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China’s Transition From Coal To Renewable Is Making A Big Dent In Global CO2 Emmisions

The dramatic energy change in China has helped halt the rise of global CO2 emissions for the first time since the first climate change treaty was signed almost three decades ago.

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By Zachary Davies Boren
In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, solar panels at a solar power farm soaks in the sun in northwestern China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

Carbon emissions from China’s energy sector stalled last year for the third year running — as coal use fell again and solar deployment nearly doubled. The newly released government figures, analyzed by Greenpeace, also suggest that emissions are on track to fall this year by around 1%. That would make it the longest stretch of stable or

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What You Need To Know About CETA: The Newly Approved EU-Canada Trade Deal

The main purpose of CETA isn’t tariff elimination, which is at an all time low, its regulatory cooperation.

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By Zachary Davies Boren
Activists stage a demonstration against the so-called CETA trade deal outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Feb.15, 2017. (AP/Jean-Francois Badias)

The EU-Canada trade deal CETA has been approved by the European Parliament by a vote of 408 to 254, with 33 abstentions. The deal is now set to be voted on by national and regional parliaments across Europe.   Union letter In a last minute intervention, Britain’s biggest unions wrote to Labour MEPs urging them to oppose

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What Has Trump Done To The Environment So Far?

Energy and environment has featured prominently in the President’s plans, so let’s cut through the noise and get to the truth.

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By Zachary Davies Boren
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., points to a chart as he questions Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during Pruitt's confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(ANALYSIS) --- “Environmentalism is out of control.” That’s Donald Trump, speaking at a press conference with auto industry CEOs in his first week as US President. As he spoke, reports emerged that he was preparing to sign executive orders to revive the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines. It was just the

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Exxon Heading Back To The Arctic Once Russia Sanctions Are Lifted

The move comes as Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump’s likely nominee for Secretary of State.

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By Zachary Davies Boren
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson shake hands at a signing ceremony of an agreement between state-controlled Russian oil company Rosneft and Exxon Mobil corporation at the Black Sea port of Tuapse, southern Russia, Friday, June 15, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

ExxonMobil will return to its Arctic partnership with Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft once the US government lifts sanctions against Moscow, a top executive said earlier this year. According to a Reuters report from April, Glenn Waller – who heads up Exxon’s operations in Russia – announced that the US oil giant had not given up on its

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Leaked Memo Outlines Trump’s Energy Agenda

The memo– ‘from the desk of Thomas Pyle’ – celebrates the Republican party victory in last month’s election, excitedly claiming that Trump will adopt what he describes as ‘pro-energy’ and ‘pro-market’ policies.

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By Zachary Davies Boren

President-elect Donald Trump is set to gut US environmental regulations, open up federal lands for fossil fuel extraction, and quit the Paris climate agreement, according to documents seen by Energydesk. A memo penned by Thomas Pyle, head of the Department of Energy transition team, and obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, lists 14

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UK Financiers Bankrolling Dakota Access Pipeline Builder

In the last 5 years Barclays, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have together bankrolled pipeline firm Energy Transfer Partners and its subsidiaries to the tune of more than $800 million.

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By Zachary Davies Boren
In this image provided by Morton County Sheriff’s Department, law enforcement and protesters clash near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Cannon Ball, N.D. The clash came as protesters sought to push past a bridge on a state highway that had been blockaded since late October, according to the Morton County Sheriff's Office. (Morton County Sheriff’s Department via AP)

Some of Britain’s biggest banks have loaned hundreds of millions of pounds to the company building the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, according to an Energydesk analysis. In the last 5 years Barclays, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have together bankrolled pipeline firm Energy Transfer Partners and its subsidiaries to the tune

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CETA: Canada Has Challenged The EU’s Chemical Regulations 21 Times

Canada – like the United States – takes issue with the European approach to regulation, which is described as the ‘precautionary principle’.

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By Zachary Davies Boren
A man protests against international trade agreements TTIP and CETA in front of EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.

The Canadian government raised concerns over the European Union’s regulations on chemicals on more than 20 occasions over the course of a decade, according to a letter seen by Energydesk. In a note sent to the Belgian government on October 19, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) claims that the Canadian state challenged the

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