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The Energy Mix 05/19/2020, brought to you by Energy Mix Productions and Smarter Shift
 
 
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Biden Pledges to Cancel Keystone XL
 
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is promising to cancel the intensely controversial Keystone XL pipeline after he enters the White House in January.
 
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Saudi Arabia Buys Into Canadian Tar Sands/Oil Sands as Norwegian Wealth Fund Declares Blacklist

Saudi Arabia bought into Canada’s two biggest tar sands/oil sands companies, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund jumped ship, and the World Economic Forum highlighted the slow pace of carbon reductions in the Canadian oil and gas industry, as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil global fossil markets.

 
 

 

Spain’s Green Recovery Bill Pledges 350,000 Jobs Per Year, Sets 2050 Net-Zero Target, Halts All New Fossil Projects

The Spanish government is expected to table a draft law today that will aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, call an immediate halt to new coal, oil, and gas projects, and ground the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic in a green transition.

 
 

 

Tar Sands/Oil Sands ‘Man Camp’ Drives COVID-19 Spread to Five Provinces

While actions taken to contain the COVID-19 outbreak at Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake tar sands/oil sands mine seem to have slowed infection rates, both labour and community officials are calling for a ban on fly-in workers, a labour model that has proven literally deadly in its power to both incubate and spread the virus.

 
 

 
 
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Week 20, May 18: Green Industry

In 2017 heavy industry produced 73 Mt of CO2e, accounting for 10% of Canada’s emissions, including non-fossil-fuel mining, smelting and refining, and the production and processing of industrial goods such as fertilizer, paper and cement.

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COVID-19 meets The Climate Emergency. How do they relate? Guy Dauncey’s 26-Week Climate Transition Program for Canada is an off-carbon roadmap for the 2020s, for when we emerge from the pandemic. We’re publishing a different segment each week until the series is complete. Click here for our latest, here for the whole series.

 
 
 

 

Judges Reverse Ford Government Bid to Cancel Cornwall-Area Wind Farm

The 100-megawatt Nation Rise Wind Farm near Cornwall, Ontario is back on the boards, following a court decision that quashed the last-minute decision by Environment Minister Jeff Yurek to cancel the project in December.

 
 

 

1.5¢ Per Kilowatt-Hour: New Mexico Solar Project to Deliver Power at Record-Low Price

A state regulator has approved two new projects that will deliver electricity in southern New Mexico and west Texas at the record-low prices of just US1.5¢ per kilowatt-hour for solar and 2.1¢ for solar plus storage.

 
 

 

Better EV Policies Could Jump-Start $110 Billion in Canadian GDP

A shift in policy could jump-start Canada’s domestic EV market, generating nearly 800,000 jobs and $110 billion in GDP by 2040, according to a recent report co-authored by the International Council on Clean Transportation and the Pembina Institute.

 
 

 

COVID-19 Wipes Out Nearly 600,000 U.S. Clean Energy Jobs

The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out nearly 600,000 energy efficiency and renewable energy jobs in the United States, more than twice as many as the country has created since 2017, and the numbers are set to rise through the spring, according to an analysis of U.S. Department of Labor data released last week by Washington, DC-based Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).

 
 

 

‘Landmark Decision’ Blocks Fracked Gas Pipeline in New York State

In what Politico is calling a “landmark decision” grounded in New York State’s “sweeping climate law”, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration has rejected a permit for the US$1-billion Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline to supply fracked natural gas to Long Island and New York City.

 
 

 

Biden Names Ocasio-Cortez, Kerry to Co-Chair Climate Task Force

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden took a major step last week toward unifying his party for the fall election, appointing Green New Deal architect Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and former secretary of state John Kerry to co-chair what one analyst called “the Climate Dream Team of Democrats”.

 
 

 

Rockefeller Fund Shows Five-Year Gain After Dropping Fossil Investments

In defiance of market predictions, the US$1.1-billion Rockefeller Brothers Fund has surpassed its benchmarks since an almost complete divestment from fossil fuels five years ago—proving that what was once dismissed as a “symbolic gesture” was in fact an act of significant financial acuity.

 
 

 

Edmonton Lays Plans to Reboot, Diversify Local Economy

A new agency unanimously approved by city council in Edmonton, Alberta will oversee the creation of a post–COVID-19 economy—equipped with a C$11-million budget and an advisory table that adds foreign investment, trade, and tourism interests to the usual oil and gas voices. 

 
 

 
 
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Top Headlines
B.C. Unveils Orphan Wells Plan
Rock Bottom Oil Prices Push Fossils Out of Arctic Drilling
Norwegian Fossils Angle for Better Bailout
30 Workers Test Positive for COVID on Equatorial Guinea Oil Platform
Scotland Okays 50-Turbine, 240-MW Offshore Wind Farm
 
CARBON-FREE TRANSITION
Scotland Okays 50-Turbine, 240-MW Offshore Wind Farm
Campaigners Get Ex-Exxon Exec Demoted on JPMorgan Chase Board
Bankrupt West Virginia Coal Plant Was One of U.S.’s Newest, Most Efficient
Australian Coal Miner Delays Decision on $700-Million Expansion
China Grid Devotes $383M to EV Charging Network
 
Community Resilience
Passive House Design Can Slow COVID’s Spread
Communities Bear Environmental Justice Burden During Pandemic
Google Looks to Maximize Renewables by Shifting Loads at Data Centres
Offshore Wind Emerges as Lifeline for Oilfield Service Contractors
Thinning Forests Before Drought Could Limit Tree Loss
 
Climate Crisis
30 Workers Test Positive for COVID on Equatorial Guinea Oil Platform
Virus Forces Retirees to Shelter Near Colorado Fracking Site
U.S. Coal Gets $117M Subsidy for Questionable Carbon Capture Schemes
Ohio Utilities, Gas Companies Gang Up Against Village’s Clean Energy Target
Saudi Aramco Pulls ‘Sustainable’ Oil Claims After 60+ Complaints
 
Canada
B.C. Unveils Orphan Wells Plan
Ontario Company Plans New Cobalt Refinery for EV Batteries
New Task Force Touts Hydrogen for Alberta’s ‘Industrial Heartland’
Alberta Designer Looks to Net-Zero Renovations
Canada’s Green Municipal Fund Traces Success Factors from First 20 Years
 
U.S.
Rock Bottom Oil Prices Push Fossils Out of Arctic Drilling
Minnesota Power Co-op Plans Coal Shutdown
U.S. Fossil States Want Funds to Plug Orphan Wells
Clean Power ‘Hammers’ U.S. Nuclear During Pandemic
U.S. Airlines Fly Empty ‘Ghost Planes’ to Qualify for Federal Bailout
 
International
Norwegian Fossils Angle for Better Bailout
Japan Signals Cuts to Coal Lending
Collapse of Massive Crane Could Delay UK Offshore Wind Projects
EU Solar Generation Jumps 28% During Month of Lockdown
Traditional Sheep Farming in Wales Could Fall Victim to Changing Climate
 
 
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