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Under different circumstances, you might expect to see someone like Gubad Ibadoghlu speaking at a United Nations conference on climate change. But as the world leaders gather at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the economist and outspoken fossil fuel critic is 30 kilometres away, locked inside his home, under 24/7 police surveillance. CBC | World News
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This 237-million-year-old fossil from Brazil could shed light on rise of dinosaurs
Scientists in Brazil have announced the discovery of one of the world’s oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile dating back some 237 million years that could help explain the rise of the dinosaurs. CBC | World News
Read More »Archaeology breakthrough: Ancient sea reptile fossil found is oldest of its kind
A vertebra from a nothosaur, a type of marine reptile that swam in the seas at the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs, was found 46 years ago in New Zealand and has now been identified as the oldest ever discovered in the Southern Hemisphere. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Vermont is going to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate change damage
Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. investors successfully demand RBC change how it reports on green, fossil fuel investments
After initially refusing, RBC is now one of several major financial institutions that will begin disclosing more information about climate-related investments under an agreement with pension funds led by the New York City comptroller. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Fossil fuel era comes to a close’ as COP28 reaches historic deal
The new text directly addresses fossil fuels, a central demand at this year’s global climate summit, and calls on parties to “transition away” from their use “in this critical decade”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »COP28 reaches tentative climate deal calling for ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, has reached a tentative agreement after negotiations about how and when to phase out fossil fuels continued past midnight on the final day of the summit in Dubai. CBC | World News
Read More »Alberta given ‘Fossil of the Day’ award by activists at global climate summit
Environmental activists put a spotlight on Alberta’s climate record on Wednesday at the COP28 climate summit by giving the province the so-called “Fossil of the Day” award. CBC | World News
Read More »The fossil fuel phrases that countries will fight over at the upcoming COP28
Getting the world off greenhouse gas-spewing fossil fuels is a key part of global climate negotiations. But whether those fossil fuels are “unabated,” and where we need to phase them “down” or phase them “out,” are expected to cause fierce debate at the upcoming United Nations climate summit, COP28. CBC | World News
Read More »Britain produces more electricity from zero-carbon sources than fossil fuel plants in 2019
Britain, the birthplace of coal power, produced more electricity from zero-carbon sources such as wind, solar and nuclear than from fossil fuel plants for the first time in 2019, the U.K.’s National Grid said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
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