Coal

In Germany, wind turbines are being torn down to make way for a coal mine — and RBC is financing it

20/09/23

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John Woodside

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Wind turbines are being dismantled to make way for a coal mine expansion in Germany. Photo via BUND NRW/X (Twitter)

Sept. 20, 2023

Wind turbines are being dismantled to make way for a massive coal mine expansion in Germany, and Canada’s largest bank RBC is helping pay for it using “sustainable” finance.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

California sues oil giants alleging ‘climate risks deception’

17/09/23

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Al Jazerra

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Al Jazerra

Lawsuit to put the spotlight on the fossil fuel industry while seeking compensation for future damage caused by climate-related disasters [File: Bing Guan/Reuters]

Sept. 16, 2023

Five oil majors are accused of downplaying the risks posed by fossil fuels since the 1950s, The New York Times reports.

The US state of California has sued five oil giants for their alleged role in downplaying the risk posed by fossil fuels while causing tens of billions of dollars in damage, The New York Times has reported.

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Oil & Gas Companies Are Forging a Suicide Pact With Mother Earth

10/09/23

Author:

Ralph Nader

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Common Dreams

Burned cars and destroyed buildings are pictured in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. (Photo by Paula Ramon / AFP)

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Fossil fuels being subsidised at rate of $13m a minute, says IMF

26/08/23

Author:

Damian Carrington

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The Guardian

Ending fossil fuel subsidies should be the centrepiece of climate action, the IMF said. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Aug. 24, 2023

Oil, gas and coal benefited from $7tn in support in 2022 despite being primary cause of climate crisis

Fossil fuels benefited from record subsidies of $13m (£10.3m) a minute in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund, despite being the primary cause of the climate crisis.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The Dangerous Contrivance of “Climate Change”

24/08/23

Author:

Kirkpatrick Sale

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Counterpunch

Aug. 24, 2023

It’s time to put an end to this whole “climate change” contrivance.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Climate change: Why action on the crisis is all hot air

16/08/23

Author:

Jonathan Cook

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Middle East Eye

A firefighter tackles a wildfire in the Mojave National Preserve, California, on 30 July 2023 (AFP)

Aug. 11, 2023

Neoliberalism's relentless cheerleaders are largely unchallenged in their dangerous belief that capitalism's growth paradigm can be squared with sustainability. It may cost us the Earth

The debate about the climate crisis should have been settled in the early 1990s. And yet, three decades later, the extent, imminence and even existence of a looming catastrophe are still hotly disputed. That is not by accident.

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Montana Judge Rules Fossils Extraction Violates Kids' Rights

14/08/23

Author:

Julia Conley

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Common Dreams

Youth plaintiffs await the start of the nation's first youth climate change trial at Montana's First Judicial District Court on June 12, 2023 in Helena, Montana. (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images)

Aug. 14, 2023

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B.C.’s dirty little secret: it is ramping up thermal coal exports

14/08/23

Author:

Derrick O'Keefe

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Ricochet Media

Aug. 14, 2023

As wildfires rage around the world, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison is doubling down on the dirtiest fossil fuel

British Columbia continues to expand its exports of the dirtiest fossil fuel on Earth. And even though Canada’s federal government has promised to end thermal coal exports by 2030, B.C.’s richest person keeps increasing his investment in Canada’s busiest coal export terminal.

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Is Earth close to ‘the great dying’?

06/08/23

Author:

Thom Hartmann

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Nation of Change

Image credit: Pixabay - Globe sinking into the sea

Aug. 4, 2023

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Gas Has Same Climate Clout as Coal - New Study as New Gas Plants Planned in Canada

23/07/23

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Primary Author: Compiled by Mitchell Beer

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The Energy Mix

gas fired power plant - Peoplepoweredbyenergy/Wikimedia Commons

July 18, 2023

Natural gas can carry as severe a climate impact as coal, a new study from the United States warned late last week, just as an Ontario power producer proposed a new gas-fired generating station in the Niagara Region city of Thorold.

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Coal

Five oil majors are accused of downplaying the risks posed by fossil fuels since the 1950s, The New York Times reports.

Oil, gas and coal benefited from $7tn in support in 2022 despite being primary cause of climate crisis

Neoliberalism's relentless cheerleaders are largely unchallenged in their dangerous belief that capitalism's growth paradigm can be squared with sustainability. It may cost us the Earth

As wildfires rage around the world, Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison is doubling down on the dirtiest fossil fuel

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