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Biden pledged to stop funding fossil fuels overseas. It's not stopping one agency

Friday, May 12, 2023

Leaders of the Export-Import Bank of the United States voted Thursday to help fund the expansion of an oil refinery in Indonesia.

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Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

Sunday, April 09, 2023

At annual meetings this spring, shareholders will be pushing publicly-traded companies for information about how they're contributing to climate change, and what they're doing about the problem.

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Activist investors press corporations to take action against climate change

Monday, April 03, 2023

At publicly traded companies' annual meetings, shareholders are filing more resolutions about climate change than at the same point last year.

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Climate activists target nation's big banks, urging divestment from fossil fuels

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Across the U.S. on Tuesday, people gathered outside major banks demanding that financial institutions shift away from investing in fossil fuel projects.

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Activists spread misleading information to fight solar

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Citizens for Responsible Solar is part of a growing backlash against renewable energy in rural communities across the United States.

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An activist group is spreading misinformation to stop solar projects in rural America

Saturday, February 18, 2023

An NPR/Floodlight investigation found that a longtime Republican insider is stoking solar opposition by spreading bad information about health and environmental risks. Her influence is growing.

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Republicans plan more attacks on ESG. Investors still plan to focus on climate risk

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Investors still view climate change as a serious financial risk. But Republican attacks could have a chilling effect on the kinds of actions they're willing to take to deal with the problem.

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House GOP likely to begin inquiries into environmental, social and governance issues

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Republicans plan to use their majority in the House to probe environmental, social and governance investing, which are at the center of a debate over how businesses should respond to climate change.

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The U.S. wants to slash carbon emissions from power plants. Natural gas is in the way

Monday, December 05, 2022

Despite climate targets set by the Biden administration and corporate executives, the U.S. is still building new natural gas plants that threaten to cause greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come.

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Electricity companies throw a wrench in Biden's plans to eliminate greenhouse gases

Monday, December 05, 2022

Energy companies continue to build fossil fuel plants that will be in use for decades, even as President Biden pledges a renewable energy future.

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Did the world make progress on climate change? Here's what was decided at global talks

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Delegates reached a last-minute deal to pay vulnerable countries for damages caused by climate change. But the final agreement does not put humanity on track to avoid catastrophic warming.

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Low-income countries want more money for climate damage. They're unlikely to get it.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Wealthy nations may instead reshuffle money earmarked for other goals like limiting and adapting to global warming. That could hamstring efforts to deal with climate change in low-income countries

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Here's what happened on Friday at the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Friday, November 11, 2022

President Biden touted American progress reining in emissions and said he intends to push for more money for developing countries. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

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Here's what happened on Day 5 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Russia's war in Ukraine also threatens to wreck climate goals, members of Congress arrive, and an actor changes his name to draw attention to global warming

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Here's what happened on day 4 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

A U.S. funding plan for lower-income countries faced criticism and a big map of who is releasing greenhouse gasses was released. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

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U.S. plan for boosting climate investment in low-income countries draws criticism

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

The plan would allow companies to buy carbon credits from developing nations that cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Critics say carbon markets often fail to deliver climate benefits.

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Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.

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Here's what happened on day 3 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Pakistan's leader sounded the alarm, climate scientists called for more equitable research and the U.N. tried to crack down on greenwashing. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

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Here's what happened today at the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

Monday, November 07, 2022

A new early warning system for weather disasters, calls for wealthy nations and corporations to pay up and dire descriptions of human suffering. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

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U.N. plan would help warn people in vulnerable countries about climate threats

Monday, November 07, 2022

About half the world isn't covered by early warning systems that send alerts for weather emergencies. The worst is in developing countries, which have been hit hardest by global warming.

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