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Pennsylvania Lets Polluter Resume Drilling in Protected Zone, Outraging Residents in Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

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On November 29, Coterra Energy and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) signed a consent order allowing the operator, one of the largest natural gas producers in the state, to drill laterally beneath an area that has been mostly fracking-free since 19 households found methane in their water in 2008 and 2009.

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COP26 Climate Summit: From fossil fuels to forests - 10 things we learned in Glasgow

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It is highly likely the row over phasing down or phasing out coal power will return in the coming years and the debate at future COPs will no doubt be extended to address oil and gas. If there's one theme that really comes out loud and clear from this COP, it is about money," said former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd.

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Initiative to create ‘world’s first’ transnational solar grid network formed at COP26

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Developed countries committed in 2009 to provide $100 billion annually in climate finance to developing countries by 2020. Biden is working to secure enhanced emissions reduction targets from world leaders at COP 26, while his signature domestic climate change agenda remains in the balance in Congress. billion in 2019.

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US Republicans at Dubai Climate Summit Have Accepted $11 Million in Fossil Fuel Donations

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But she has also championed development of Alaska’s substantial oil, coal, and methane gas deposits. E&E News has reported that Curtis “plans at COP to work across the aisle with his frequent legislative collaborator, Rep. We saw this happen starting in Copenhagen,” she said, referring to the 2009 climate talks.

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

Business Green

President Joe Biden said he would double US climate finance for developing nations, to $11.4bn a year, a salve after rich nations have lagged a 2009 pledge of $100bn a year by 2020. Will enough people turn up to say it's a legitimate COP? But for thousands of scientists and campaigners, these pledges are all too little, too late.