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Global Briefing: Macron positions French election as 'referendum on the environment'

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In contrast, Macron this week showcased a raft of new environmental policies as he sought to counter accusations that he has failed to deliver on his previous climate pledges from the left-leaning voters he needs to win over if he is to emerge victorious from this weekend's vote. China debuts new climate investment fund.

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Mapped: Big Ag’s Routes to Influence at COP28

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In 2021, Canada invited tar sands company Suncor to COP26 in Glasgow, and BP’s former chief executive Bernard Looney attended unexpectedly as a guest in Mauritania’s COP27 delegation last year. Route to Influence 4: COP Initiatives A wide array of “initiatives” are launched and promoted at COPs, often at the various country pavilions.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

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The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. "We We need to develop a proper policy and strategy starting from now."

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Eye-Catching Stories from 2021

Andrew Winston

It captures a huge array of corporate goals, announcements, partnerships, government action, and more. MLB moving 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia voting law… here. HSBC announces thermal coal phase-out policy… here. Cargill will sell cow face masks to catch burps full of methane… here.

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Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition

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Hard-won federal policies like the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act put that target within reach. In 2021, a viral post blaming Texas’s deadly winter blackout on iced-over wind turbines used an image from Sweden—and originated from a prominent oil and gas consultant, as USA Today reported. One of those names is John Droz.

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The GOP Climate Push That Mostly Leaves Out Climate

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link] pic.twitter.com/M1VoaAJ9II — Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) April 19, 2021. It is important to note that while natural gas carries a lower carbon dioxide footprint when compared to coal, it also results in methane leaks up and down the supply chain. Methane arguably wipes out the perceived benefit of gas over coal.