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Britons put planet before profit in their personal savings and expect more action from pension funds and banks, says survey

Envirotec Magazine

ClientEarth’s Climate Snapshot 2019 finds that: Three in five people believe that financial institutions and banks should no longer invest in fossil fuels (59%) and that they should be legally accountable if they choose to do so (60%). Too many banks, pension funds and insurers are propping up fossil fuel giants.

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Webinar: What net zero means for Canadian energy jobs

Clean Energy Canada

A recent Clean Energy Canada report revealed that there would be 700,000 more energy jobs in 2050 than exist today if Canada and the world reach net zero, with growth in clean energy jobs outpacing declines in fossil fuels. Catharines, ON since 2001. Rachel Doran , Director of Policy and Strategy at Clean Energy Canada.

Energy 52
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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Working closely with the community, Cole represented the residents in lawsuits fighting against major mining and fossil fuel companies, including the groundbreaking case Kivalina v. Cole argued that the law was not the ultimate weapon, but only one, and that the overarching goal is political empowerment toward systemic change.

Law 100
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Tracing EthicalEvidence in Moral Obligation to Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

The substantial variability of climate change has contributed to detrimental effects in the economic, social, political and environmental sphere that will continue to persist long after we are gone. The London School Of Economics And Political Science, 2006, [link] Accessed 2 June 2019. xxii-xxiii; Rentmeester, 81-82). . 4, 2008, pp.

Ethics 247
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Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told.

DeSmogBlog

Frank for NPR and Floodlight) Chevron’s bid to control the public discourse comes as efforts to combat climate change threaten the fossil fuel industry, especially in California. By the time of the incident, political sentiment in Richmond started to swing away from the company. and Brazil.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons. Mason, who was raised in Queens, is one of the few senior Black executives in banking, at Citi since 2001 in a slate of leadership roles including CEO of Citi Private Bank. One in five is Black.

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Now on Netflix: David Attenborough’s disappearing wilderness

Grist

If you watched BBC blockbusters like Planet Earth (2006) or Blue Planet (2001), you would have been excused for thinking that nature was doing better than ever. Birds of paradise flaunted their plumage in New Guinea, wildebeest thumped across the Serengeti plains, and hermit crabs politely and delicately exchanged their outgrown shells.