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Trump Administration Finalizes Plan to Open Oil Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge – The New York Times

Source: Trump Administration Finalizes Plan to Open Oil Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge – The New York Times

Europe’s Big Oil Companies Are Turning Electric – The New York Times

Source: Europe’s Big Oil Companies Are Turning Electric – The New York Times

This may turn out to be the year that oil giants, especially in Europe, started looking more like electric companies.

Late last month, Royal Dutch Shell won a deal to build a vast wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. Earlier in […]

New Model for Pricing Carbon Will Help Meet Net-Zero Climate Change Goals

Source: New Model for Pricing Carbon Will Help Meet Net-Zero Climate Change Goals

New York, NY – An article released today by researchers at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy in the journal Nature Climate Change introduces a new approach for pricing carbon — Near-term to Net Zero. As policymakers and advocates increasingly focus […]

EarthBeat Weekly: Indigenous peoples face multiple risks | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

Source: EarthBeat Weekly: Indigenous peoples face multiple risks | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the Americas, especially in countries with weak health-care systems, the region’s original peoples are among those suffering most. At particular risk are groups in South America that live in isolation, following a semi-nomadic lifestyle. […]

Bill McKibben: Canada’s Largest Ice Shelf Collapses

Source: Daily Newsletter

And, as this week demonstrated, either we seize the suddenly vivid possibilities for a rapid energy transformation, or we watch the world disintegrate. On Ellesmere Island, in the Arctic, Canada’s largest remaining ice shelf (an area significantly larger than Manhattan) collapsed over the course of two days. “Above normal air temperatures, offshore winds and […]

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