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Carbon
World’s Largest ‘Carbon Capture’ Facility Set for Construction in the US
The world’s largest “carbon capture” facility is now being built in the United States. The construction in Wyoming is known as “Project Bison”...
UK Set to Impose Carbon Price on Imported Goods to Combat ‘Carbon Leakage’
A climate campaigner warns that the policy is ‘economically illiterate,’ while a professor from Imperial has suggested that the UK should align with EU policy.
‘Intentional Attack’: Alberta and Saskatchewan React to Ottawa’s Oil and Gas Emissions Cap Announcement
The two premiers indicate they will fight back against the federal policy and protect their ‘constitutional right’ to develop their own energy sectors.
Ottawa to Require Oil and Gas Emissions to Be Cut by One-Third by 2030
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the emissions cap on oil and gas will ‘establish a pathway to carbon neutrality by 2050.’
Potential Levies On Imported Carbon Labelled ‘Betrayal of Taxpayers’ By Think Tank
Experts are divided over a move to align closer to EU laws, as the steel industry is set to suffer job losses as a result of plans to de-carbonise the sector.
Treasury Releases New Guidelines for Financial Institutions With Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goals
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the “physical impacts of climate change are impossible to ignore” and pointed to recent “record-breaking heatwaves.”
Companies With High ESG Scores Pollute as Much as Those With Low Ratings: Report
Businesses that rate high when it comes to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies are actually polluting just as much as those with low ESG ratings, according to new research.
