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Energy
U.S. sees surge in renewable energy over last decade

Renewables now account for 22% of U.S. electricity, thanks in part to growth in solar and wind. Can the Inflation Reduction Act help deliver a 100% clean grid?

Finance
Will free speech derail North America’s climate finance agenda?

As lawsuits challenging climate-risk disclosure rules multiply in the United States, Canada’s climate finance policies could be next in line

Transportation
Here's how major car companies rank on 'clean' supply chains

Ford, Mercedes-Benz earned top scores but the car industry has a long way to go to equitable, fossil-free, sustainable supply chains

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Energy
Canada’s LNG industry says it will reduce Asian emissions. Prove it.

The burden of proof on the sustainability of liquefied natural gas must lie with the would-be exporters who are demanding preferential government policies

Transportation
Fossil fuel lobby pulls out all the stops against new car emissions rules in the US

The EPA rule limits tailpipe emissions from new cars starting in 2027, which the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers likens to a “ban” on gas cars in a hyperbolic ad campaign

Climate
Despite claims to the contrary, industrial carbon pricing is working well

OPINION | The battle over the carbon tax isn’t the whole story. Industrial carbon pricing is good at reducing emissions, good for business and good for competitiveness.

ClimateSpring 2024
Is it time to axe the carbon tax?

OPINION | The current ‘take no prisoners’ political battle over Canada’s carbon tax threatens what climate progress has been made. There is a compromise that could lower the temperature.

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Energy
Nuclear is back. Dealing with radioactive waste is tomorrow’s problem.

OPINION | Proponents portray nuclear as a ‘limitless’ source of carbon-free electricity, but few countries have a long-term strategy for dealing with spent fuel

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Transportation
Biden takes 'critical step' to decarbonize transportation with new tailpipe rules

Should the regulation survive legal challenges, it will avoid more than 7 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions over the next 30 years

FinanceSpring 2024
The nuclear option

Should climate-conscious investors consider ‘green’ nuclear energy bonds or rule them out because of long delays, cost overruns, and safety and waste risks?

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