Carbon & Sustainability
Shell fights charge that its climate stance harms human rights
Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:56 AM MST
Royal Dutch Shell plc is in court in The Hague for the final hearing in a landmark case that could…
B.C. behind on climate goals, sets new 2025 emissions target to stay on track
Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:31 AM MST
The British Columbia government is setting a new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 after determining it is further from…
Federal long-term plan to increase hydrogen use focuses on regional hubs
Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:14 AM MST
The federal government has introduced a plan to greatly increase the use of hydrogen as a low-carbon fuel to help…
BP acquires majority stake in U.S. forest carbon-offsets company
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 7:17 AM MST
BP plc acquired a majority stake in forest carbon-management company Finite Carbon, expanding on an initial investment made last year.…
Exxon sets new emissions goals following investor criticism
Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 7:13 AM MST
Exxon Mobil Corporation entered 2020 with a multiyear growth plan projected to significantly increase its greenhouse-gas emissions. Then came COVID-19…
China’s Xi takes small step to boost emission reduction goals
Monday, December 14, 2020, 6:25 AM MST
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced incremental increases to the world’s biggest emitter’s climate goals at a global summit where he…
‘It can no longer be free to pollute:' Updated climate plan includes carbon tax hikes
Monday, December 14, 2020, 6:08 AM MST
The federal government has released a $15-billion plan to meet its climate change commitments that includes steady increases to its…
Amazon to buy clean power from giant German offshore wind farm
Friday, December 11, 2020, 6:42 AM MST
Amazon.com Inc. will buy power for 10 years from a giant wind farm planned off the coast of Germany, a…
EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all night talks
Friday, December 11, 2020, 6:30 AM MST
European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent…
Tipping point? Experts say the Paris agreement changed the climate on climate
Friday, December 11, 2020, 6:21 AM MST
Five years after it was passed, the Paris agreement may finally be changing the climate on climate change. “I've always…
There’s a plan to bury Asia’s carbon emissions under the sea
Monday, December 7, 2020, 7:25 AM MST
Australian and Japanese companies are studying plans to capture carbon dioxide from industrial emitters in Asia and store it under…
Small modular reactors challenge natural gas
Monday, December 7, 2020, 6:51 AM MST
The first operators of miniature nuclear reactors described their job as “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon” because of…
