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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
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.
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.
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.
Once united in support of Biden, environmentalists and unions clash over pipelines
Environmentalists and labor unions that threw their support behind U.S. President Joseph Biden now find themselves on the opposite sides of a battle over the construction of big pipeline projects between Canada and the United States.
Environmentalists make a case for leaving fossil fuels in the ground
Economic, climate and healthcare upheavals point to the need to move toward developing cleaner energy sources, environmentally friendly jobs and healthier communities, participants in a Reuters Next panel say.
Explainer: How does Canada's Clean Fuel Standard policy work?
Canada published the draft Clean Fuel Standard this month, which is central to the ruling Liberal Party's commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions 30% below 2005 levels by 2030.