Evidence Mounts as Fossil Industry Disputes Fracking Health Impacts

As public health experts compile thousands of papers with “damning evidence” linking fracking with health harms, fossil fuel groups are working to undermine the research by arguing that not all of it is peer-reviewed.

21 Myths: Explainer Counters ‘Relentless Hostile Reporting’ on EVs

A leading climate and energy analyst is out with a 21-part fact-checker to counter the most common myths about electric vehicles.

‘This Blows My Mind’, Critic Says, as CCUS Centre Admits It Can’t Meet 2035 Deadline

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Commercial Heat Pump Retrofits Remain Costly, Intrusive

Physical challenges and high costs remain significant obstacles to getting climate-friendly heat pumps into commercial buildings, according to some of the suppliers working on the problem.

‘Big, Ambitious Action’ Needed to Decarbonize Cement

At least 30% of emissions produced by the cement industry could be eliminated right now with established technologies, but greening the sector completely calls for ambitious action on both the supply and the demand sides of the equation, say experts.

Double Grid Investment or Emit 58B Extra Tonnes of CO2, IEA Warns Utilities

The world’s electricity systems could dump an extra 58 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere between 2030 and 2050 unless countries double their grid renewal investments to more than US$600 billion per year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concludes in a special report issued

Alarming Urban Expansion Pushes into Flood-Prone Areas

Urban development around the world is expanding into flood-prone areas, notably in countries facing “trade-offs between economic opportunities and disaster risk,” a new study concludes.

U.S. Can Hit Net-Zero by 2050, Science Academy Concludes

A respected advisory group of scientists and doctors in the United States has compiled more than 80 recommendations to accelerate the “essential and possible” task of decarbonizing the entire country by 2050.

Old Quebec Church Reborn As Food Security Sanctuary

Nearly a hundred years after it was built for people seeking spiritual nourishment, a small church house near Quebec City is being transformed to help put actual food on the community table.

Seniors Affordable Housing Retrofit Cuts Energy by 50%, Emissions by 93%

A Vancouver organization with a 70-year history of delivering affordable housing for people who need it is renovating two decades-old seniors housing buildings to the Passive House energy efficiency standard, thanks in part to a C$10-million grant from the Green Municipal Fund (GMF).

Montreal Gas Plan Delivers Small Savings, Aims for Bigger Momentum

Montreal has introduced a ban on gas connections in smaller new buildings that will only eliminate 400 tonnes of climate pollution per year, but is meant to set the direction for bigger savings.

Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2023: Galvanizing Regional Action for a Sustainable Future

The Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW) takes centre stage today as it convenes regional stakeholders to showcase climate action, encourage heightened ambition, and build regional momentum towards impactful outcomes at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai.

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Governments Have Failed in Latin America’s Fight Against Climate Change

Climate change, as we are discovering first-hand today, means an increase in natural disasters such as droughts, intense storms, water scarcity,

Big Oil could pay dearly for decades of climate change denial

Dave Dickey writes about a lawsuit filed by California and other states in his latest column. He explains: “By the late 1980s, climate change discussion had entered the political landscape. And it wasn’t pretty.” 

Up-to-2.5GW green hydrogen hub in Australia ‘to begin construction early next year’ after $45m federal grant

In a pre-recorded speech shown to delegates at the Asia-Pacific Hydrogen Summit in Sydney, federal climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen said that construction on the first phase would now begin on the Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub (CQ-H2) “early next year”.

'Clean hydrogen is the most economic decarbonisation option for Japan ­— but how can we import it?'

Despite government-backed pilots exploring liquid hydrogen, ammonia and methylcyclohexane as H2 carriers, industry remains split on which will be most cost-effective option

'Paper electrolysers' | Nel CEO disputes analyst claims of looming overcapacity problem for green hydrogen

The CEO of Norwegian electrolyser manufacturer Nel, Håkon Volldal, has pushed back on analyst warnings that the green hydrogen industry faces a looming mismatch between electrolyser manufacturing capacity and the scale of equipment that will actually be installed in the short term.

Beleaguered hydrogen truck maker Nikola wins millions in compensation from disgraced former CEO

Hydrogen truck manufacturer Nikola has won $165m from a settlement with its founder and former CEO Trevor Milton, convicted of multiple counts of fraud, to recover costs from a government and regulatory investigation and $125m civil penalty during his time at the company.

IEA downgrades amount of clean hydrogen needed by 2030 for net zero scenario

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has reduced its estimate of how much clean hydrogen the world will need in the short term in a scenario consistent with reaching net zero — and keeping global warming below 1.5°C — in its latest World Energy Outlook.