Texas’ largest electric utility last night tentatively approved a record $45 billion takeover bid by two private equity firms in a deal hailed by environmentalists as a major turning point in the battle against global warming. The prospective owners of the TXU Corp. have told environmental groups that they would cancel eight of 11 coal plants proposed by the company and also back national legislation for mandatory reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
The regulatorโs findings came a day before the Tufton Street group appointed a climate denial peer as its new boss.
With the COP30 climate talks about to open in Brazil, why are agencies failing to reckon with their role in the crisis?
Tax records reveal that the billionaireโs foundation has donated for years to Lomborgโs Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Falsehoods about the flooding in Valencia last year were seen by millions on social media, new research finds.
