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The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges

It may come as a surprise that electrification of the transport trucking industry is well underway.

Investor-state dispute settlement courts have awarded more than US$100 billion of public money to corporations — largely in settlements arising from new green regulations and other public measures that impacted their fossil fuel, mining and other projects.

Though a series of investigations seem to have exposed the carbon market as an ineffective answer to climate change, the U.S. federal government's new guidelines aim to restore confidence in the controversial climate solution.

Oil Change International graded the plans of eight major oil corporations and found all of them are failing to meet their much-publicized climate pledges — with American firms receiving "worst of the worst" reviews.

A U.S. federal grant has helped bolster Electrified Thermal Solutions, which is manufacturing a new heat-conducive brick that the company's founders claim will dramatically reduce the fossil fuel needs for heating in heavy industry.

If we're serious about warding off the oncoming climate catastrophe, it will take a swift and highly disruptive overhaul to our way of living.

With this action, Attorney General Dana Nessel becomes the latest public official to set sights on industry for harms it is alleged to have not only knowingly inflicted on the state, but also obfuscated.

The U.S. dairy lobby pays big money to make sure its products are top-of-mind for Americans, but some critics worry that the demand-focused strategy is leaving smaller farmers behind — and accelerating climate change.

Despite all the signs that we need to be doing more, faster, the current political conversation around climate is to do much less: Remove the carbon tax, eliminate the clean electricity standard.

Europe’s highest human rights court threw out cases on Tuesday brought by six Portuguese youths and a French mayor aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but sided with a group of senior Swiss women who also sought such measures.

Many people are unaware of the ongoing manipulation that keeps them buying gas-guzzling vehicles.

The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles travelled per week.

Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds.

The price change on April 1 affects the consumer levy, which applies in every province and territory except British Columbia, Quebec and Northwest Territories.