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Carbon removal experts support splitting “net zero” into twin targets
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Indonesian utility pledges to stop building coal plants beyond existing pipeline
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Youth activists prank Standard Chartered in critique of coal lending policy
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Tar sands executive named as Canadian ‘climate champion’ ahead of Cop26
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Merkel ‘wasted opportunity’ to show international solidarity at climate summit
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California is the biggest producer in the world planning to go beyond oil
Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered a plan to phase out oil and gas production in California by 2045, but the industry won't go down...
Asian Development Bank plans exit from coal finance
As Asian lenders are turning their back on coal, campaigners warn against treating methane gas as a "transition fuel", calling for an end to...
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