How U.S. states are leading the climate fight — despite Trump’s rollbacks
Officials are making clean-energy moves in California, New York and beyond, and Republican states will be integral too
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California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
How Trump’s day one orders reveal a White House for big oil
From LNG to drilling in Alaska, here’s everything you need to know about Trump’s energy and climate executive orders
Bill Gates-backed Canadian CO2 removal start-up to build solar-powered flagship in Alberta
First-ever Canadian power purchase deal for a direct air capture plant that "scrubs” CO2 out of the atmosphere signed by UK developer Low Carbon and Montreal-based Deep Sky.
Jimmy Carter raised climate change concerns decades before the Paris Accords
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to abandon the renewable energy investments that President Joe Biden included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, echoing how President Ronald Reagan dismantled the solar panels Carter installed on the White House roof. But politics aside, the scientific consensus has settled where Carter stood two generations earlier.
Scientists from 57 countries call for coordinated decision-making on climate and biodiversity
A new report released Tuesday by the United Nations’ expert panel on biodiversity makes the case for a different approach based on addressing the “nexus” between two or more out of five essential issue areas: climate change, biodiversity, food, human health, and water.
Must love heights and live wires: How Canada is building a workforce for the energy transition
In a net-zero by 2050 Canada, 700,000 more energy jobs will exist than today, according to a 2023 report by Clean Energy Canada. In the wind sector alone, the Global Wind Energy Council estimates that over half a million new wind technicians will be required worldwide by 2026.
Nine wind projects rolled out to meet B.C.’s surging clean energy demands
The province's new renewable initiatives are historic step forward in energy partnerships with First Nations, says BC Hydro.
A $60 billion-a-year climate solution is now being tossed out as junk
In rich nations, just a fraction of e-waste is mined for critical metals. We’re going to have to up our game.
Alberta government wants to restrict wind and solar energy even further
The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that conservationists think are more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the environment.
Mi'kmaw embrace flagship Canadian offshore wind project
Developer of Nova East project in deep waters off Nova Scotia inks memorandum of understanding with eye on landmark mutual benefit agreement to drive First Nation jobs and revenue creation
Canada spending three times more backing oil and gas than renewables, says think tank
Canada and other wealthy nations spent some US$535 billion on subsidies for the fossil fuel sector in 2023, while support for clean energy topped out at US$168 billion, says a new study.
U.S. Inflation Reduction Act causing cross border exodus of Canadian talented CEOs
"You can just see the brainpower heading south," said Ken Seitz, the CEO of Saskatoon-based Nutrien Inc., adding the tax credits and subsidies offered through act are drawing investment dollars south of the border when it comes to things like renewable energy and carbon capture and storage.
Feds fund offshore wind study hoping to boost market in Atlantic Canada
Over $9 million awarded to Nova Scotia research hub to investigate future power transmission network as developers consider regional offshore wind economics ahead of first auction next year.
Big wind and solar build-out needed as Canadian hydropower becomes 'less reliable'
Future drop in hydroelectric production capacity due to climate change means more ambitious renewables expansion key to country meeting national energy transition targets: BloombergNEF