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It’s a New Year and Time to Face Reality: Liebreich
More than a few climate and energy hawks woke with a start Monday morning when Bloomberg New Energy Finance Founder Michael Liebreich posted his ... -
‘The Fight is Still There’ as Trump Approves Keystone
The Keystone XL pipeline received approval early this morning from the Trump White House, with the breaking news report from The Canadian Press acknowledging ... -
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Massive Rooftop Solar Boom Sweeps New York City
New York City is in the midst of a massive residential solar boom, after seeing the number of projects in progress increase from 186 ... -
‘First Job Was Loading a Rifle’ After Early Wildfire Devastates Kansas Herd
Wildfire season in the United States is off to an early and devastating start this year, with heat and high winds driving 10 times ... -
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TrumpWrap: ‘Stray Tweet’ or ‘Explosive Statements’ Could Help Sink U.S. Regulatory Rollback
As opposition to the drastic energy and climate cuts in the White House budget continued to build this week, at least one legal defence ... -
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Execs, Scientists, Civil Society Urge G20 to Re-Embrace Climate Finance
Business leaders, scientists, and civil society “urged the world's leading economies to put global warming back on the G20 agenda,” Reuters reported Tuesday, after ... -
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‘Implementation Budget’ Delivers the Dollars for Pan-Canadian Climate Plan
More than $20 billion in green infrastructure investment, a $50-billion infrastructure bank, a $2-billion Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund, and allocations for renewable energy ... -
China, EU Team Up on Green Bond Framework
China and the European Union have announced plans to “combine policy and market best-practice” to arrive at a stronger framework for green investment, the ... -
Coal Plant Closures Keep Countries on Track to Below 2°C Warming
If utilities keep shutting down existing coal plants and cancelling new ones at the pace they set in 2016, it could be enough to ... -
Enbridge Lays Off 1,000 After Spectra Energy Takeover
Whoever stands to gain from Enbridge Inc.’s blockbuster takeover of Houston-based Spectra Energy, it won’t be the 1,000 or so employees—6% of the combined ... -
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Giant North Sea Island Would Support 100 GW of ‘Far-Shore’ Wind
Denmark, Germany, and The Netherlands are considering building a giant island in the North Sea as a support centre for up to 100 gigawatts ... -
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WMO Climate Report Places Earth in ‘Truly Uncharted Territory’
Blistering temperatures and extreme weather scorched every part of the earth and repeatedly shattered temperature records in 2016, the World Meteorological Organization reported this ... -
Siberia Reports 7,000 Methane ‘Bubbles’ Ready to Burst [Video]
Up to 7,000 “bubbles” caused by melting permafrost across Siberia’s Yamal and Gydan peninsulas could soon begin releasing their climate-busting methane into the atmosphere, ... -
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U.S. Coal Plant Closings Hit a Milestone
The decision by an Ohio utility to shutter two coal-fired generators at a 3,000-megawatt power station brings to 251 the number of coal plants ... -
Toshiba Seeks Financing to Put its Nuclear Unit into Bankruptcy
One of Japan’s most venerable business names may have decided it needs to sacrifice an equally historic American one in order to save itself. ...
