Here’s why the most efficient oilsands companies will pay more under Alberta’s new carbon tax — Financial Post

CALGARY — Alberta’s new carbon tax on large emitters is friendlier to the oil and gas industry, but analysts warn that some of the most efficient facilities will end up paying more in tax than under the previous NDP government. Read More

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IFC provides $150m for green investments in Ukraine — Energy Live News

The IFC, a member of the World Bank, is providing a financing package of up to $50 million (£39m) for sustainable energy investments in Ukraine. OTP Leasing will use the financing to particularly help small and medium sized businesses to invest in energy efficient machinery and upgrade their facilities with modern equipment to support a…

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Pueblo, Colorado breaks 102-year-old snowfall record — Ice Age Now

Breaks record set in 1917, with more snow – and cold! – on the way. Temps dropping to 2 degrees (-16.7C). Monday’s snowfall of 3.8 inches broke the old record of 2.9 inches set in 1917, said Eric Petersen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo. On Tuesday, snow continued to fall across…

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Australia invests $1bn to improve power grid reliability — Energy Live News

The Australian Government is providing fresh investment totalling $1 billion (£0.5bn) for projects that help improve the reliability of the electricity grid. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Grid Reliability Fund for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) for investment in new energy generation, storage and transmission infrastructure. The CEFC mobilises capital investment in renewable…

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RUSSIA TO WATER DOWN NEW CLIMATE CHANGE PLANS — climate science

Forget Paris: Russia Rejects Climate Change Plan After Business UproarThe Moscow Times, 17 October 2019 Russia’s largest companies have killed off plans to introduce individual emissions quotas and a carbon trading system. The Russian government has drastically watered-down its new package of climate change legislation after push-back from the country’s leading businesses, the Kommersant…

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