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Opinion: Money Managers Are Unlikely Activists to Push for Climate, Social Good
If you are looking to save the environment, address racial or gender discrimination, fight for human rights or tackle corruption, it looks like you have some unlikely allies: Money managers. Do not ...
New York Accuses Exxon Mobil of Deceiving Investors on Climate Costs
Lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corp. stood before a New York judge in August and told the state's attorney general to "put up or shut up" after spending three years investigating the company's public ...
Climate Change Group Lobbying for U.S. Carbon Tax Gets $1M Exxon Donation
Exxon Mobil Corp's latest shift on climate includes a $1 million donation to a political action committee's lobbying campaign to promote a U.S. tax on carbon-gas emissions, a central factor in global ...
‘Unprecedented’ Steps Needed to Avert the Worst Effects of Global Warming, U.N. Warns
Society would have to enact "unprecedented" changes to how it consumes energy, travels and builds to meet a lower global warming target or it risks increases in heat waves, flood-causing storms and ...
Calif. Mulls Counterproposal to Trump’s Proposed Rollback of Car Emissions Standards
California is considering a formal, public counter-proposal to President's Donald Trump's proposed rollback of fuel and pollution requirements for cars and trucks, a state official said Thursday. The ...
Are Current Climate Change Mitigation Targets Feasible? We’ll Find Out on Oct. 8
The world's leading climate scientists this week are preparing the final version of a cornerstone United Nations report to assess whether global temperatures can be kept in check this century to ...
Scientist Panel Prepared to Recommend Much Deeper Cuts in Fossil-Fuel Pollution
A panel of the world's top climate scientists is preparing to recommend much deeper cuts in fossil-fuel pollution than currently suggested as a pathway to stave off a dangerous increase in global ...
Bank of England Urges Banks to Accelerate Climate Change Risk Plans
Only a small fraction of banks in Britain are planning properly to mitigate risks to their businesses from climate change, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, adding it would push lenders to take ...