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U.S. Stock Market Regulators Embroiled in Climate Debate
WASHINGTON, DC, August 28, 2023 (ENS) – No doubt about it – the Earth is getting hotter. In the scorching month of July, when temperatures soared above any other month [...]
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Divesting Fossil Fuels = High Profits, Low Carbon Footprints
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, July 20, 2023 (ENS) – Six public pension funds in the United States would be $21 billion richer if they had divested from fossil fuels a decade [...]
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World Bank: Global Economy Risky Amid High Interest Rates
WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2023 (ENS) – Global economic growth has slowed, and the risk of financial stress in emerging market and developing economies, known as EMDEs, is intensifying, hemmed [...]
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Facing Major Lawsuit, 3M to Stop Making ‘Forever Chemicals’
CHARLESTON, South Carolina, February 9, 2023 (ENS) – The 3M Company, which developed and manufactured firefighting foams containing per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, called “forever chemicals,” is in a legal [...]
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Hong Kong Issues Green Bonds to Address Tough Challenges
HONG KONG, January 6, 2023 (ENS) – The Hong Kong government on Thursday announced the successful offering of US$5.75 billion worth of Green Bonds. The triple-currency offering is the largest [...]
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Biden Budgets $50M to Develop Floating Offshore Wind Industry
WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2022 (ENS) – The Biden Administration is launching a fleet of coordinated actions to develop floating offshore wind platforms, an emerging clean energy technology that will [...]
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Asia-Pacific Economic Outlook Down as China’s Growth Slows
MANILA, Philippines, August 7, 2022 (ENS) – The Asian Development Bank has lowered its economic growth forecast for developing Asia and the Pacific to 4.6 percent this year, down from [...]
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Green Means Planet-Healing Investment to EarthDay.org
WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2022 (ENS) – “This is the moment to change it all – the business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate. Now [...]
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350 Companies Shut Russia Out of Energy, Food, Finance, Tech
WASHINGTON, DC, March 11, 2022 (ENS) – At least 350 companies have announced their withdrawal from Russia as a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine, including BP, ExxonMobil and Shell [...]
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GEORGIA: Reptile Dealer Caught Transporting Deadly Vipers
VALDOSTA, Georgia, February 24, 2022 (ENS) – A Georgia man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Wednesday for illegally transporting and falsely labeling dangerous venomous African snakes and [...]
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ArcelorMittal, France Invest Billions in Low-Emissions Steel
DUNKIRK, France, February 10, 2022 (ENS) – Steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal, based in Luxembourg, is decarbonizing its factories in France and has attracted the financial support of the French Government to [...]
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Ohio to Host Intel’s New $20 Billion Computer Chip Factories
WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2022 (ENS) – Computer chip maker Intel Friday announced plans for an initial investment of more than $20 billion in the construction of two new leading-edge [...]
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World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement Takes Effect
CANBERRA, Australia, January 4, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s largest free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, RCEP, entered into force on Saturday, January 1, giving 15 countries [...]
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Unilever Uses 1st Product Bottles Made of Paper, Not Plastic
LONDON, UK, December 15, 2021 (ENS) – The British multinational consumer goods company Unilever is using a new technology to create the first paper-based laundry detergent bottle made of sustainably [...]
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Bank Alliances Underpin Global Net-Zero Financial Effort
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, October 25, 2021 (ENS) – Canada’s largest banks are jointly taking action to limit global warming. As part of a worldwide, industry-led initiative to accelerate and support [...]
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World’s Biggest Miners Vow Net-Zero CO2 Emissions By 2050
LONDON, UK, October 7, 2021 (ENS) – Some of the world’s largest mining companies signed a pledge on Tuesday to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 if not sooner. All [...]
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Europe Funds Pandemic Recovery With Green Bonds
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 9, 2021 (ENS) – The European Commission has adopted an independently evaluated Green Bond framework, taking a step towards the issuance of up to €250 billion green [...]
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IMF Releases US$650 Billion ‘Shot in the Arm’ for the Global Economy
WASHINGTON, DC, August 11, 2021 (ENS) – To address the global need for financial reserves during the current two-pronged public health and resulting financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund’s Board [...]
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U.S. Invests $60 Million to Train Clean Energy Workforce
WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2021 (ENS) – A total of $60 million will be going to 32 institutions of higher education located in 28 states to set up and operate [...]
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Corporate Giants Set Sustainable Mobility Goals
PARIS, France, June 6, 2021 (ENS) – Ten global business leaders have joined forces to promote sustainable mobility, and more than 250 other organizations committed to increase the sustainability of [...]