Paris Agreement Entry into Force Set to be Triggered this Week Following EU Approval
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Budget & Policy
Obama Stresses Need for Realistic Path Forward on Climate
The world cannot flip a switch and be entirely climate friendly overnight, President Barack Obama said Monday evening during the White House’s South by South Lawn event. Speaking with actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, the president explained that climate change must be addressed realistically. “I say all that not because […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Kemper Plant Falls a Month Behind, Full Operation Now Expected by Nov. 30
The Kemper County Energy Facility will not reach full operation by the end of October, as project owner Mississippi Power had anticipated in the last few months. The carbon capture and storage project is now expected to reach that milestone by the end of November, a delay that will cost the company $33.2 million, according […]
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International
Trudeau Gives Canadian Provinces Carbon Pricing Ultimatum
Canadian provinces have until 2018 to adopt a carbon pricing mechanism, be it a carbon tax or carbon market, or the national government will do it for them, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons on Monday morning. “If neither price nor cap-and-trade is in place by 2018, the government of Canada will […]
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Budget & Policy
Today’s Youth Will Have to Foot Bill for Costly Negative Carbon Tech, Report Finds
Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius may require investing hundreds of trillions of dollars in negative carbon technologies, a bill that will fall to today’s youth to pay, Columbia University climate scientist James Hansen said in a report Monday. “The scenarios assume that young people are going to somehow figure out how to […]