Causesen.wikipedia.org Large insurers are hatching a plan to take down coal Thomas Buberl, the chief executive of the French insurance company AXA, wants the industry to stop covering mines and plants.
Solutions The 6 winners of the ‘Green Nobels’ for environmental activism show that change is possible The Goldman Environmental Prize announced its 2020 winners, including an activist who used shareholder meetings to push back against financing coal mines and a beekeeper who took on Monsanto.
Impacts www.bbc.com Bank of England chief Mark Carney issues climate change warning The world will face irreversible heating unless financial firms shift priorities, Mark Carney tells the BBC.
Politics Insurers in UK and US lagging behind in divesting from coal, report finds European firms are making faster progress in refusing to insure polluting firms, says campaign group Unfriend Coal.
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
