Big four banks distance themselves from Adani coalmine as Westpac rules out loan.
Carmichael coalmine
Coalition frontbencher calls for Queenslanders to boycott Australia’s second-largest bank after it says it will now only lend to mines in established coalfields
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Minister Claims UK Pushed for Stricter Diesel Rules When it Actually Tried to Weaken...
The government is getting good at putting a spin on its air pollution plans (or lack of them) ahead of the June 2017 general election.
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Automakers to meet with US transportation, EPA chiefs.
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India's coal plants are being shelved at a rapid pace.
Adani Power Ltd.'s Mundra thermal power station in India. Photo by Nizil Shah, courtesy of Wikipedia.
India's energy landscape is changing so swiftly that researchers...
Here's why these companies want Trump to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement.
The Arc de Triomphe is Illuminated to celebrate the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement.Image: Yoan Valat/Epa/REX/ShutterstockBy Andrew Freedman2017-04-26 16:20:15 UTC
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China economic upturn threatens emissions gains.
An uptick in China’s economy after a four-year slowdown in growth threatens to reverse improvements in greenhouse gas emissions that had helped keep global levels...
North Sea Workers’ Strike Shows Region Unprepared for Future Without Oil
With global oil prices in decline and the UK’s oil reserves in the North Sea dwindling, tensions over pay for those working in the...
Most global investors recognize financial risk of climate change, report finds.
Climate change
Global index reveals 60% of asset owners are now taking some action, but warns there is still ‘enormous resistance’ to managing climate risk
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Commentary: Juggling live hand grenades.
Juggling Live Hand Grenades
April 25, 2017
Recent Papers and Articles
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