Can solar power avoid Trump’s culture wars?
The industry is rebranding itself as a symbol of American "energy dominance."
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Canada's 2035 climate ambition was weakened by the new Trump reality
When U.S. President Donald Trump was elected in November, Canadian officials issued a weaker than expected 2035 emission reduction target to account for the new political reality.
Last year was the hottest year in recorded history. Buckle up.
Crossing the 1.5 degree mark isn’t as bad as you think. It’s worse.
Canadians alert for tariffs as Donald Trump returns to White House
Canadians will be anxiously watching inauguration day ceremonies to see what is among Trump's early priorities amid threats to slap Canada with a 25 per cent across-the-board tariff on Monday.
Jimmy Carter raised climate change concerns decades before the Paris Accords
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to abandon the renewable energy investments that President Joe Biden included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, echoing how President Ronald Reagan dismantled the solar panels Carter installed on the White House roof. But politics aside, the scientific consensus has settled where Carter stood two generations earlier.
It won't be so easy for U.S. President Donald Trump to establish 'energy dominance'
President-elect Donald Trump is set to create a National Energy Council that he says will establish American “energy dominance” around the world as he seeks to boost U.S. oil and gas drilling and move away from President Joe Biden’s focus on climate change.
Trump threatens 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian products until border issues solved
Trump said the tariff will remain in place until both countries stop drugs, in particular fentanyl, and people from illegally crossing the borders. He said until those issues are solved Canada and Mexico will "pay a very big price!"
How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action
Getting anything accomplished under President-elect Trump might seem far-fetched. But it’s happened before.
Trudeau, Biden discuss rule of law at Brazil G20 summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent his first day at the G20 leaders' summit Monday speaking in closed-door meetings about issues like continental trade, fighting world hunger and multilateralism, as Donald Trump's impending return to the White House poses risks to global support for all those things.
Trudeau meets with Biden and other leaders at G20
The meeting will take place a day after The Associated Press reported that Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia.
At COP29, countries wrestle with financing the green transition
International climate change negotiations are kicking off this week in Azerbaijan, with trillions of dollars that will decide the fate of the planet’s warming trajectory set to be negotiated against a global backdrop of worsening extreme weather.
‘Extremely dangerous for the world’ Trump election spells disaster for climate efforts
Trump may be a climate-denying fossil fuel booster, but the climate science isn’t changing. The crisis is real, it is here, and much work remains to cut global emissions in half by decade’s end — as scientists say is urgently required.
Survival of Biden’s signature climate law uncertain after election
The Inflation Reduction Act was enacted in a hyper-partisan environment, but it has gained support among Republicans. Will its emissions-cutting programs endure?
Canadians would vote for Kamala Harris in U.S. election, if they could
In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 64 per cent of Canadian respondents said if they could cast a ballot, they’d put their support behind vice-president Harris while 21 per cent would support former president Donald Trump. Fifteen per cent weren't sure what they would do.
Fossil fuel presence at Climate Week NYC spotlights dissonance in clean energy transition
As climate activists spoke out against fossil fuel presence, countries detailed the barriers slowing their transition to clean energy.