Posts Tagged ‘Climate Change’
If oil and gas companies aren’t cutting emissions at peak profits, when will they get in the game?
This article was written by Laura Cameron and published by CBC on November 17, 20202. Canadian oil and gas companies were in Egypt last week for the global climate summit COP27 — among some 636 fossil fuel lobbyists — to position themselves as leaders in industry emissions reductions at an event hosted by the Canadian government. What was not…
Read MoreNew French law will require parking lots to install solar panels
This article was written by S. Dent and originally published in Engadget on November 9th, 2022. In 2020, France was the only EU nation not to meet its obligations for the development of renewable energy, as it still relies primarily on nuclear power. Now, the French Senate has approved a bill that should increase that markedly, requiring…
Read MoreGuilbeault optimistic about targets even as Canada’s emissions rebound post-pandemic
This article was written by Mia Rabson and was originally published in CBC on November 11, 2022. Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions crept back up in 2021 after falling sharply during the first year of COVID-19, and experts believe they will go up even further this year as the return to normal has accelerated. The European…
Read MoreStop Greenwashing, Set Regulated Net-Zero Targets, McKenna Task Force Urges
This article was written by Mitchell Beer and originally published in The Energy Mix on November 9, 2022. Climate science and the depth of the climate emergency demand that industries, financial institutions, cities, and regions commit fully to real net-zero targets, end new fossil fuel investment, stop greenwashing their activities, start lobbying for rather than…
Read MoreCanadian Pension Fund Rejects Divestment, Takes Fire for Fossil ‘Entanglement’
This article was written by Gaye Taylor and originally published in The Energy Mix on November 2, 2022. The CEO of the pension fund that controls retirement investments for 21 million Canadians has reconfirmed his position that “engagement,” not divestment from fossil fuel companies, is the right way forward during the global energy transition. John…
Read MoreCanada Pitches European Gas Exports, But Europe Won’t Be Buying
This article was written by Mitchell Beer and originally published in The Energy Mix on November 2, 2022. Canadians are being sold on a future of natural gas exports to Europe just as European countries speed up their exit from all fossil fuels, says a leading energy transition researcher who’s just finished a series two-week…
Read MoreFossil Investment Could ‘Fully Finance’ Renewable Shift to 1.5°C
This article originally appeared in The Energy Mix on October 26, 2022. Redirecting $570 billion per year from planned oil and gas investments could “fully finance” wind and solar expansion to meet a 1.5°C target, showing that oil and gas development must be halted to keep global warming within safe limits, a new report concludes.…
Read MoreCaisse Invests Up to $474M in Japanese Renewables Firm
This article was originally published in The Energy Mix on October 26, 2022. The giant Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is investing up to US$474 million, or 70 billion Japanese yen, in a company that got its start as a search for energy alternatives in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster…
Read More100 UK universities pledge to divest from fossil fuels
This article was written by Helena Horton and originally published in The Guardian on October 27, 2022. One hundred universities in the UK have pledged to divest from fossil fuels, the Guardian can reveal. This equates to 65% of the country’s higher education sector refusing to make at least some investments in fossil fuel companies,…
Read MoreCarbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA
This article was written by Jasper Jolly and originally published in The Guardian on October 27, 2022. Global carbon emissions from energy will peak in 2025 thanks to massively increased government spending on clean fuels in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to analysis by the world’s leading energy organisation. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that…
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