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Business and agricultural groups sue California over new climate disclosure laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Business and agricultural groups sued California on Tuesday over the most sweeping climate disclosure mandates in the nation, arguing...
Opinion: Alberta needs ‘reliable, affordable, and clean’ electricity grid
Scott MacDougall and Jason Wang, both with the electricity program at the Pembina Institute, a Canadian think tank focused on clean energy, write...
Sunak under fire for ‘inexplicable’ failure to appoint new climate committee chief
Experts say prolonged delay in replacing chair signals that government does not take net zero policy seriously enough and is harming investment Rishi...
Methane emissions: What is Canada doing to regulate? Analysis by Pembina Institute
Amanda Bryant, a senior analyst with the Pembina Institute‘s oil and gas program, writes in a blog post: “As global leaders convened in...
Canadian Government awards new funding to General Fusion
Richmond, Canada (December 4, 2023): Today, General Fusion announced that Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) has awarded CA$5 million to support research and...
Opinion: Business Council of Canada urges Ottawa to rethink oil and gas emissions cap
Goldy Hyder, president of the Business Council of Canada, wrote an open letter to Canada’s Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault urging his government to...
US aims to create nuclear fusion facility within 10 years, Energy chief Granholm says
VIENNA (AP) — The Biden administration hopes to create a commercial nuclear fusion facility within 10 years as part of the nation’s transition to clean...
COP28 Presidency, GFANZ and VCMI Commit to Working with Businesses, and Other Stakeholders to Grow High-Integrity Demand in Voluntary Carbon Markets
New York, 20 September 2023 – The COP28 Presidency, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero (GFANZ), and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) convened...
The $100 Billion Difference: Relative Costs of Two Net Zero Approaches
The following is an introduction to the detailed report Modeling Energy Transition Scenarios for Canada: Aggressive decarbonization vs. accelerated oil and gas phaseout,...
