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Achievable and fair amendments to Canada’s methane regulations

March 13, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on March 13, 2024. By Amanda Bryant In accordance with Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, the federal government recently published draft amendments to its oil and gas methane regulations. These [Read more]

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‘Game changing’ satellite tracks methane emissions from oil and gas

March 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 11, 2024. The Environmental Defense Fund’s recently-launched MethaneSAT aims to address crucial information gaps on methane leaks from oil and gas companies—with the data made [Read more]

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Major growth of clean energy limited the rise in global emissions in 2023

March 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on March 1, 2024. Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated, [Read more]

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Climate change is undoing decades of progress on air quality

February 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 22, 2024. By Lois Parshley A choking layer of pollution-laced fog settled over Minneapolis last month, blanketing the city in its worst air quality since 2005. A temperature inversion [Read more]

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Petrochemical companies have known for 40 years that plastics recycling wouldn’t work

February 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 20, 2024. By Joseph Winters For 40 years, plastic and petrochemical companies have tried to convince the public that plastics can be recycled. But they’ve known for [Read more]

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Biden’s climate law fines oil companies for methane pollution. The bill is coming due.

February 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 20, 2024. By Naveena Sadasivam The Inflation Reduction Act, the 2021 U.S. climate law abbreviated IRA, primarily reduces emissions through financial incentives, rather than binding rules. But in [Read more]

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Fossil interests funded, knew about climate research in 1954, investigation reveals

February 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 6, 2024. As early as 1954, carmakers and oil companies funded research into atmospheric carbon levels—work that eventually led to the famous Keeling Curve tracking [Read more]

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A Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay

February 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 2, 2024. By Katie Myers Last July, the normally warm and humid but still pleasant New England summer was disrupted by a series of unusually heavy rain [Read more]

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Climate change has killed 4 million people since 2000 — and that’s an underestimate

January 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 30, 2024. By Zoya Teirstein In the early 2000s, as climate denialism was infecting political institutions around the world like a malevolent plague, an Australian epidemiologist named [Read more]

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Why carbon pricing often costs more in Atlantic Canada

January 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Jan. 23, 2024. By Larry Hughes Ever since the 2015 UN climate conference in Paris, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stuck steadfastly to his climate policies. By last summer, the [Read more]

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Electric school buses are a breath of fresh air for children

January 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 11, 2024. By Akielly Hu Every day, more than 20 million kids in the United States ride to school on the 450,000 or so buses that trundle through [Read more]

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Oil-friendly Louisiana now has the power to approve carbon capture projects

January 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on January 9, 2024. By Lylla Younes Both Republicans and Democrats in deep-red Louisiana have warmed up to the idea of carbon removal, a practice that involves capturing carbon [Read more]

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How do you tackle microplastics? Start with your washing machine.

December 29, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 19, 2023. By Saqib Rahim As environmental challenges go, microfibre pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that [Read more]

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The environmental disaster lurking beneath your neighbourhood gas station

December 29, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on June 14, 2023 and was co-published with Crosscut. By Kate Yoder A black, electric-powered Nissan Leaf pulled up to a gas station — not to fuel up, of course. [Read more]

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Why more than 60 Indigenous nations oppose the Line 5 oil pipeline

December 20, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Dec. 20, 2023. By Anita Hofschneider The Line 5 oil pipeline that snakes through Wisconsin and Michigan won a key permit this month: pending federal studies and approvals, Canada-based [Read more]

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An EPA rule dramatically reduced smog pollution — in states that haven’t sued to stop it

December 13, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Dec. 12, 2023. By Akielly Hu A federal air pollution rule successfully cut smog-forming emissions in 10 states by 18 per cent this past summer, according to data [Read more]

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Opinion: Federal oil and gas emissions cap shines harsh spotlight on Alberta’s lack of action

December 11, 2023 Energi Staff

This article by the Pembina Institute was published by the Globe and Mail on Dec. 7, 2023. By Janetta McKenzie It’s time to clear the air. There are two different plans for reducing emissions from [Read more]

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Net-zero transportation enabled by CO2-derived e-fuels: IDTechEx

December 6, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by IDTechEx on Dec. 6, 2023. By Eve Pope, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx On the 28th November 2023, a plane flew from London to New York. For the first time in [Read more]

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The overlooked climate solution making headway at COP28: Doing more with less

December 5, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published on Dec. 5, 2023 by Grist By Akielly Hu This weekend, 118 countries at the COP28 climate summit pledged to triple the world’s renewable power capacity and double the pace of energy efficiency [Read more]

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Indian companies are bringing one of the world’s most toxic industries to Africa. People are getting sick.

December 5, 2023 Energi Staff

This story is a co-publication by Grist and The Examination, a new nonprofit newsroom specializing in global public health reporting and was published on Dec. 4, 2023.  Will Fitzgibbon, The Examination At noon, dusk, and [Read more]

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