utilities $1 Trillion as Cheap Renewables Undercut Fossil Plants
Power utilities are on track to lose US$1 trillion over the next 15 years after analysts, agencies, and bankers grossly overestimated the revenue they’re ... -
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IRENA Urges $131-Trillion Investment through 2050 to Hit 1.5°C Target
Countries will have to speed up renewable energy development eight-fold, invest US$131 trillion by 2050, and massively ramp up hydrogen production to meet a ... -
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Indigenous-Led Dakota Wind Project Holds Lessons for Just Transition
With some of the windiest places on the continent sited within their territories, six Oceti Sakowin (Lakota) tribes in South Dakota are three years ... -
Toronto City Council Calls for Ontario Gas Phaseout
Toronto has become the 21st Ontario city, and by definition the largest, urging the Ontario government to phase out fossil gas-fired power generation as ... -
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Rising Emissions Make Animal Protein, Dairy the ‘New Oil and Gas’, Analysts Warn
Some of the same banks and investment funds that are promising to scale back their financial support for fossil fuels are still throwing their ...
