Record sums were invested last year in coal power – the most carbon intensive form of energy on the planet – by the World Bank, despite international commitments to slash the carbon emissions blamed for climate change. The World Bank said this week that a total of US$3.4bn ย – or a quarter of all funding for energy projects – was spent in the year to June 2010 helping to build new coal-fired power stations. Over the same period the bank also spent $1bn ย on looking and drilling for oil and gas.
Briefing notes obtained by DeSmog reveal the Carney government had major knowledge gaps about CCS even as it made the technology central to its climate plan.
Leaders of the Alberta separatist movement are insisting they do not want to become the U.S.โs 51st state, but their actions (and own words) say otherwise.
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the governmentโs clean energy goals.
A new report has found that โthe promises of planet-saving tech remain hollowโ.
