Coal

This Canadian pipeline giant wants an exemption from climate rules

20/01/24

Author:

Carl Meyer

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The Narwhal

Internal government documents show that pipeline company TC Energy pressured the federal government to ignore a growing form of fossil fuel activity in Canada in one of its key climate policies, at a time when the country is already struggling to meet its emissions reduction goals. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Jan. 17, 2024

Internal government memos show TC Energy lobbied for carveouts exempting methane and LNG plants from one of Canada’s key climate policies targeting the oil and gas industry

One of Canada’s largest pipeline operators lobbied the federal government to exclude two major sources of carbon pollution from its emissions cap for the oil and gas sector.

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U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming

16/01/24

Author:

Jeff Brady

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National Public Radio

The James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Alabama is a coal-fired facility. In 2023 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.9% because less of the country's electricity came from plants like this one. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Jan. 10, 2024

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Last year was the hottest on record, and globally, countries continue to emit the greenhouse gases that are warming the climate. In 2023, the U.S. did manage to cut its emissions nearly 2%. That is still not enough to meet the country's climate goals, but it did happen despite a growing economy. Jeff Brady from NPR's climate desk is here. Hey, Jeff.

JEFF BRADY, BYLINE: Hi there.

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How This Climate Activist Justifies Political Violence

14/01/24

Author:

David Marchese

Link:

The New York Times

Jan. 14, 2024

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Canada’s next big LNG project may be the sleeper climate issue of 2024

10/01/24

Author:

Seth Klein

Link:

National Observer

A delegate is silhouetted while walking past the ExxonMobil booth during the LNG2023 conference, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, July 10, 2023. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Jan. 10, 2024

One of the biggest climate stories in Canada in 2024 might well prove to be a project that, so far at least, few in the country have heard of — Ksi Lisims LNG.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

'You burn with us' (If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution - Book)

29/12/23

Author:

Brendan Montague

Link:

The Ecologist

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil, June 11, 2013. Image: Gabriel Cabral / Creative Commons 2.0. Gabriel Cabral / Creative Commons 2.0

Website editor: Important read.

Dec. 18, 2023

We need a mass movement to ensure a just transition and prevent climate breakdown. But such contestations can go very wrong.

The people in power are not acting on climate breakdown. Which presents us, those not in power, with three options. We change the actions of those in power, we change the people in power or we change the nature of power itself.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Eby Defends BC’s LNG and Coal Exports

18/12/23

Author:

Andrew MacLeod

Link:

The Tyee

BC Premier David Eby: ‘Until we find ways to produce steel without [metallurgical coal], it is a good product to be exported from British Columbia.’ Photo via BC government.

Dec. 18, 2023

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Indigenous people and climate justice groups say Cop28 was ‘business as usual’

14/12/23

Author:

Nina Lakhani

Link:

The Guardian

The UN climate chief, Simon Stiell (left); the Cop28 president, Sultan al-Jaber; and Hana al-Hashimi, the chief Cop28 negotiator for the UAE, pose for photos at the end of Cop28. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Dec. 13, 2023

Developing countries call agreement to transition away from fossil fuels ‘unfair’ and ‘inequitable’

As the leaders of the developed world hailed the Cop28 agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels as historic, Indigenous people, frontline communities and climate justice groups rebuked the deal as unfair, inequitable and business as usual.

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Ending climate change requires the end of capitalism. Have we got the stomach for it?

13/12/23

Author:

Phil McDuff

Link:

The Guardian

‘The need to keep the wheels of capitalism well-oiled takes precedence even against a backdrop of fires, floods and hurricanes.’ Photograph: Fire & Rescue NSW/AFP/Getty Images

Website editor: This article is more than 4 years old! What has changed? Well, Greta Thunberg is no longer a child.

Mar. 18, 2019

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Poof Goes the Electric Dream Car

09/12/23

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

Link:

The Tyee

We pretend extracting more metals to build bigger vehicles whose electricity is largely powered by fossil fuels is progress. Photo via Shutterstock.

Dec. 8, 2023

Sputtering EV promises, in 13 scenes. And the true road to surviving the climate crisis.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

World leaders put on notice that more ambitious emission reduction targets are needed — and soon

01/12/23

Author:

John Woodside

Link:

National Observer

UN climate change executive secretary Simon Stiell speaks during the opening ceremony of COP28. Photo via UN Climate Change/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Deed)

Nov. 30, 2023

Countries around the world, including Canada, are officially under pressure to further ratchet up their commitments under the Paris Agreement, the UN’s climate change executive secretary Simon Stiell told delegates at the annual climate negotiations in Dubai.

The latest grim findings from climate scientists estimate that based on current trajectories, the planet has roughly six years before blowing past the Paris Agreement’s goal to hold global warming to 1.5 C, Stiell said during the COP28 opening ceremony.

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Coal

Internal government memos show TC Energy lobbied for carveouts exempting methane and LNG plants from one of Canada’s key climate policies targeting the oil and gas industry

We need a mass movement to ensure a just transition and prevent climate breakdown. But such contestations can go very wrong.

Developing countries call agreement to transition away from fossil fuels ‘unfair’ and ‘inequitable’

Sputtering EV promises, in 13 scenes. And the true road to surviving the climate crisis.

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