Environment

Column: City of Vancouver, FortisBC collaborate on climate action

Canada

FortisBC will present its long-term resource plan to the B.C. Utilities Commission Thursday By Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze That the City of Vancouver and FortisBC have agreed to collaborate on climate action is positive news. It is heartening to see FortisBC collaboratively engage to explore its role in the low-carbon economy. How far this new way of thinking has […]

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US energy-related CO2 emissions fell in most states from 2005 to 2015

USA

 California is third-lowest emitter on a per capita basis Between 2005 and 2015, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions decreased in 43 states (including the District of Columbia) and increased in 8 states, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. On a per capita basis, energy-related CO2 emissions decreased in 49 states (including the District of Columbia)

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Growth in global energy-related CO2 emissions expected to slow

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 Technology improvements mitigate population growth-related increases in energy demand EIA projects that growth in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy-related sources will slow despite increasing energy consumption, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2017 (Reference case) projects that energy-related CO2 emissions will grow 0.6 per cent per year from 2015 to

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American CO2 emissions from coal fell by record amount in 2015, led by Texas and Midwest

USA

Most decrease in coal-fired electricity generation was replaced with increases in natural gas-fired generation Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with coal consumption in the United States fell by a record 231 million metric tons in 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. More than 60 per cent of the annual decrease occurred in 10

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US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions expected to fall in 2017 but rise in 2018

USA

Non-carbon electricity generation (primarily hydro power) to decline by 5 billion kWh Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell in both 2015 and 2016, and they are expected to fall again in 2017, based on forecasts in EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook. However, EIA forecasts a 2.2 per cent increase in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2018. An annual

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Texas pipeline rupture forces evacuations, shut down of Magellan pipeline

USA

Texas pipeline rupture near Bastrop A Texas pipeline rupture near the city of Bastrop on Thursday morning spilled about 1,200 barrels of oil and forced the evacuation of nearby residents. The Longhorn pipeline is operated by Magellan Midstream Partners and transports crude from Crane, Texas to Houston.  The line ruptured about 4 miles southwest of

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Trump’s coal plan disastrous, sends US energy “back to the past”: Vatican

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US energy, climate decisions like a “boomerang that will come back…especially to poor people” On Friday, a senior Vatican official said Pope Francis was concerned that under the Trump administration, US energy and climate policy was sending the country “back to the past” after decisions were made to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and

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