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Alberta renewable energy moratorium 2023
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Alberta’s moratorium on renewable energy, explained

With new information just in about how an inquiry into renewable energy will look, the industry is still grappling with the surprise pause on new projects.

Newsletter
Climate Leadership Council fossil fuel group
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Meet the DC thinktank giving big oil ‘the opportunity to say they’ve done something’

The fossil fuel industry has a long history of hiring PR firms to sow confusion about climate change – but the Climate Leadership Council isn’t just a front group.

Causes
Susan Collins poor environmental scorecard
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Collins receives poor marks in environmental scorecard, King dinged by advocates for opposing tribal rights

In a congressional scorecard released this week, the League of Conservation Voters and Maine Conservation Voters gave Sen. Susan Collins poor marks for her 2022 voting record on environmental and democracy issues.

Politics
manchin blocks clean energy tax credits
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Kate Aronoff: Clean energy tax credits are broken—and that’s how Joe Manchin likes it

“Direct pay” would make more efficient use of public money and speed up renewable energy investment. But Manchin doesn’t want that.
Newsletter
Canadian grassroots thick with climate crisis deniers
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A conservative grassroots thick with climate crisis deniers

Poilievre and rivals face a big crack in their base. Can they talk their way around it?
Causes
ftc urged to investigate electrical industry
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Eight Virginia groups join request for Federal Trade Commission to investigate electric utility industry

230-plus groups are asking the FTC to investigate electric industry practices that “impede renewable energy competition and harm consumer protection."
Politics
climate modeling an easy target for deniers
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Trump (sort of) accepted COVID-19 modeling. Don’t expect the same on climate change.

Inherent uncertainties make climate modeling an easy target for the president and others who downplay the impact of Covid-19 or deny global warming.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Red and white Dow Chemical logo on a concrete wall next to barren trees and patches of snow.

Dow seeks to replace fossil fuels with nuclear reactors at Texas plastics plant

Person in a yellow vest installing a solar panel

DOE drops solar focus in revamp of student building competition

Offshore wind turbines in a line on a cloudy ocean horizon.

Offshore wind turbines may offer new habitat for key fish species

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

CLIMATE
A dry corn field

Global economic losses from climate change may be far worse than predicted, new study warns

Firefighters in full gear fighting a barn fire.

Urban wildfires may expose firefighters to toxic metals like lead and mercury