In late 2024, Germany’s cartel office initiated an investigation into significant power price volatility. Concerns arose over potential supply withholding by energy firms during “dunkelflaute” periods—times of low wind and solar energy production. With renewables comprising 80% of Germany’s energy mix, the shift from fossil fuels has led […]
Listen to this interview with the Danish climate minister closing down the oil industry for good.
Dan Jørgensen has agreed the world’s most ambitious climate goal with a promise to cut 70% of emissions by 2030 Denmark’s climate minister is fairly certain that the deal to close down the nation’s oil industry by 2050, announced on Friday morning, marks the biggest moment in his career. “I […]
Even if humanity stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, Earth will warm for centuries to come and oceans will rise by metres, according to a controversial modelling study published Thursday. Natural drivers of global warming — more heat-trapping clouds, thawing permafrost, and shrinking sea ice — already set in […]
The Japanese government has said it will cut the country’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in the latest sign of growing momentum on international climate action. Yoshihide Suga, who was elected prime minister last month, said curbing emissions was no longer a brake on economic growth. […]
The new Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, is facing additional international pressure over the weekend, amid reports that Japan will be accelerating plans to dump millions of gallons of radioactive water directly into the ocean. Reports have being widely circulated among Japan’s leading news agency and across international media that suggest the decision has already […]
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Hon. Navdeep Bains, announced a $20 million investment in Terrestrial Energy to accelerate development of the company’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) power plant. This is the first such investment from the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) announcing support for a Small Modular Reactor […]
$20M investment will help preserve 186 jobs and create 52 co-op placements, says Ottawa. The federal government says it’s investing $20 million in the nuclear industry to help Canada meet its target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The investment in Oakville Ontario’s Terrestrial Energy is meant to […]
Public use of previously protected lands and water quality of Oldman River threatened after Alberta rescinds 44-year-old coal policy, paving way for Grassy Mountain Coal Project SERIOUSLY! WHO IS TILL INVESTING IN COAL??? Laura Laing can’t imagine how her family would run their cow-calf operation without their Mount […]
Prince George plant will grind ancient cedar and hemlock into pellets to be burned for fuel overseas, destroying forest that’s home to endangered caribou and vast stores of carbon. Sean O’Rourke was hiking in B.C.’s globally rare inland rainforest this spring when pink flagging tape indicating a planned cutblock caught […]
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