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Sustainable investing experts say TC Energy Corp.s plan to decarbonize the Keystone XL pipeline is unlikely to save its fortunes, as a growing movement to divest from fossil fuels gains political clout. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden intends to sign an executive order on inauguration day to rescind the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline issued by his predecessor Donald Trump, according to transition documents. The company in turn announced that its plan for the Keystone XL projec...

Africas Electricity Unlikely To Go Green This Decade By Firtsname Lastname Title | Company, if any LONDON - New research today from the University of Oxford predicts that total electricity generation across the African continent will double by 2030, with fossil fuels continuing to dominate the energy mix posing potential risk to global climate change commitments. The study, published in Nature Energy, uses a state-of-the art machine-learning technique to analyse the pipeline of more than 2,50...

New research from the University of Oxford predicts that total electricity generation across the African continent will double by 2030, with fossil fuels continuing to dominate the energy mix, posing potential risk to global climate change commitments. The study, published in Nature Energy, uses a state-of-the art machine-learning technique to analyse the pipeline of more than 2,500 currently-planned power plants and their chances of being successfully commissioned. It shows the share of non-hy...

As wealthy countries go green and decarbonize their energy systems, African nations are locking in increasing greenhouse gas emissions as they strive to double energy production, with potential implications for global climate action, a new study has warned. Despite large parts of Africa being rich in renewable energy resources, fossil fuels such as coal and ...

Deep retrofit and stimulus With governments across Europe looking for ways to jump start their economies following the early impact of Covid-19, attention is increasingly turning to deep retrofit. But while there is strong evidence that deep retrofit could play a major role, the devil will be in the detail – and the challenge of dramatically upscaling a nascent industry shouldn’t be underestimated. This article was originally published in issue 34 of Passive House Plus magazine. Wa...

Today’s obituaries: Daniel McCort was a CNY stand-up comedian, musician, artist Updated Jan 08, 2021; Daniel T. McCort, 38, died January 1, 2021, after a brief illness. Born and raised in Syracuse, he attended H.W. Smith School, Christian Brothers Academy, Fayetteville Manlius High School, Onondaga Community College, Drew University and Syracuse University, where he earned his master of arts degree in broadcasting media and film production in May of 2020. He was a comedian on the Upstate New...

A number of Canadian politicians have been caught flouting public health advice by going on vacations over the holidays, and Air Canada is now facing scrutiny for trying to convince regular Canadians to do the same.

Share this article Share this article COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- After a year like 2020, with so much turmoil, is anyone even making new years resolutions? It feels like its resolve enough just to carry on from day to day. And while this is a moment, if ever there was one, to give yourself a pass on a full-scale, full new year resolution, you can still have meaningful goals that can help you this year, says Trevor A. Foulk, an assistant professor of management and organiz...

ORIGINAL STORY: In many spots, more than 2 inches had already fallen. Numerous spots in the Knoxville metro area were seeing backups, slick spots and some crashes. That included Chapman Highway. At 7 p.m., the Knoxville Police Department activated Level 2 of the Severe Weather Plan. That means officers are temporarily doubled up in severe weather cars, while supervisors are closely screening and monitoring calls. "Response may be altered/delayed. Interstates are passable but not advised," KPD t...

Boxing Day 2020 Is Expected To Be An Online Shopping Bonanza Retailers are expected to offer deep discounts and big deals as they try to clear out excess stock. Brett Bundale, Canadian Press Guido Mieth via Getty Images Canadian retailers are expected to offer deep discounts this Boxing Day in a bid to entice shoppers to buy up leftover holiday and seasonal goods and raise enough cash to endure the latest round of pandemic restrictions. Yet despite the rush of slashed prices and promotions al...