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GLOBAL COVID-19 IS AFFECTING EMISSIONS ON A PLANETARY SCALE As many as 2.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions–about 8% of what was the estimated total for the year–will never see the light of day, according to estimates by the International Energy Agency. Pick any world-shaking event from the 20th century–none has produced a bigger drop in man-made pollution. CRISIS COULD TIGHTEN MATERIAL SUPPLY FOR EV BATTERIES AND CLEAN ENERGY, IEA WARNS The global coronavirus pandemic could present a major issue for electric cars and clean energy by restricting supplies of materials needed for batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned. 4 CANADIAN ENERGY FIRMS BLACKLISTED BY WORLD’S LARGEST WEALTH FUND OVER HIGH EMISSIONS The Norwegian central bank excluded four Canadian oil and gas companies from its $1-trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, for producing too much greenhouse gas emissions, its first use of carbon emissions as a criterion to blacklist firms.
UNITED STATES KEYSTONE XL APPROVALS WILL BE RIPPED UP, VOWS U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN Joe Biden’s campaign lobbed a spanner into Alberta’s post-pandemic economic recovery strategy Monday with a promise to rip up U.S. President Donald Trump’s approvals for the Keystone XL pipeline if the former vice-president succeeds in taking over the White House next year. Canadian Independent Petroleum Marketers Association | Connection 2020 |
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