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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. The exclusion of JBS is quite dramatic for us because it is from all of our funds, not just the ones labelled ESG," Eric Pedersen, Nordea’s head of responsible investments, told The Guardian. .

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A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Behind the Controversial Great Barrington Declaration Calling for COVID-19 Herd Immunity

DeSmogBlog

Known as the Great Barrington Declaration , this statement advocating for herd immunity was introduced in early October at an event hosted by the American Institute for Economic Research , a conservative free-market think tank located in the western Massachusetts town of Great Barrington.

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Since Paris Agreement, Global Financial Firms Have Sunk $745 Billion into New Coal Plant Development

DeSmogBlog

That research , published by the German NGO Urgewald along with BankTrack and 30 partner organizations, reveals and ranks the financial institutions sinking money into the dirtiest form of fossil fuels in the three years since the Paris Agreement was signed.

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Global Push for LNG Creates 'Gas Bubble' That Could Bust

DeSmogBlog

Without Berkshire Hathaway’s promised $4 billion investment, the project has stalled. Tags: LNG Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink pipeline US LNG Exports American Petroleum Institute While far from British Columbia, the actions spooked investors in Energie Saguenay LNG.

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Labor Helps Obama Energy Secretary Push and Profit from 'Net Zero' Fossil Fuels

DeSmogBlog

It's also an agenda matching a number of the former Energy Secretary's personal financial investments. Tags: Dentons EJM Associates AFL-CIO IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers U.S.

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Reports: Treasury shelves £30bn plan to electrify UK railways over cost concerns

Business Green

Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. The Treasury is facing further accusations that it is hampering the UK's net zero transition, after reports emerged over the weekend that it has blocked plans to electrify Britain's railways over cost concerns.

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How investing 1.3 per cent of GDP could decarbonise the global economy - and unlock massive financial savings

Business Green

Major new report from Energy Transition Commission concludes bridging the net zero investment gap is a 'manageable macroeconomic challenge' How much will it cost to build a net zero emission economy? This is undoubtedly true, but it serves to underplay the precise nature of the investment challenge faced by the net zero transition.