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U.S. oil lobby pushes Biden to roll back fossil fuel curbs

The American Petroleum Institute, the top U.S. oil lobby organization, on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden’s administration to lift a slew of restrictions on fossil fuel development to help ease soaring energy prices.

Politics

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U.S. EPA head Regan presses on cutting pollution from power plants

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said on Thursday that the Biden Administration will continue to press to cut pollution from power plants, which he noted were “the largest stationary sources of harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide.”

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Centrica, Nestle, Swatch among companies exposed to physical climate risks-investors

European energy firms Centrica and Galp, food group Nestle and watchmaker Swatch are among 50 companies worldwide that are highly exposed to physical climate risks, investors with $10 trillion in assets say.

Politics

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Countries must cut emissions this decade to avoid climate disaster later: Britain

Countries will have to start delivering on emissions-reduction targets during the 2020s, rather than later, to avoid devastation from climate change, the British president of the upcoming COP26 climate summit says.

Impacts

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Europe could experience warmer than normal April-June, says Weather Company

Recent climate trends and models suggest cool, wet and windy conditions across northern and western Europe and hot and dry conditions in southern-eastern Europe.

Impacts

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Oil refineries shut as Texas energy industry reels from deep freeze

A deep freeze across Texas over the weekend took a toll on the energy industry in the largest U.S. crude-producing state, shutting oil refineries and forcing restrictions from natural gas pipeline operators.

Solutions

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EU climate change plans will ripple through foreign policy, researchers say

The European Union's goal to have zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will have "profound geopolitical repercussions," including sharply lower revenue to oil and gas exporting neighbors such as Russia, Algeria and Libya, the European University Institute and two influential think-tanks say.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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U.S. oil lobby pushes Biden to roll back fossil fuel curbs

Centrica, Nestle, Swatch among companies exposed to physical climate risks-investors

Countries must cut emissions this decade to avoid climate disaster later: Britain

Europe could experience warmer than normal April-June, says Weather Company

Oil refineries shut as Texas energy industry reels from deep freeze

EU climate change plans will ripple through foreign policy, researchers say

Chemical recycling has an economic and environmental injustice problem: Report

A blueprint for reshaping climate regulations under a second Trump administration

Record oil profits highlight the long road to renewable energy

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Biden administration unveils plan to wean US government off single-use plastics

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way