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Causes
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
Miners standing in a tunnel in front of equipment.

Trump plan would close dozens of mine safety offices, leaving coal towns exposed

Three smokestacks with smoke coming out of them.

Coal-fired electricity spikes as gas prices rise, pushing up U.S. emissions

A satellite image of a wildfire with flames and smoke visible.

New wildfire hazard maps expand zones for millions of Californians

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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 scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
The Supreme Court building under white clouds during daytime.

Young climate lawsuit ends after a decade without Supreme Court review

Facade of the National Institutes of Health.

NIH shuts down future research into climate change health impacts