5 takeaways from COP25's first week
|
9.12.2019 |
Resource Efficiency | GreenBiz.com |
From insurers and coal to carbon markets, here's what you need to know from COP25 week one. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
|
The coal industry is shrinking — here's what miners need for a just transition
|
5.12.2019 |
GreenBiz.com |
Programs should be nurtured to have lasting effects, rather than serving as short-term band-aids. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Community Development]
[flenvcenter :: Community Development]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
|
Wyoming’s coal-fired economy is coming to an end
|
4.12.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
The state faces a future without an industry that’s been very good to it. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
|
Good news, bad news: 4 trends in US energy use
|
19.9.2019 |
Design & Innovation | GreenBiz.com |
We reviewed the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s energy consumption data, so you don't have to. Here's what you need to know. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Wind]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Wind]
[flenvcenter :: General]
|
China is positioned to lead on climate change as the US rolls back its policies
|
16.9.2019 |
Small Business | GreenBiz.com |
Reducing China’s reliance on coal energy is an enormous long-term shift. But it looks like that might change. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Conservation and Efficiency]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Conservation and Efficiency]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
|
Methane emissions advance climate change and Trump’s regulatory rollback matters
|
5.9.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Energy scholars explain what rescinding methane regulations will mean for the climate and industry. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
|
While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo
|
4.9.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Instead of paying to clean up the mess left by mining, companies are warehousing their operations indefinitely. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Grazing]
[flenvcenter :: Native American Lands]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Re-use]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Campus]
[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: Radiation]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Grazing]
[flenvcenter :: Native American Lands]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Campus]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Places]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Nuclear Energy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: Radiation]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Places]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Re-use]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Nuclear Energy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
|
Can Western states afford to break the boom-and-bust cycle?
|
7.8.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Climate action on public lands would force a reckoning for fossil fuel dependent states and communities. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Wind]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Drilling]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Wind]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Drilling]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
|
While you were grilling, the world moved forward
|
8.7.2019 |
Small Business | GreenBiz.com |
While Americans were doing cookouts and lazing by the lake, the rest of the civilized world was moving forward on climate and other issues. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
|
Chubb is first big U.S. insurer that won't underwrite new coal plants
|
3.7.2019 |
Small Business | GreenBiz.com |
Over the next three years, the new policy will also phase out support for mining operations and utilities dependent on coal for more than 30 percent of their revenue. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
|
Yes, clean, electric buildings can reduce emissions and save money in new construction
|
27.6.2019 |
GreenBiz.com |
A new report publishes outdated research about emissions in the built environment — here are the facts about building electrification. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Medicine]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Wells]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Art and Literature]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Art and Literature]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Medicine]
[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Wells]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
|
Interior Department’s coal reboot ignores tribes and curtails public input
|
3.6.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
The Obama administration wanted to rethink coal leasing; now, Trump is rushing forward. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Diversity]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Diversity]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
|
Trump’s infrastructure order threatens local right to protect the environment
|
24.4.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Washington blocked a coal terminal under the Clean Water Act. New rules could subvert that authority. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
|
Kenney defiantly challenges Trudeau on climate
|
23.4.2019 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
Politics in Canada
The summer of 2019 will be "the summer of repeal" according to Jason Kenney, who will be sworn in as the next premier of Alberta on April 30.
The UCP leader plans to recall the legislature in May to rapidly undo the legislative program of the outgoing NDP government; particularly its Climate Leadership Plan.
At the top of the list to be repealed is an Alberta carbon tax imposed as part of a grand bargain negotiated by the NDP with representatives of the oil industry.
In return for a tax on consumers -- it could have fallen entirely on Big Oil as part of an existing large-emitters carbon levy -- a significant group of oil sands producers agreed to support an NDP cap on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Small oil patch operators remained generally negative.
This Alberta NDP deal initiated by outgoing premier Rachel Notley was highlighted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when his cabinet came down in favour of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX).
Trudeau backed up his support for ... |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
|
Utilities should consider these creative tools to speed system decarbonization
|
28.3.2019 |
Design & Innovation | GreenBiz.com |
Recent news provided a "mic drop" to power providers. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Socially-Responsible Investing]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Socially-Responsible Investing]
|
Global Carbon Emissions Hit Record High In 2018: IEA
|
26.3.2019 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
China, the United States, and India together accounted for nearly 70 percent of the rise in energy demand. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
|
New Mexico’s ‘mini’ Green New Deal, dissected
|
25.3.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
The Energy Transition Act could be a model for ambitious policies of the future. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
|
Across Appalachia, historic coal towns are looking to the outdoor economy for their next act
|
6.3.2019 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
Can recreation and tourism benefit the regional economy and fill a gap left by the declining coal industry — sustainably? |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Local Economies]
[flenvcenter :: Local Economies]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Non-Motorized Recreation]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Non-Motorized Recreation]
[flenvcenter :: Gleaning]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Gleaning]
|
Wyoming Legislature extends lifeline to coal power
|
5.3.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
As economics challenge coal’s future, Wyoming passes a law to prop it up. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
|
Push for renewables vexes Western power supplier
|
25.2.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Tri-State’s future looks less than bright unless it can keep up with the times. |
Also found in: [+]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: General]
|