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British hedge fund billionaire Hohn launches campaign to starve coal plants of finance
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British hedge fund billionaire Hohn launches campaign to starve coal plants of finance

British hedge fund billionaire Chris Hohn has launched a campaign to persuade central banks to starve hundreds of planned coal-fired power plants around the world of finance, aiming to block the projects before they can pose a threat to the climate.

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Climate change gets first mention in G20 finance communique of Trump era
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Climate change gets first mention in G20 finance communique of Trump era

Finance officials from the world's 20 biggest economies on Sunday referenced climate change in their final communique for the first time in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, but stopped short of calling it a major risk to the economy.

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Microsoft aims to erase its carbon footprint from atmosphere
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Microsoft aims to erase its carbon footprint from atmosphere

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it aims to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits by 2030 and that by 2050, it hopes to have taken out enough to account for all the direct emissions the company has ever made.

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Weathering Trump's skepticism, U.S. officials still fighting global warming

Weathering Trump's skepticism, U.S. officials still fighting global warming

U.S. President Donald Trump has bashed international efforts to combat climate change and questioned the scientific consensus that global warming is dangerous and driven by human consumption of fossil fuels.
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Greens fear climate backslide with Pompeo as top U.S. diplomat

Greens fear climate backslide with Pompeo as top U.S. diplomat

Several green groups criticized the Trump administration's choice on Tuesday of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, saying his past skeptical comments about global warming show he is less suited to run U.S. foreign policy about climate change than the former Exxon Mobil CEO.
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Norway's wealth fund may expand emissions blacklist to more companies

Norway's wealth fund may expand emissions blacklist to more companies

The ethics watchdog for Norway's $1-trillion sovereign wealth may blacklist more companies that produce too much greenhouse gas by scrutinizing more industry sectors, including shipping and power.
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As its wealth fund goes green, Norway's firms struggle to keep up

As its wealth fund goes green, Norway's firms struggle to keep up

Many Norwegian companies lag high standards for reporting their impact on the environment that the Nordic nation's $1 trillion wealth fund is championing abroad in 2018.
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Trump administration puts environmental justice funding in jeopardy

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Banks fuel climate risk with $200 billion for new gas projects

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Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

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Environmental justice advocates criticize lack of inclusion in plastic treaty negotiations

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US defends Paris climate deal but faces criticism for lack of action