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Trump the environmentalist? The president’s 2020 campaign might start touting climate victories

Yes, you read that correctly: According to recent reporting from McClatchy, Trump’s 2020 strategy has a climate component. Of course, the Trump campaign did its standard about-face in response to the reporting that it had seemingly confirmed earlier, calling it “100 per cent fake news.” Is Trump warming up the idea of climate action? Not quite.

Race Against Climate Change

By Zoya Teirstein in Analysis | April 8th 2019

This is a solar cell panel array in Manchester, Vermont, USA. Photo by MarkBuckawicki Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

Batteries are key to clean energy — and they just got much cheaper

Battery technology is ahead of schedule, opening the door for storing renewable energies. Soon, renewables might rival gas and oil in affordabilty.

By Eric Holthaus in Analysis | April 8th 2019

Shell shows how Big Oil cracks up over climate change

Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s biggest oil companies, recently dropped out of a D.C. lobby group, saying its lack of support for the Paris Agreement to fight climate change is a "material misalignment" with Shell's stance.

Race Against Climate Change

By Nathanael Johnson in Analysis, Business, Energy | April 5th 2019

Visual: Neil Palmer (The International Center for Tropical Agriculture)/Flickr

Tropical forests are being replanted, but how long will the new trees last?

Many nations have pledged to reforest vast swaths of land, but ensuring ecosystems’ recovery and survival will require long-term commitment.

Race Against Climate Change

By Matthew Fagan, Margaret Buck Holland & Margaret Buck Holland in Analysis | March 24th 2019

How Canada is both leading and falling behind on electric buses

Buses. Yes, they’re better than cars because they move more people, but they are nonetheless a sizable source of emissions. The good news is there’s a solution, and it’s a big opportunity for Canada.

Race Against Climate Change

By Merran Smith & Dan Woynillowicz in Analysis | March 21st 2019

Stalled: why North America lags as China and Europe lead the way on electric vehicles

China already offers a wide selection of EVs and sales are already booming, the European migration to EVs is imminent while North American governments and automakers are lagging behind, with modest exceptions in some progressive U.S. states and Québec and BC.

By Will Dubitsky in Analysis | March 20th 2019

Canadian ZEV update: fuel cells gain a foothold

The Nissan Leaf led the pack with 247 sales in January, narrowly beating the Chevy Bolt, with the Hyundai Kona, Tesla Model 3 and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV rounding out the top 5.

Race Against Climate Change

By Matthew Klippenstein in Analysis, Business | March 18th 2019

Six things you need to know about Justin Trudeau's apology to Inuit communities

It was an apology decades in the making. Initially delayed for a day by a storm, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Iqaluit, capital of the Arctic Canadian territory of Nunavut, on March 8, to deliver an historic apology to Inuit communities. Here's what you need to know about the issue and why it matters.

First Nations Forward

By Alastair Sharp in Analysis | March 12th 2019

The hidden key to the SNC-Lavalin scandal

Perhaps the most depressing spectacle of the entire Trudeau SNC-Lavalin implosion is that neither the prime minister nor the people around him seem to have any idea of how badly their tunnel vision distorted their judgment in the conduct of this file.

By Sandy Garossino in Analysis, Business, Politics | March 8th 2019

Our planet just set a scary new carbon dioxide record

Our planet’s level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached a new, jarring record last month. 411.66 parts per million. What was shocking was that it occurred so early in the year: Earth’s carbon dioxide levels typically peak in May...

Race Against Climate Change

By Eric Holthaus in Analysis | March 7th 2019

National Observer

Analysis

Trump the environmentalist? The president’s 2020 campaign might start touting climate victories

Batteries are key to clean energy — and they just got much cheaper

Shell shows how Big Oil cracks up over climate change

Tropical forests are being replanted, but how long will the new trees last?

How Canada is both leading and falling behind on electric buses

Stalled: why North America lags as China and Europe lead the way on electric vehicles

Canadian ZEV update: fuel cells gain a foothold

Six things you need to know about Justin Trudeau's apology to Inuit communities

The hidden key to the SNC-Lavalin scandal

Our planet just set a scary new carbon dioxide record

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