Indonesia signed deals with international lenders and major nations on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, that will bring billions of dollars in funding to help the country increase its use of renewable energy and reduce its reliance on coal.
Insurance companies that have long said they'll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners.
Environmentalists scoff at applying the term “best in class” to greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas projects and insist any new approvals contradict our climate goals.
The Ontario government is in the “early stages” of developing a strategy to deal with old oil and gas wells in the wake of recent disasters, including an explosion last summer that decimated downtown Wheatley and injured 20 people.
“Come for a coffee, we’ll have it inside,” Norfolk County resident Paula Jongerden says with a laugh. But she’s not joking. She lives about 300 metres from an old oil well that routinely belches foul-smelling odours.