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uk/Meet The Anti-Regulation Groups Influencing Post-Brexit Trade Policy
By Rachel Sherrington
on
A handful of prominent individuals from anti-regulation thinktanks with close ties to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss have been appointed to top government advisory boards guiding the futur...
us/Trump Administration Targets Banks Divesting From Fossil Fuels In New Anti-Climate Rule
By Sharon Kelly
on
A new proposed regulation that would bar large banks from declining to do business with particular industries or groups of companies was released on Friday by the Treasury Department’s Office of th...
us/When Can Pipelines Take Private Land? Jordan Cove LNG Project a Test for Eminent Domain
By Nick Cunningham
on
In 2005, Deb Evans and her husband Ron Schaaf bought a piece of property in Klamath County, Oregon, where they hoped to build a house and selectively harvest timber on the land. They saw it as a lo...
us/Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds
By Sharon Kelly
on
There was some speculation that climate-changing emissions might drop this spring as the world went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But, according to a new report by the World ...
us/New 'No Corporate Cabinet' Campaign Pushes Biden to Pick People Who Will Advance Public Good
By Guest
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By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. With two months until Inauguration Day and President Donald Trump apparently hellbent on lighting mo...
‘Historic’ Court Ruling Will Force France To Justify Its Climate Targets
By Dana Drugmand
on
A French court this week issued what climate campaigners are calling a “historic decision” in the fight to hold national governments accountable for insufficient action to address the climate crisi...
uk/City Hall Defends Hiring Intelligence Firm with Fossil Fuel Clients that Tracked Environmental Activists
By Phoebe Cooke
on
London’s City Hall is facing questions over its decision to hire a private intelligence firm known for monitoring environmental activists on behalf of fossil fuel companies without competitors bein...
UK Government's COP26 Sponsorship Choice 'Nowhere Near Good Enough', Campaigners Say
By Caitlin Tilley
on
Campaigners are demanding the Government reject greenwash by excluding all major polluters from sponsorship of next year’s pivotal UN climate talks. The UK has this week announced its first four...
us/Biden’s Climate Change Plans Can Quickly Raise the Bar, But Can They be Transformative?
By Guest
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By Edward R. Carr, The Conversation. Reposted from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate c...
UK Burns More Carbon Dioxide Per Head Than 18 Commonwealth Countries
By Caitlin Tilley
on
Glaring climate inequalities between the Commonwealth’s richest and poorest countries pose a “direct threat to African lives”, a new report has found. Data analysed by the Kenyan-based climate and...

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uk/Meet The Anti-Regulation Groups Influencing Post-Brexit Trade Policy
ByRachel Sherrington
on

A handful of prominent individuals from anti-regulation thinktanks with close ties to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss have been appointed to top government advisory boards guiding the futur...
us/Trump Administration Targets Banks Divesting From Fossil Fuels In New Anti-Climate Rule
BySharon Kelly
on

A new proposed regulation that would bar large banks from declining to do business with particular industries or groups of companies was released on Friday by the Treasury Department’s Office of th...
us/When Can Pipelines Take Private Land? Jordan Cove LNG Project a Test for Eminent Domain
ByNick Cunningham
on

In 2005, Deb Evans and her husband Ron Schaaf bought a piece of property in Klamath County, Oregon, where they hoped to build a house and selectively harvest timber on the land. They saw it as a lo...
us/Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds
BySharon Kelly
on

There was some speculation that climate-changing emissions might drop this spring as the world went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But, according to a new report by the World ...
us/New 'No Corporate Cabinet' Campaign Pushes Biden to Pick People Who Will Advance Public Good
ByGuest
on

By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. With two months until Inauguration Day and President Donald Trump apparently hellbent on lighting mo...
‘Historic’ Court Ruling Will Force France To Justify Its Climate Targets
ByDana Drugmand
on

A French court this week issued what climate campaigners are calling a “historic decision” in the fight to hold national governments accountable for insufficient action to address the climate crisi...
Series: Tracking the Lawsuits Fighting for Climate Accountability
Series: Climate Change Lawsuits
uk/City Hall Defends Hiring Intelligence Firm with Fossil Fuel Clients that Tracked Environmental Activists
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

London’s City Hall is facing questions over its decision to hire a private intelligence firm known for monitoring environmental activists on behalf of fossil fuel companies without competitors bein...
UK Government's COP26 Sponsorship Choice 'Nowhere Near Good Enough', Campaigners Say
ByCaitlin Tilley
on

Campaigners are demanding the Government reject greenwash by excluding all major polluters from sponsorship of next year’s pivotal UN climate talks. The UK has this week announced its first four...
Series: COP26 Coverage
Series: COP26 Coverage
us/Biden’s Climate Change Plans Can Quickly Raise the Bar, But Can They be Transformative?
ByGuest
on

By Edward R. Carr, The Conversation. Reposted from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate c...
UK Burns More Carbon Dioxide Per Head Than 18 Commonwealth Countries
ByCaitlin Tilley
on

Glaring climate inequalities between the Commonwealth’s richest and poorest countries pose a “direct threat to African lives”, a new report has found. Data analysed by the Kenyan-based climate and...