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Jeff Bezos pledges $1 billion toward preserving 30% of Earth’s land and sea
Jeff Bezos on Monday pledged to give $1 billion to global conservation efforts, as part of a $10 billion effort…
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FCA reviews environmental targets as work-from-home leads to ‘cliff-edge’ drop in emissions
The Financial Conduct Authority is revising its environmental targets in the wake of Covid-19 after seeing “cliff-edge” declines in emissions…
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Opinion: Republican senators are blocking desperately needed pandemic relief for the world’s poor
The world economy faces serious risks going forward: for example, an estimated $2.3 trillion in income is projected to be…
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Biden warns climate forum of ‘point of no return’ without bolder action, agrees to methane cuts
The White House has corrected the target year for a carbon-free U.S. power sector after President Biden misspoke earlier. The…
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U.S. passes grim milestone as 1 person in every 500 has now died of COVID, as a debate about the need for booster shots heats up
The U.S. passed another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, when the number of fatalities from COVID-19 passed…
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Cross-party MPs urge government action over fossil fuel lending as UK banks ‘ignore science’ on climate change
The Bank of England should take action to discourage fossil fuel investments by some of the UK’s largest lenders as part…
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Opinion: Western water crisis demands a strong federal-state response
The summer’s heat dome in the Northwest cooked 1 billion sea creatures. Eight of the 10 biggest California forest fires have occurred in the…
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Ex-BlackRock sustainable CIO on how ESG risks turning into a mis-selling scandal
Tariq Fancy was BlackRock’s sustainable investing CIO between 2018 and 2019, and had a unique vantage point into the world’s…
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Nicholas could bring catastrophic flooding to parts of Texas and Louisiana — what we know about climate change’s impact
Tropical Storm Nicholas is making its way toward Texas and Louisiana, threatening to drench the region for much of the week,…
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Opinion: Millions are dying unnecessarily from COVID because of selfishness, greed and a perverse misunderstanding of human freedom
NEW YORK (Project Syndicate)— The upsurge of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the United States serves as a bitter…
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