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Investors may exit consumer goods firms over EU deforestation law

13 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Amazon Animals Climate Change Energy Food Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution Poverty Science Water 10:23 am

LONDON - As a new European Union zero-tolerance deforestation law looms, several major investors told Reuters they are concerned about their exposure to the issue, with some saying they could quit consumer goods makers with…

Fossil fuel company net zero plans ‘largely meaningless,’ report says

12 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change COP Energy Nature Pollution Poverty Science 9:40 am

LONDON - The number of fossil fuel companies setting net-zero emissions targets has risen sharply over the past year, but most fail to address key concerns, making them "largely meaningless", a report showed on Monday.…

India says plants using imported coal to operate at full capacity till September

12 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Energy Nature Pollution Poverty 9:26 am

NEW DELHI - India on Monday said power plants operating on imported coal would have to run at full capacity till the end of September, extending an earlier timeline by over three months, according to…

UAE looks to salty, muddy mangroves in climate change fight

12 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Nature Oceans Pollution Science Water 9:09 am

Climate Change - ABU DHABI - Against the heat, urbanisation and sand of the United Arab Emirates, the placid, muddy waterways of the Gulf state's coastal mangroves are being restored and planted in an ambitious…

EU to try again for renewable energy deal after nuclear row

11 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change COP Energy Oceans Pollution Science 6:00 pm

Climate Change - European Union countries will try again next week to pass a deal on new renewable energy targets, which have been stalled by concerns from France and other states that the law sidelines…

Washington quiets as Canadian smoke blankets U.S. capital

9 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Nature Pollution 1:35 pm

WASHINGTON - The shroud of polluted air emanating from Canadian wildfires pushed further down the Atlantic Seaboard on Thursday, blanketing Washington, D.C., in an unhealthy haze and prompting many residents of the nation's capital to…

Dragon boat water’ lashes South-West China, shatters rainfall record

9 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Nature Pollution 1:21 pm

BEIJING, Non-stop heavy rain lashed parts of south-west China on Friday, triggering floods in some cities, engulfing roads and partially submerging buildings, with precipitation at a major port city shattering a national record. A particularly…

Shell pivots back to oil to win over investors -sources

9 June, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Energy Nature Oceans Plastic Pollution 1:08 pm

LONDON, Shell will keep oil output steady or slightly higher into 2030 as part of CEO Wael Sawan's efforts to regain investor confidence as the energy giant wrestles with poor returns from renewables while oil and…

Climate change – Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time

18 May, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Nature Oceans Pollution Science Water 11:49 am

This is how El Niño brought heat to the surface of the Pacific in 2015 Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years,…

Climate change: World’s top court to weigh in

4 April, 2023 Andrew 0 Comments Climate Change Nature Poverty 12:22 pm

The world's top court will for the first time advise on countries' legal obligations to fight climate change, following a UN resolution on Wednesday. The International Court of Justice will now prepare an advisory opinion…

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