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Exclusive: Investors with $34 trillion demand urgent climate change action

June 25, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, China (PRC), Climate Politics, CLIMATECHANGE, Coal, Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, Debt / Fixed Income Markets, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, Europe, EXCLUSIVE, fired Power Stations, Funds, General News, Government / Politics, INDIA, Industrials (TRBC), INVESTMENT, Investment Management and Fund Operators (TRBC), Japan, LETTER, Major News, Pollution, Temperature, US, Utilities (TRBC), Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – Investors managing more than $34 trillion in assets, nearly half the world’s invested capital, are demanding urgent

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California governor proposes a $21 billion wildfire fund

June 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Banking and Investment Services (TRBC), Bankruptcy / Insolvency, California, Company News, Corporate Debt, Corporate Debt Renegotiation, Debt / Fixed Income Markets, Disasters / Accidents, Electric Utilities (TRBC), Energy (TRBC), Environment, FUND, General News, Insurance (TRBC), Major News, Multiline Utilities (TRBC), Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, United States, US, Utilities (TRBC), WILDFIRE, Wildfires / Forest Fires

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed helping utilities create a fund of up to $21 billion

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Clean power to overtake fossil fuels in Britain in 2019

June 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments BRITAIN, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Coal, Company News, ELECTRICITY, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Europe, fired Power Stations, Graphics, Hydroelectric Power Stations, Major News, MIX, Multiline Utilities (TRBC), Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Power Markets, Renewable Energy, Solar Power Stations, United Kingdom, US, Utilities (TRBC), Western Europe, Wind Farms

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain, the birth place of coal power, is set this year to use more electricity from zero-carbon

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Virginia ban on uranium mining upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

June 17, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Canada, Company News, COURT, Defense, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, Environment, International / National Security, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Lawmaking, Major News, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Minor Metals / Minerals, Nuclear Armaments / Nuclear Proliferation, Picture available, Pollution, Regulation, United States, URANIUM, US, US Government News, USA, Virginia

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The largest-known U.S. uranium deposit will remain firmly under ground after the Supreme Court on Monday upheld

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Exclusive: U.N. chief calls on EU to raise 2030 climate goal to 55%

June 15, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Belgium, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Energy (TRBC), Enterprise Reporting, Environment, EU, Europe, European Union, EXCLUSIVE, fired Power Stations, France, Germany, Government / Politics, International Trade, Major News, POLAND, Pollution, UN, United Nations, United States, US, Western Europe

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the European Union to aim for a 55% cut in

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U.S. green groups ramp up legal attacks on federal oil leases

June 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas (Energy), Company News, Crude Oil, DRILLING, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Government / Politics, Major News, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Oil and Gas Drilling (TRBC), Pollution, PROTESTS, Refined Products, Regulation, United States, US, USA

(Reuters) – U.S. environmental groups fighting fossil-fuel development made headlines years ago with public demonstrations against big pipeline projects including

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Godzilla: from radioactive colossus to unlikely climate hero

June 4, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Environment, Europe, Film, GODZILLA, Major News, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Picture available, United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – Ever since Godzilla first rampaged across cinema screens 65 years ago, film critics have seen the reptilian

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Blackbeard’s ship embarks for Supreme Court in video piracy case

June 3, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments BLACKBEARD, COURT, Europe, General News, Government / Politics, Intellectual Property / Copyright / Counterfeiting, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, North Carolina, Picture available, Science, United Kingdom, United States, US, US Government News, USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The nine black-robed justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will soon navigate the treacherous legal waters around

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Oklahoma, Arkansas face flood of ‘historic magnitude’ after storms

May 29, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Disasters / Accidents, Floods, General News, Kansas, Major News, Oklahoma, Pictures, Precipitation, United States, US, USA, Video, WEATHER, Weather Markets / Weather, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

(Reuters) – Thousands of Arkansas and Oklahoma residents braced for more flooding on Wednesday and some evacuated their homes, as

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Sweden’s Thunberg demands climate action on day of global school strikes

May 24, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHANGE, Children / Youth Issues, Civil Unrest, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Education, Environment, Europe, France, Germany, Labour / Personnel, Labour Disputes, Major News, New York, New Zealand, Nordic States, Pollution, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, US, Western Europe, Wildfires / Forest Fires, YOUTH

STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg urged European politicians on Friday to focus on a climate crisis instead

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