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Episode 242: Responsible mining, the politics of clean energy

GreenBiz

Episode 242: Responsible mining, the politics of clean energy. Policy & Politics. Heather Clancy. Fri, 10/23/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (7:25). Microsoft, Tiffany help carve out new responsible mining standard. Corporate advocacy and the environmental movement’s racial justice reckoning. Contributors.

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Carbon pricing works, and this proves it

GreenBiz

Carbon pricing works, and this proves it. Putting a price on carbon should reduce emissions, because it makes dirty production processes more expensive than clean ones, right? We analyzed data for 142 countries over more than two decades, 43 of which had a carbon price of some form by the end of the study period. Paul Burke.

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On the carbon tax, Justin Trudeau’s job is indeed to be popular

Clean Energy Canada

When the Prime Minister uttered those words amid a passionate, seven-minute defence of the carbon price this week, he must have known he had just written his own headline. But much of that was before an affordability crisis reshaped Canada’s – and the world’s – political landscape. But the carbon price sure makes for an easy scapegoat.

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The Importance of Corporate Political Responsibility

Andrew Winston

They have developed an excellent framework on how companies should think about their political influence. Most companies rely on a dated model of engagement on policy with governments and civil society, compartmentalizing their political influence activities into an organizational silo, just as they used to do with their supply chains. (By

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The carbon price debate is a distraction. What would those who oppose it do instead?

Clean Energy Canada

As a recent open letter signed by over 250 Canadian economists made clear, ‘the most vocal opponents of carbon pricing are not offering alternative policies to reduce emissions and meet our climate goals. “As And they certainly aren’t offering any alternatives that would reduce emissions at the same low cost as carbon pricing.’ “The

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A new climate politics: The 47th parliament must be a contest of ideas for a hotter, low-carbon Australia

Renew Economy

The post A new climate politics: The 47th parliament must be a contest of ideas for a hotter, low-carbon Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. Climate change has figured little in the 2022 federal election campaign. But the need for sensible, long-term measures is now dire.

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Fight or switch? How the low-carbon transition is disrupting fossil fuel politics

GreenBiz

Global fossil fuel and overall energy consumption are still rising. But the new focus on them shows that the end is near.