US and India lead G20 on climate action, report says
Exclusive: world’s biggest emitters making most progress in introducing policies, study shows, but emissions still set to rise by 2.7C
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How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action
Getting anything accomplished under President-elect Trump might seem far-fetched. But it’s happened before.
Fossil fuel bosses get ‘red carpet’ at Cop29 despite concerns over influence
Revealed: more than 100 executives given special guest badges as activists challenge role of oil and gas firms at talks
Exported gas produces far worse emissions than coal, major study finds
Research challenges idea that sending liquefied natural gas around the world is cleaner alternative to burning coal
Temperatures 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows
Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate
Trump's new ‘deal’ could save Big Oil $110 billion in taxes
Former president Donald Trump's ask for $1 billion in campaign donations from Big Oil seems a small price to pay to preserve the tax loopholes that his presidential opponent, Joe Biden, has indicated he intends to close.
Dozens of municipalities in Quebec ban fossil fuels in new buildings
The council of the Metropolitan Community of Montreal announced that it passed a resolution to ban the installation of space and water heating powered by fossil fuels in residential, commercial and institutional buildings.
The Quebec town trying to spell the end of natural gas
Almost immediately after the town of Prévost, Que., passed a bylaw banning natural gas this autumn, the 12,000-person community was hit with a lawsuit from Quebec's gas utility, Énergir.
Emirati-designated COP28 leader denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit
The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks forcefully denied on Wednesday a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals, a day before the summit was due to begin.
In the fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track
The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming in 41 of 42 important measurements and is even heading in the wrong direction in six crucial ways, a new international report calculates.
Finally — negotiators have a draft of the global plastics treaty
In March 2022, 175 countries agreed to write a global treaty to address the plastic pollution crisis. Now, a year and a half later, they have a rough draft.
‘Double agents’: Big Oil lobbyists work for U.S. groups trying to fight climate crisis
Exclusive: A new database shows 1,500 American lobbyists working for fossil-fuel firms while representing universities and green groups.
Biofuel made from algae isn’t the coup we expected
New research using real-world data casts doubt on the energy efficiency of diesel alternatives that come from phytoplankton.
Irving Oil considers selling, among other options
Irving Oil said on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, that a strategic review of the company is underway and that it is looking at a series of options about its future, including a possible sale of the business.
EU to boost home production of critical raw minerals
The European Union presented plans on Thursday to fundamentally revamp its policies on dealing with critical raw materials, imposing limits on imports from countries like China while unleashing subsidies and other financial incentives to ramp up home production.