Coal

Canadian banks, insurers pour nearly $2 billion into new fossil fuel projects in Africa

16/11/22

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John Woodside

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In 2014, the Okavango Delta was added to the UNESCO World Heritage sites due to its ecological and cultural significance to the San people. Photo by Photo by Roger Brown / Pexels

Nov. 15, 2022

Canadian companies are helping drive a wave of fossil fuel expansion in Africa, new data from German climate and human rights group Urgewald shows, and climate advocates say the federal government must step in with strong regulations to turn the tide.

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Big Insurers Turn Their Backs on Coal, Oil and Gas

26/10/22

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Primary Author: Frank Jordans

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The Energy Mix

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Oct. 23, 2022

Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change—to cheers from environmental campaigners.

More than a dozen groups that track what policies insurers have on high-emissions activities say the industry is turning its back on oil, gas, and coal, The Associated Press reports.

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Wood from B.C. forests is being burned for electricity billed as green — but critics say that's deceptive

13/10/22

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Lyndsay Duncombe, Harvey Cashore, Lynette Fortune

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CBC News

Oct. 6, 2022

Pellets from virgin forests fuel the U.K.'s Drax Power Station, backed by politicians and subsidies

From the highway just south of Prince George, B.C., you can see the logs, thousands of them, piled neatly in rows.

They were cut from trees in old growth and primary forests in the province's Interior.

This timber won't be used to build homes or furniture, or even to make paper. These logs will be ground and compressed into tiny pellets, shipped to Europe and Asia and burned to produce fuel for electricity.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

'The Insanity Continues': Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Nearly Doubled in 2021

03/09/22

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Jake Johnson

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Common Dreams

People look at a coal-fired power plant in Peitz, Germany on October 29, 2021. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Sept. 1, 2022

"Fossil fuel subsidies are a roadblock to a more sustainable future," said the head of the International Energy Agency.

An analysis published this week found that government subsidies bolstering the production and consumption of coal, oil, and gas nearly doubled in 2021, even as climate scientists warned that fossil fuel development must be rapidly cut off if the international community is to have any hope of stopping runaway planetary warming.

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The world is ablaze and the oil industry just posted record profits. It’s us or them

12/08/22

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Hamilton Nolan

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The Guardian

‘The war in Ukraine, which has devastated a region of the world and displaced millions, has helped energy companies by driving oil and gas prices higher.’ Photograph: David Goldman/AP

Aug. 2, 2022

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Canada’s fossil-fuelled sprint away from climate safety

27/07/22

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Barry Saxifrage

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National Observer

Chart - Fossil fuel burning keeps rising in Canada, and Canadians now burn more per person than any of our peers in G7 and European Union nations.

July 27, 2022

Burning fossil fuels is the root cause of climate breakdown, ocean acidification and the choking air pollution that is killing millions every year.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Next Step: We’re occupying schools across the world to protest climate inaction- Youth activists involved in End Fossil: Occupy!

27/07/22

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Youth Activists

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The Guardian

A climate protest in Australia this May. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Jul 26, 2022

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Oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years

22/07/22

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Damian Carrington

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The Guardian

An offshore oil rig in the Pechora Sea, Russia Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Jul 21, 2022

Vast sums provide power to ‘buy every politician’ and delay action on climate crisis, says expert

The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed.

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Don’t Look to EPA to Save Us!

02/07/22

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Ted Franklin

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System Change not Climate Change

Electricity generation accounts for 25 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, making it the second-largest source of U.S. emissions behind only the transportation sector. Photo: DavidPT | Wikimedia Commons

July 1, 2022

The 51-year-old agency has been losing both power and credibility over recent decades, and SCOTUS’s recent ruling undermines it even more.

West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency completes a trifecta of long-sought court victories for the right. What New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v Bruen did to gun control and Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization to reproductive rights, West Virginia v EPA has done to climate.

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U.S. Supreme Court limits ability to curb power plant emissions, in blow to climate change fight

01/07/22

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Associated Press

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CBC News

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the fight against climate change by ruling the Environmental Protection Agency can’t put limits on emissions from coal-fired energy plants.

Jun 30, 2022

Court ruling in West Virginia case complicates Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory authority

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In a blow to the fight against climate change, the United States Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation's main anti-air-pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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Coal

Pellets from virgin forests fuel the U.K.'s Drax Power Station, backed by politicians and subsidies

"Fossil fuel subsidies are a roadblock to a more sustainable future," said the head of the International Energy Agency.

Vast sums provide power to ‘buy every politician’ and delay action on climate crisis, says expert

The 51-year-old agency has been losing both power and credibility over recent decades, and SCOTUS’s recent ruling undermines it even more.

Court ruling in West Virginia case complicates Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory authority

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