US agency calls for ban on controversial coal mine ‘self-bonds’
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office is urging Congress to make coal mining companies pay for environmental clean-up and reduce the risk to taxpayers
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Documents shed light on BP’s failures in the Great Australian Bight
A major oil spill in the region would have covered up to 750km of beaches and disrupted whale migration, reveal government documents BP tried...
Shell threatened with climate lawsuit in the Netherlands
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Norway oil fund omits meatpacker JBS from deforestation watch list
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Costa Rica president-elect promises to lead the country towards an oil-free future
Carlos Alvarado Quesada is promising to replace petrol and diesel in the transport system with clean energy, comparing the task to abolishing the army
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Shipping climate talks begin amid protests and concerns over influence
Talks on reigning in shipping's carbon footprint started in London on Tuesday with ongoing transparency issues foremost in the minds of those outside the...
Will the IMO deliver the climate deal of 2018?
As a key meeting kicks off in London, the hopes of climate hawks are pinned on the shipping industry finally setting course for reform...
10 years of success, but the UK climate change act needs an upgrade
The pioneering piece of legislation has helped bring emissions down, but the challenges of the Paris Agreement require more ambition from the government
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Climate Weekly: (Finally) the Green Climate Fund chief speaks
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Climate fund Trump cut off ‘really had to succeed’, says its chief
Howard Bamsey has ducked interviews for more than a year. Now he speaks about the Green Climate Fund's successes, challenges and the $2bn Trump...
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