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Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Action on Climate, $40/Barrel Oil Could Mean Trillions in Stranded Fossil Assets
With colossal fossils Total and Shell downgrading the value of their oil and gas assets, BP pledging to cut oil and gas production 40% ... -
Batteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
New Mexico’s Off-Coal Transition Plan Includes Community Dialogue, Jobs Outside Energy
New Mexico is emerging as a promising model for governments aiming to phase out coal without leaving behind the households and communities that depend ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsOil & GasTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Pandemic Doesn’t Blunt Financial Sector Interest in Lower-Carbon Investments
Although the financial sector’s commitments to climate accountability and greater transparency only began to pick up major momentum in the months before the coronavirus ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Exxon Rips Up $30-Billion Rebuilding Plan, Could Declare Stranded Assets at Kearl Lake
ExxonMobil’s massive Kearl Lake mine north of Fort McMurray may be the latest tar sands/oil sands to be devalued as one of the world’s ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesHydrogenOil & Gas
BP Declares 40% Production Cut by 2030, Boosts Renewables, After Pandemic Delivers Big Quarterly Loss
London, UK-based BP says it will reduce its fossil fuel output 40% by 2030 and scale back its dividend to shareholders for the first ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSupply Chains & Consumption
‘Inevitable Policy Response’ Will Drive Climate Action by 2025, UN Agency Says
Arguing that global financial markets will inevitably begin factoring in the near-term policy response to climate change over the next five years, a United ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Colossal Fossil Total Declares $9.3B in Stranded Assets in Alberta Tar Sands/Oil Sands
French colossal fossil Total sent a shockwave through the Alberta oilpatch Wednesday with the announcement that it is writing off C$9.3 billion in assets ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Deutsche Bank Dumps Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Arctic Oil and Gas, Falls Short on Coal Divestment
Frankfurt-based banking giant Deutsche Bank is immediately cutting off financing for new tar sands/oil sands and Arctic oil and gas projects and will end ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentUnited StatesWind
Plummeting Wind Costs Could Make ‘Green’ Hydrogen Cost-Competitive by 2023
Less than two weeks after a report that renewably-produced “green” hydrogen could be cost competitive with fossil-dependent “grey” by 2030, a new analysis by ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Taxpayer Funds Could Trigger Pandemic Recovery Loans Above $100 Million Per Fossil Company, EDC Says
Loan guarantees and other forms of financial risk management from Export Development Canada (EDC) could clear the way for bank loans well in excess ... -
BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictions
Task Force Urges $50B for ‘Bold’, Resilient Recovery, Including $27B for Building Retrofits
An independent task force of Canadian finance and policy experts is calling on the federal government to invest C$50 billion over the next five ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentLegal & Regulatory
Canada Flunks Climate Test with ‘Policy Full of Loopholes’ for Assessing New Projects
Canada’s new impact assessment rules for power plants, pipelines, and other major infrastructure fall far short of the climate test environmental organizations have been ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryMethaneUnited States
Judge Quashes Trump’s Methane Regulation Rollback as Global Emissions Hit All-Time High
In a decision last week, a U.S. judge called a halt to the Trump administration’s bid to roll back methane regulations enacted by President ... -
AsiaAuto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCoalDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetySolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransitWind
South Korea Fails to Adopt Net-Zero Deadline with New Green Investment Plan
South Korea stepped back from setting a deadline for phasing out its greenhouse gas emissions last week is it unveiled a ₩42.7-trillion/US$35-billion plan to ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasUnited States
Canada’s Pandemic Response Sends $16 Billion to Fossils, Just $300 Million to Clean Energy, Global Energy Policy Tracker Shows
Canada’s pandemic response to date has sent just C$300 million to clean energy, compared to more than $16 billion to fossil fuels, according to ...
