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Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit

DeSmogBlog

and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. She also claims that, while serving in the Treasury, she attempted to cancel the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. government to spur green technology investment.

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Biden administration announces ‘largest ever’ investment in US electric grid

The Verge: Energy

on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021. billion in funding today to upgrade the US’s aging electric grid, the largest investment to date in the grid. The money, which comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will go to 58 different projects across 44 states.

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California Pension Funds Have Billions Invested in Fossil Fuel Companies Named in State’s Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

billion invested in Chevron, BP, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Shell, a new analysis from Stand.earth and Climate Safe Pensions Network has found. CalPERS and CalSTRS defend their fossil fuel investments. billion over the past decade on their fossil fuel investments. CalSTRS and CalPERS collectively have over $4.3

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China-based Gochin seeks to invest $10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium mining sector

Charged

China-based Gochin has approached the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum with a proposal to invest $10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium mining sector. In September 2011, USGS announced the results in the report: “ Summaries of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities of Nonfuel Minerals in Afghanistan.”

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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021

Andrew Winston

I’ve tried here to touch on big themes and stories from 2021 that seem more lasting, and offer some thoughts on what to look out for in 2022. The Big Stories of 2021. A few months later, corporate giants also spoke out against state laws meant to restrict voting. with the most spending on climate investment in history.

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Sustainable Business in 2021: Table Stakes

Green Business Bureau

2021: The year of recovery. 2021: Also the year of sustainability. In fact, these companies have had amazing sales growth which enabled them to hire more people and invest more in “save the planet”, “worker care”, “local community” and “social justice” causes. They can afford that level of investment. That’s right.

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How Defra's post-Brexit statutory instrument spree could weaken UK environmental law

Business Green

Detailed analysis of more than 100 EU exit statutory instruments laid by Defra prompts campaigners to warn of 'significant governance gaps in the application, interpretation and enforcement of environmental law' post-Brexit. Ministers have insisted that the process was necessary to ensure continuity of environmental legislation.

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