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Global briefing: EPA suspends environmental law enforcement in response to pandemic

Business Green

All the key green business news from around the world this week. Global emissions may have fallen as the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered businesses around the world, but environmental campaigners are increasingly fearful the crisis could yet be used to roll back environmental rules and regulations. Total buys French wind power firm.

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'How to withstand Russia's energy blackmail': IEA warns further clean energy measures 'vital' to closing gas supply gap in 2023

Business Green

Additional €100bn for renewables, heat pumps, energy efficiency, and biomethane needed as EU faces 'sterner' gas supply test next year, IEA warns. The additional €100bn the IEA said is required to bolster Europe's clean, efficiency energy sources in 2023 amounts to less than a third of that mobilised by EU member states so far this year.

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

The absence of locks, weirs, and dams makes the river a lifeline for more than a thousand species, a busy passageway for migrating birds and fish, and a place of refuge for numerous endangered animals, including the European eel. When water levels run low - as they increasingly do - households and businesses across the country suffer.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis?

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LNG Projects Make Claims of ‘Net-Zero’ to Ease Way for Expansion

DeSmogBlog

Gulf Coast typically receives much of the attention for the LNG rush , the Pacific Coast of Canada is home to multiple proposed LNG export projects, as energy companies scramble to export fracked gas from northeast British Columbia. Premier John Horgan (left) announce plans to use hydropower at B.C.’s August 29, 2019.

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New Report Shows Gap Between Utility Carbon Pledges and Climate Change Imperatives

GreenTechMedia

The analysis underscores the gap between the policy imperatives of the environmental community and the Biden-Harris administration, which has set a goal of zero carbon emissions from the U.S. electricity sector by 2035, and the cost imperatives of U.S. And only two — Northern Indiana Public Service Co.

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Global Briefing: UN shines spotlight on e-waste opportunity

Business Green

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week. The UN has this week published its annual Global E-waste Monitor report , revealing that at least $10bn of gold, platinum, and other precious metals were lost each year as part of the world's growing e-waste mountain. complete renewables mega-deal.

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