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15.09.26 - 16:54
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World′s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds (The Guardian)
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Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacentersThe energy portfolios of 20 private equity firms produce 1.5bn tons of greenhouse gases a year, more than the annual emissions of any country except China, the US, India and Russia, according to a new report.Together, these firms manage $7.3tn in assets of all kinds, affording them the ability to shape the pace of the transition away from fossil fuels. However their energy investments include significant fossil fuel assets including natural gas and coal-fired power plants to provide electricity to datacenters. Continue reading......
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15.09.26 - 01:01
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6 takeaways as Trump takes sledgehammer to power plant climate regs (The Hill)
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The Trump administration on Monday gutted the rules governing the nation's climate regulations for power plants. Here's what you should know about the final rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): It axes most, but not all, power plant climate rules The rules, which have been announced but whose underlying text did not appear to......
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14.09.26 - 23:01
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Trump guts climate rules for coal and gas power plants (The Hill)
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The Trump administration on Monday gutted regulations that limited planet-warming emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants. The move allows a sector that makes up a large share of the U.S.'s climate change contributions to release greenhouse gases unchecked by the government. It's expected to be a win for the fossil fuel industry, while allowing......
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13.09.26 - 22:21
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New Report Exposes Climate Litigants′ Campaign To Influence The Judiciary (ZeroHedge)
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New Report Exposes Climate Litigants' Campaign To Influence The Judiciary
Authored by Michael Toth via RealClearEnergy,
Thousands of judges across the nation have sat through climate-science training and received literature from trusted federal bodies and scientific institutes. Those judges had every right to expect that the information they received was neutral, objective, settled science.
They were mistaken.
My latest research paper presents the first full taxonomy of a coordinated, multi-year campaign designed to shape how the American judiciary understands climate litigation. It documents how the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) built an extensive educational apparatus to train judges on climate issues - in the words of one session attendee - "from what would effectively be the plaintiff's side."
ELI routinely portrays itself as a neutral arbiter committed to "insightful and impartial analysis." In 2018, it launched the Climate Judiciary Project (CJP) to provide judges with "authoritati...
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11.09.26 - 17:06
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Klimawandel: Tropeninstitut Hamburg züchtet exotische Mücken (RND)
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In Hamburg wird seit 126 Jahren über Tropenkrankheiten geforscht. Durch den Klimawandel gewinnt die Erforschung eingeschleppter Mücken an Bedeutung. Unter dem Dach des Bernhard-Nocht-Instituts werden Spezies wie Tigermücken gezüchtet und für Forschungszwecke mit Viren infiziert - unter wissenschaftlicher Aufsicht von Dr. Renke Lühken....
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