2023 Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Government 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). I’ll start off with the good.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 10, 2023
This year has brought new evidence of what major fossil fuel companies knew and when about the role their products play in climate change, as well as what they did in spite of what they knew. The House Oversight Committee investigation came to the same conclusion as the 2022 study: Accusations of greenwashing appear well-founded.
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Enviromental Defense
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Earlier this month at COP28 countries committed to transitioning off of fossil fuels and massively scaling up renewable energy instead. So you’re excused if, like me, you’re baffled by Minister Freeland’s first move in the wake of COP28: a giant new fossil fuel subsidy, via the new Canada Growth Fund.
Enviromental Defense
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Earlier this month the Government of Canada delivered on a key climate promise and released new rules which end public funding for fossil fuels abroad, starting January 1, 2023. If all signatories follow through on their pledge with integrity, it will directly shift $38 billion a year from fossil fuels to clean energy. .
Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 19, 2024
At COP28, countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels and accelerate action within the decade to achieve our global climate goals. Yet, federal and provincial governments and big polluters are denying the need to prepare workers and our economy for a transition away from the sector. years, and update every 5 years.
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 16, 2024
Paying taxes helps governments to fund the services we all depend on, like education, healthcare and funding programs to tackle the climate crisis. Taxes also allow the federal government to provide subsidies to support a specific industry, like sports or culture, or to achieve a desired social outcome. Climate disasters cost us money.
Enviromental Defense
DECEMBER 8, 2022
So far this year the federal government has provided the oil and gas sector with $18.4 It’s a staggering amount of taxpayer money that is being used to prop up the very companies most responsible for fueling the climate crisis as well as polluting our land and water. Fossil hydrogen: $300 million. What should the government do?
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