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Report: Canada and U.S. Are Top Public Funders for CCS with Nations Prepared to Inject $200 Million More

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Stockman noted that the vast majority of carbon capture projects in operation today capture emissions from oil and gas production and send the CO2 into oil wells to increase oil production using a process called Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) – canceling out any advantage CCS may have in preventing rising CO2 emissions. Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Pennsylvania Lets Polluter Resume Drilling in Protected Zone, Outraging Residents in Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

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On November 29, Coterra Energy and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) signed a consent order allowing the operator, one of the largest natural gas producers in the state, to drill laterally beneath an area that has been mostly fracking-free since 19 households found methane in their water in 2008 and 2009.

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Media Brief: COP26 and the implications for Canada

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At COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, richer countries pledged that they would collectively provide US$100 billion (CA$123 billion) per year by 2020. As part of its COP presidency, the U.K. Estimates suggest that goal has not been met , and the target likely won’t be reached until 2023. CARBON MARKETS. CLEAN TRANSPORTATION.

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What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

Renewable Energy World

Wealthy countries promised in 2009 to contribute $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing nations, a goal that has not been reached. Other objectives include phasing out coal use and generating solutions that preserve, restore or regenerate natural carbon sinks, such as forests. The U.S. , Courtesy: Johannes Plenio /Unsplash.

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House Republicans with Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry Head to COP26 Climate Talks

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A group of Republican members of Congress are traveling to Glasgow, Scotland, in order to attend COP26, the United Nations’ international climate negotiations meant to galvanize global action to cut greenhouse gas emissions. million from the oil, gas, and mining industries throughout their elected careers. In 2009, Sen.