Coal

Despite the cascade of hype around hydrogen, the varieties derived from fossil fuel have a higher carbon footprint than coal, while emitting far more climate-busting methane than producing the same amount of energy from natural gas, a leading U.S. fracking researcher warns in an opinion piece for The Hill.

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Coal

Global

LNG - Fracking

Coal-Heavy Queensland Commits $2 Billion to Clean Energy Jobs

14/06/21

Author:

The Energy Mix

Link:

The Energy Mix

June 13, 2021

Australia’s fossil-heavy state of Queensland is committing A$2 billion to create what Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk called a “self-reinforcing cycle of investment—a job-generating clean energy industrial ecosystem”.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Climate Change

Coal

Labour - Unions

Global Coal Use is Falling But Not Fast Enough to Tackle Climate Change

11/04/21

Author:

Justin Mikulka

Link:

DeSmog

Main image: Coal power plant Credit: x1klima (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Apr 8, 2021

Global declines in coal powered electricity are being offset by China’s continued plans to build more coal-fired power generation capacity.

Despite drops in energy usage during the pandemic, coal power use only declined by four percent in 2020, according to a new report.

While coal used for power generation dropped 20 percent in both the U.S. and the European Union last year, the same is not happening in China.

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Climate Change

Coal

Global

Biggest banks still invest trillions in fossil fuels: report

25/03/21

Author:

Damian Carrington

Link:

National Observer

Overall financing dipped by nine per cent in pandemic-hit 2020, but funding for the 100 fossil fuel companies with the biggest expansion plans actually rose by 10 per cent, a new report finds. Photo by Pixabay / Pexels

March 25th 2021

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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Coal

LNG - Fracking

Oil - Pipelines

Here’s why Alberta’s ban on mountaintop-removal mining won’t affect proposed coal mines in the Rockies

25/02/21

Author:

Sharon J. Riley

Link:

The Narwhal

According to the Alberta government, mines like this one in the southwestern corner of the province wouldn’t be classified as mountaintop-removal mines because they don't “completely” remove the top of the mountain. Photo: Callum Gunn

Feb 25, 2021

When the government said it would put an ‘outright ban on mountaintop mining,’ many Albertans rejoiced. But Alberta’s energy regulator says that only applies if the top of a mountain is ‘completely’ removed

Alberta’s new ban on “mountaintop-removal” coal mining has very limited, if any, applications in reality, The Narwhal has learned. According to a spokesperson for the Alberta government, the definition of the term is extremely narrow and does not apply unless the top of a mountain is “completely” removed.

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Alberta

Coal

Ecology/Environment

The good, the bad and the ugly in Canada’s 2030 climate plan

22/01/21

Author:

Barry Saxifrage

Link:

National Observer

For the first time, Canada has proposed a way to meet its climate targets, but it will take a lot more tough legislation to rein in emissions, writes Barry Saxifrage. Photo from NASA

January 18th 2021

There’s good news and bad news about Canada’s 2030 climate target.

The good news is that for the first time, Canada has proposed a way to meet a climate target. The government’s recently announced Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy (HEHE) plan contains enough new climate policy proposals that, if implemented, will allow Canada to reach its 2030 target.

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Following the Money Spotlights ‘Big Banks’ Green Bafflegab’

03/12/20

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Primary Author: Matt Price

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The Energy Mix

Dec. 2, 2020

This post by campaigner and Engagement Organizing author Matt Price appeared on The Tyee last week. We’re republishing it in full with permission from both.

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Canada is behind other Countries in Climate Crisis

26/11/20

Author:

Barry Saxifrage

Link:

National Observer

Industrial emissions in Fort McMurray, Alta., in 2012. Photo by Kris Krug/Flickr

November 26th 2020

The world’s nations are racing to rein in the climate crisis while maintaining strong economies. Troublingly, Canada is far behind in this time-critical race to build a low-carbon economy. Our decades of foot-dragging have put both our future prosperity and our climate at risk.

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Vancouver just endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Who’s next?

01/11/20

Author:

Aaron Saad

Link:

ricochet.media

Canada Fossil Fuel Proliferation Treaty - Photo: Jeff Wallace

Oct. 29, 2020

It’s the highest-profile success to date of a new initiative aimed at reining in the threat of fossil fuels

On Oct. 15, not long after enduring days of skies choked with U.S. wildfire smoke, Vancouver became the first city in the world to endorse something bold: the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

It’s the highest-profile success to date of a new initiative aimed at reining in the threat of fossil fuels.

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Coal

Global declines in coal powered electricity are being offset by China’s continued plans to build more coal-fired power generation capacity.

When the government said it would put an ‘outright ban on mountaintop mining,’ many Albertans rejoiced. But Alberta’s energy regulator says that only applies if the top of a mountain is ‘completely’ removed

It’s the highest-profile success to date of a new initiative aimed at reining in the threat of fossil fuels

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