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
Daily Archives: 31. October 2019
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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Proof That Carbon Taxes Work — Real Climate Science
Boulder’s carbon tax has been astonishingly effective. How Boulder Taxed its Way to a Climate-Friendlier Future | InsideClimate News Temperatures at NCAR never made it out of single digits for 24 hours. Winter Park Resort to open Saturday, earliest first … Continue reading →
All-time record cold sweeps Alberta — Ice Age Now
30 Oct 2019 – Brutal Arctic air anomalously far south for the time of year. The mercury in Banff plunged to -23.3C (-9.9F) on Monday morning, a new daily low for October 29, eclipsing the previous record of -22.6C (-8.7F) set in 1991. The temperature in the Bow Valley area sank to -23.2C (-9.8F), beating…
Global warming policies wreaking havoc — CFACT
Policies imposed by politicians to address purported man-made global warming are worse than fruitless; they are increasingly counter-productive and harmful to ordinary citizens. The post Global warming policies wreaking havoc appeared first on CFACT.
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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The World’s Fastest-Thinning Glacier Identified — Livescience.com
Scientists have identified the world’s fastest-thinning glacier: a stream of rapidly-retreating ice in Patagonia.
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All-time record cold sweeps Alberta — Ice Age Now
30 Oct 2019 – Brutal Arctic air anomalously far south for the time of year. The mercury in Banff plunged to -23.3C (-9.9F) on Monday morning, a new daily low for October 29, eclipsing the previous record of -22.6C (-8.7F) set in 1991. The temperature in the Bow Valley area sank to -23.2C (-9.8F), beating…