Trump administration sues Vermont, New York, Michigan, and Hawaii over state climate actions
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits against Vermont, New York, Michigan, and Hawaii in federal courts this week, targeting state efforts to seek damages from fossil fuel companies from alleged climate harms.
Read MoreBRIEFING: ‘Generational’ opportunity at present for energy transition, investors say
Lower company valuations and a surge in demand for power present a good opportunity to deploy capital into the energy transition, panellists said during a summit Wednesday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Louisiana CCS remains highly contentious, state representatives hear
Louisiana state representatives heard from numerous residents at odds with carbon capture and storage (CCS) during a committee meeting Tuesday that ran several hours into overtime.
Read MoreCanada re-elects Liberals, with new PM Carney to build on decade of climate policy experience
Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals won Monday’s Canadian federal election, in a remarkable reversal of fortune just months after they were projected to lose to the opposition Conservatives by 20-30 percentage points.
Read MoreBrazil’s $125 bln fund fails to protect tropical forests -report
Brazil’s emergent $125 billion “Tropical Forest Forever Facility” fund, set to be launched at COP30, fails to finance forest preservation actors, environmental advocacy non-profits said in a report Thursday.
Read MoreFEATURE: Canadian election juggles fossil fuels, decarbonisation in face of Trump
Canada’s leading political parties are positioning energy expansion and fossil fuel decarbonisation as competing primary ideologies ahead of the country’s impending federal election.
Read MoreSouth Dakota regulators reject CO2 pipeline permit
A major US CO2 pipeline project faces uncertainty as South Dakota regulators rejected its permit application for the second time in a narrow vote Tuesday.
Read MoreNorth Dakota landowners take CO2 storage law to state’s highest court
A North Dakota law on CO2 storage is being challenged in the state’s highest court after it was dismissed in a lower district court last year.
Read MoreUS appeals court temporarily halts order to unfreeze federal climate funds
A US appeals court ruling last week means several non-profits still do not have access to their climate funds, even after a federal judge directed Citibank and the EPA to cease their “unlawful” suspension of funding.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Canada’s Green Party centres affordability, sovereignty in climate-oriented election bid
The Green Party of Canada would re-establish Canada’s carbon tax, given a chance at the helm, though the group’s co-leader said she hopes to broaden support for climate action beyond its environmental benefits.
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