Fossil Fuels

• Fossil fuel phase out ‘essential and inevitable,’ UN chief says

  Nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit last month to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change.

  World

  Jan 17
  
• COP28: Fossil fuels agreement elusive as conference enters final days

  The COP28 climate negotiations entered crunch time on Monday with countries set for a final summit face-off over whether to reach a global agreement to phase out fossil fuels.

  World

  Dec 11, 2023
  
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• Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28. How many are Canadians?

  Only two countries – Brazil (3,081) and hosts U.A.E (4,409) – had more representatives than the oil and gas industry, a new report says.

  Politics

  Dec 5, 2023
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• To phase out or phase down fossil fuels? Inside the debate at COP28

  After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators Tuesday zeroed in on the tough job of dealing with the main cause of what's overheating the planet.

  World

  Dec 5, 2023
• COP28: A Canadian lawyer’s backchannel strategy to force polluters to act

  A Canadian human rights lawyer is trying a different approach to compel the world's biggest polluters to compel nations to drastically lower their emissions.

  Environment

  Dec 2, 2023
• Napanee, Ont. council defers decision on gas plant expansion

  Climate activists and members of the community voiced their opposition to the proposal, with a large number of deputations stating their case to council.

  Environment

  Nov 15, 2023
• Canada, other countries failing to meet climate change targets: report

  Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep climate change in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2023
• Humanity has ‘opened the gates of hell’: UN climate summit hears grim warning

  Antonio Guterres delivered the comments on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, as politicians, as well as activists, business and civil society leaders met for the summit. 

  World

  Sep 20, 2023
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• Canada must do more in ‘make-or-break’ global climate moment, groups urge

  Over 250 environmental, labour, health and faith organizations from around the world are urging Justin Trudeau to cap greenhouse gas emissions by Canada's oil and gas sector.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2023
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• Oil companies can only decarbonize as fast as the rest of the economy: Shell Canada

  While Shell has its own net-zero ambitions, Susannah Pierce said the speed of global decarbonization is dependent on the entire economy transitioning, not just the energy sector.

  Environment

  Sep 15, 2023