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Could America’s new green bank be a climate game-changer?

Long championed by climate activists, the green bank would provide funding to expand clean energy use across the United States.

Race to a Safer World

By Joan E Greve | News, US News, Politics | September 19th 2022

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Shell CEO to resign as oil giant shifts away from fossil fuels

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is stepping down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge, the energy giant said on Thursday, September 15, 2022, a change that comes as oil and natural gas companies are under pressure to shift away from fossil fuels even as they see soaring profits from energy price s driven up by Russia's war in Ukraine.

By Associated Press | News, Energy | September 15th 2022

Kenya's new president William Ruto arrives to be sworn in to office at a ceremony held at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Kenya’s new president pitches ambitious climate plan

Kenya’s newly elected president William Ruto said that climate change will be key to the government's agenda and made an ambitious pledge to ramp up clean energy and phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2030.

By Wanjohi Kabukuru | News | September 14th 2022

Bill McKibben discusses a decade-long activist crusade to shame banks into stopping investment in fossil fuels

Ten years after launching a global fossil fuel divestment campaign, legendary climate activist Bill McKibben reflects.

Financing disaster

By John Woodside | News | September 13th 2022

Canada needs a massive battery

Renewable energy power storage is successfully being added to the North American grid to keep the lights on, computers running and the electric vehicles charging.

Opinion

Canada's Clean Economy

By Rob Miller | Opinion | August 29th 2022

Justin Trudeau and Olaf Scholz shake hands at the start of a signing ceremony after signing a deal to kick-start a transatlantic hydrogen supply chain, on Aug. 23, 2022 in Stephenville, N.L. File Photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Green hydrogen is moving slow for city bus projects, transit advocate points out

The Canada-Germany hydrogen pact sends a positive signal about the future of the industry, but its short timeline seems "difficult" given how long it is taking to get smaller projects running within Canada, a transit advocacy groups warns.

By Mia Rabson | News, Politics | August 26th 2022

In this photo provided by the Australian National University, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Rick Duke speaks at an Australian National University forum in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 25, 2022. (Tracey Nearmy/Australian National University via AP)

Russian invasion speeds world shift to clean energy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will accelerate the world’s shift to renewable energy because of price shocks in oil and gas, a U.S. climate envoy said on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

By Rod McGuirk | News, US News | August 25th 2022

Geologist Antonina Calahorrano sets up a test well to map the region's geothermal possibilities. Handout photo by Natural Resources Canada

Scientists to take 'CAT scan' of B.C. volcano for geothermal energy potential

Scientists are planning a "CAT scan" of a British Columbia volcano to help harness the underground heat that turns rock into magma for renewable energy.

By Bob Weber | News | August 22nd 2022

Canada's proposed green hydrogen deal with Germany won't bring instant supply

Some energy experts warn a deal to sell Canadian hydrogen to Germany will serve as only a small, far-off and expensive part of the solution to Europe’s energy crisis.

By Laura Osman | News, Politics | August 16th 2022

A full moon rises from behind residential buildings in Greater Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, on May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

India passes energy conservation bill

India took another step toward meeting its climate goals on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, when lawmakers in parliament’s lower house approved legislation that would require greater use of renewable energy and force industrial polluters to pay a price for the carbon they emit.

By Sibi Arasu | News | August 10th 2022

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