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Does the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator have the legal authority to overrule his own hearing commissioners? Two environmental groups in Alberta don’t think so and they want the provincial court of appeal to hear their case.

“...Morgan appointed himself the de facto judge, jury, and executioner in regulating resource development in Alberta,” they say and argue the separation of powers between the governing and regulatory process are in jeopardy.

Read my latest report for The Energy Mix.

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The Energy Mix · Alberta Regulator Faces Court Challenge Over Cancelled Coal Mine HearingBy Jody MacPherson

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The nuts and bolts of our world are literally made from steel: furniture, tools, buildings, containers & more. But making all this steel produces 8% of our carbon emissions, so one of the pillars of a clean future is green steel. Can it be done? We find out, in this week's Rare Earth:

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BBCBBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, World of SteelSteel is the skeleton of the modern world, but can it ever be green?

New research looked at 213 heat waves around the world from 2000 to 2023. No surprise: Heatwaves became more likely and more severe during that period, largely due to the burning of fossil fuels. Of those events, up to a quarter of them would have been impossible without pollution from 14 "carbon majors" — fossil fuel and cement producers including ExxonMobil, Chevron, and the former Soviet Union. @CNN reports on the possible legal implications of this. “Courts are indicating a willingness to hold carbon majors accountable, but at the same time asking for more scientific certainty, and our study helps to close a part of that gap,” said Corina Heri, a study coauthor and law professor at Tilburg Law School in Zurich.

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CNN · Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implicationsBy Andrew Freedman