Biden’s Military Spent Millions Fighting Climate in Africa, Inclusion, and Equity
WASHINGTON — There won’t be any medals given out for fighting the war on climate and today, one of those programs funded by the Department of Defense has been cut A preliminary…
Australia’s Rio Tinto exits state mining lobby amid climate rift
(Reuters) – Rio Tinto, one of the largest Australian mining companies, on Thursday confirmed its exit from the state mining lobby group after raising concerns that its policy on expansion of coal…
General Atlantic hires ex-IHS Markit boss Uggla to lead climate venture
LONDON – U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic on Wednesday named Lance Uggla, former boss of data company IHS Markit, as chief executive of its climate-focused venture BeyondNetZero. Uggla founded Markit and…
Japan’s SMFG, Tepco, Mitsubishi face activist climate votes at AGMs
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO – Big Japanese firms including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) and Mitsubishi Corp will face resolutions from activist shareholders urging greater commitment to tackling climate…
EXCLUSIVE: Climate Experts Give GOP Roadmap For ‘Reining In’ Biden’s ‘Rogue’ Green Regulations
EXCLUSIVE: Climate Experts Give GOP Roadmap For ‘Reining In’ Biden’s ‘Rogue’ Green Regulations Thomas Catenacci on April 12, 2022 Two climate experts sent a letter Monday to Republican leadership in Congress, recommending…
CNN Gives Climate Activists Platform To Pressure Banks To Divest From Fossil Fuels
CNN Gives Climate Activists Platform To Pressure Banks To Divest From Fossil Fuels Thomas Catenacci on April 11, 2022 CNN published an article citing several left-wing climate reports and activists about the…
Volkswagen rejects shareholder push for climate lobbying disclosures
BERLIN – Volkswagen has rejected a shareholder proposal for it to explain how its lobbying activities align with its climate goals – something two of the carmaker’s leading competitors have already promised…
Speed up EU climate policies to wrest free from Russia, 11 countries say
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – European Union nations should speed up negotiations on new climate change policies and also increase the ambition of those proposals to quit Russian fossil fuels as soon…
UBS shareholders back bank’s climate roadmap
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH – UBS shareholders on Wednesday approved the bank’s climate roadmap, after its first-ever such vote faced pushback from several investors and climate campaigners as not going far…
Biden Admin’s Own Study Confirms The Worst About The Left’s Climate Agenda
Biden Admin’s Own Study Confirms The Worst About The Left’s Climate Agenda Thomas Catenacci on April 5, 2022 The Biden administration issued a study that showed how electricity prices would increase if…
Climate scientists’ message to the financial world: dig deeper
By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON – The world is awash with money, yet spending nowhere near enough to prevent extreme climate change. As time runs out, urgent policy intervention is…
Exclusive – Investors warn European companies over climate accounting
By Simon Jessop LONDON – Thirty-four investors managing more than $7 trillion in assets have warned 17 of Europe’s largest companies, including BP and Volkswagen, that they could challenge board directors over…
New UN climate report to tackle reining in emissions
By Jake Spring (Reuters) – The U.N. climate science panel publishes its final report in the current assessment cycle on Monday, and this time will focus on ways of curbing greenhouse gas…
California pension leader pushes for more women on boards, climate data
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – One of California’s big pension funds said on Wednesday it will push companies to add more women to their boards and to disclose more about their carbon…
Obama WH Climate Czar Slams Biden Admin Probe Into Alleged Solar Industry Tariff Violations
Obama WH Climate Czar Slams Biden Admin Probe Into Alleged Solar Industry Tariff Violations Thomas Catenacci on March 29, 2022 The Biden administration initiated a probe into whether Asian solar panel makers…
White House Reportedly Drafting Order Invoking Defense Production Act To Further Climate Goals
White House Reportedly Drafting Order Invoking Defense Production Act To Further Climate Goals Ailan Evans on March 24, 2022 The White House is developing an executive order intended to ease shortages of…
U.S. Senator McConnell asks FERC to kill climate rule for pipelines
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON – Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell called on federal regulators to kill new requirements to consider the greenhouse gas emissions of natural gas pipelines before approving construction, saying…
Exclusive-Goldman Sachs pushes directors for more climate data
By Ross Kerber BOSTON – Goldman Sachs’ big asset-management arm will take a harder line in voting on directors at companies that do not disclose enough about their greenhouse gas emissions, an…
Democrats Look To Sustainable Investing Craze As Means For Pushing Climate Agenda
Democrats Look To Sustainable Investing Craze As Means For Pushing Climate Agenda Thomas Catenacci on March 23, 2022 Democrats have increasingly pushed their expansive climate agenda through the financial sector and legal…
Business Groups File Legal Challenge Against Oregon Over Climate Plan Forcing 90% Emissions Cut
Business Groups File Legal Challenge Against Oregon Over Climate Plan Forcing 90% Emissions Cut Thomas Catenacci on March 22, 2022 A coalition of a dozen Oregon business groups filed a legal challenge…
Boardrooms with more women deliver more on climate, says Arabesque
By Federica Urso and Simon Jessop LONDON – Companies with more women on their boards are more likely to be on track to meet global climate goals, analysis by investment research and…
SEC Unveils Sweeping Climate Requirements For Public Companies
SEC Unveils Sweeping Climate Requirements For Public Companies Thomas Catenacci on March 21, 2022 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules Monday that would force companies to publicly disclose a…
Factbox-The U.S. SEC’s proposed new climate risk disclosure requirements
By Katanga Johnson and Michelle Price WASHINGTON – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday unveiled a landmark proposal requiring public companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and other climate…
‘Would Empower China And Russia’: GOP Leaders Slam Democrats’ Climate Proposals As ‘A Grift’
‘Would Empower China And Russia’: GOP Leaders Slam Democrats’ Climate Proposals As ‘A Grift’ Thomas Catenacci on March 18, 2022 Top House Republicans ripped the climate agenda released Thursday by the Congressional…
BP urges shareholders to oppose Follow This climate resolution at AGM
LONDON – BP’s board on Friday recommended investors vote against a shareholder resolution filed by Dutch activist group Follow This urging the British energy company to accelerate its energy transition strategy. In…
Left Wing Democrats Ask Biden To Cancel Oil Drilling On Federal Lands, Declare ‘Climate Emergency’
Left Wing Democrats Ask Biden To Cancel Oil Drilling On Federal Lands, Declare ‘Climate Emergency’ Thomas Catenacci on March 17, 2022 The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), a group of 97 left wing…
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