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Major Investors Pressure Exxon to Set CO2 Reduction Targets - EcoWatch

Institutional investors with an estimated $1.9 trillion under management, led by the New York State Common Retirement Fund and the Church Commissioners of England, filed a shareholder resolution calling on ExxonMobil to set targets for lowering its greenhouse gas emissions, covering emissions from both its operations and the use of its products.

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Johnson & Johnson Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades, Reuters Investigation Finds - EcoWatch

A Reuters investigation charges that Johnson & Johnson, a multi-billion dollar company known for its healthcare products, knew for decades that its iconic talcum baby powder "was sometimes tainted with carcinogenic asbestos," but concealed the information from regulators and the public.

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U.S. Offshore Wind Auction Breaks Record With $405 Million in New Leases - EcoWatch

The U.S. government just smashed its own records when an auction to lease thousands of acres off the Massachusetts coast for offshore wind development brought in a whopping $405.1 million, signaling that this particular renewable energy sector is finally taking off at high speeds. The leased area could generate 4.1 gigawatts of commercial energy.

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New Jersey Is First State to Ban Wild Animal Circus Acts - EcoWatch

It is now illegal to use elephants, tigers and other wild and exotic animals in traveling animal acts in New Jersey, the first state to mandate such a move. Last week, Gov. Phil Murphy signed "Nosey's Law," the namesake of a 36-year-old African elephant with crippling arthritis that was forced to travel around the country.

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11 Vegan Food Trends to Watch in 2019 - EcoWatch

New dairy-free favorites, surprising protein sources and automated everything: We've prepped a list of 2019's biggest food trends—all vegan, of course. Like you, millions of people are more curious than ever before about the latest developments in the vegan culinary world. Below, you can check out the newest, fanciest vegan foods and the hottest...

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U.S. Offshore Wind Auction Breaks Record With $405 Million in New Leases - EcoWatch

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The Carbon Brief Interview: Teresa Ribera | Carbon Brief

Teresa Ribera has been Spain’s minister for the ecological transition since June 2018. Before then, she had been the director of IDDRI (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations) in Paris since 2014.

Carbon Brief

Solar households expected to give away power to energy firms

Government confirms anyone who adds solar from April 2019 will not be paid for excess electricity exported to grid

the Guardian

EU forges deal on coal phase-out, with special Polish clause

European Union legislators reached agreement in the early hours of Wednesday (19 December) over a proposed reform of electricity market rules that includes a 2025 cut-off date for coal subsidies, and a special clause for Poland.

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That Global Warming Hiatus? It Never Happened. Two New Studies Explain Why. - Inside Climate News

The United Nations panel of climate science experts mentioned it in a 2013 report, scientists have published more than 200 papers analyzing it, and climate deniers said it was proof that climate change didn’t exist, but in reality the global warming “pause” or “hiatus” never occurred. That is the conclusion of a pair of studies,…

Inside Climate News

World first: Coca-Cola HBC to use captured CO2 to add the fizz in soft drinks

Swiss soft drinks bottler teams up with carbon capture pioneers Climeworks to make the world's first fizzy drink using CO2 sucked from the air

In this climate, Carney should stick to testing things he can measure

If only Canada did not have a telegenic youngish prime minister with a flamboyant taste in socks, the job would have been perfect for Mark Carney, who planned to move on five years after becoming

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Exxon asks EPA to regulate methane emissions from oil and gas

A significant step by the world’s biggest publicly traded oil company.

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A fluctuation in surface temperature in historical context: reassessment and retrospective on the evidence - IOPscience

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Blind creature that buries head in sand named after Donald Trump

Amphibian’s behaviour compared to US president’s approach to global warming

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The "Green New Deal" is a popular mystery to voters

81% of registered voters either "strongly" or "somewhat" support several features of the deal.

Axios

Mayor Sadiq Khan launches £23m scrappage scheme for dirty vans

London Mayor unveils plans ahead of Ultra Low Emission Zone taking effect in the capital next year

DC passes bill to make city run on 100-percent clean energy by 2032

Washington, D.C., will soon be running on 100-percent electric energy.

TheHill

Federal government must end its ‘climate wars’, NSW energy minister says

Don Harwin urges Coalition to ‘put science, economics and engineering ahead of ideology’

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COP24: Five industry takeaways for emission reduction efforts

Kazuo Okamoto, chief executive at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe, reflects on the technology trends that need to accelerate in the wake of the latest UN Climate Summit in Katowice

VW may have to step up electric car plans to meet EU CO2 targets

Volkswagen may have to step up its plans for mass production of electric vehicles in order to meet tougher-than-expected European targets to cut greenhouse emissions from cars, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

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Oil companies are making more big finds

It's the biggest year for exploration since 2015.

Axios

Time to consider hydrogen, the new clean energy carrier on the block | Rose Amal

The case for hydrogen as a fuel has been well made but there has been little investment to bring it to scale

the Guardian

Canada gives struggling oil sector C$1.6 billion boost

The Canadian government said on Tuesday that it would spend C$1.6 billion ($1.19 billion), mostly through loans, to assist the country's oil and gas industry, which has struggled to move energy to U.S. markets due to full pipelines.

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Antarctic ecosystems under threat from invasive alien midge, scientists warn

Non-biting ‘decomposer’ species impacting soil composition and releasing large amounts of nitrogen in vulnerable region

The Independent

Agenda: Katowice cop-out betrays a lack of ambition

By Ben Wilson, Policy Officer at SCIAF, a member organisation of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland.

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Fracking in 2018: Another Year of Pretending to Make Money - DeSmog

2018 was the year the oil and gas industry promised that its darling, the shale fracking revolution, would stop focusing on endless production and instead turn a profit for its investors. But as the year winds to a close, it’s clear that hasn’t happened. Instead, the fracking industry has helped set new records for U.S. oil production…

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