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Tips for Virus-Free Payment Transactions

March 31, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Tips for Virus-Free Payment Transactions

 

PRINCETON JUNCTION, New Jersey, March 31, 2020 (ENS) – The highly contagious, deadly novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, is spreading around the world in a  [...]

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Private Sector Trusted to Share Virus Messaging Load

March 19, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Private Sector Trusted to Share Virus Messaging Load

 

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 19, 2020 (ENS) – “These last few weeks we have all lived the consequences of low trust in government and media. We have observed that [...]

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Philips Aims to Become Carbon Neutral This Year

February 25, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Philips Aims to Become Carbon Neutral This Year

 

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, February 25, 2020 (ENS) – With its U.S. and Dutch facilities now 100 percent-powered by renewable electricity, the multinational health technology company Philips is closer [...]

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Green v Black: Greenpeace Protests BlackRock’s Coal Funding

February 4, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Green v Black: Greenpeace Protests BlackRock’s Coal Funding

 

FRANKFURT, Germany, February 4, 2020 (ENS) – Greenpeace Germany supporters protested at global investment firm BlackRock’s German headquarters Monday, to tell the firm to stop investing in coal [...]

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The Twin Threats Facing Big Oil

January 26, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on The Twin Threats Facing Big Oil

 

By Nick Cunningham

LONDON, UK, January 25, 2020 (ENS) – The global oil and gas industry is facing the twin threats of the loss of profitability and the [...]

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Trump, Thunberg Clash at World Economic Forum

January 22, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Trump, Thunberg Clash at World Economic Forum

 

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 21, 2020 (ENS) – After a year of floods and droughts, when wildfires devastated Australia and the Amazon, and Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg [...]

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World Economic Forum 2020 Aims for Sustainability

January 12, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on World Economic Forum 2020 Aims for Sustainability

 

DAVOS-KLOSTERS, Switzerland, January 12, 2020 (ENS) – This year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum will call on corporations to raise their ambitions for climate action under [...]

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European Investment Bank to Stop Financing Fossil Fuels

November 19, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on European Investment Bank to Stop Financing Fossil Fuels

 

KIRCHBERG, Luxembourg, November 19, 2019 (ENS) – The European Investment Bank will end financing for fossil fuel energy projects from the end of 2021, bank officials have announced. [...]

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Total Sued Under France’s New Duty of Vigilance Law

October 23, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Total Sued Under France’s New Duty of Vigilance Law

 

PARIS, France, October 23, 2019 (ENS) – Today six environmental groups in France and Uganda, led by Friends of the Earth, are taking the French multinational energy company Total [...]

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Leaders Pledge Decade of Action for Sustainable Goals

October 1, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Leaders Pledge Decade of Action for Sustainable Goals

 

NEW YORK, New York, September 28, 2019 (ENS) – The first United Nations summit on the progress of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development closed on a hopeful [...]

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U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Deal Could Unravel

September 16, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Deal Could Unravel

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2019 (ENS) – Before Congress took its six-week August recess, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to every U.S. senator and representative [...]

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Golden Asteroid Could Make Everyone on Earth Wealthy

June 27, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Golden Asteroid Could Make Everyone on Earth Wealthy

 

LONDON, UK, June 26, 2019 (ENS) – Whether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don’t really need to unlock the mystery of the origins [...]

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Big Companies Ask Congress For National Carbon Price

May 22, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Big Companies Ask Congress For National Carbon Price

 

WASHINGTON, DC, May 22, 2019 (ENS) – Representatives of some of the largest U.S.-based corporations are asking Congress to pass meaningful climate legislation, including a price on carbon. [...]

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Yum! Brands’ Recipe for Good

May 16, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Yum! Brands’ Recipe for Good

 

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 15, 2019 – Yum! Brands, the parent company of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, today was named to the 100 Best Corporate [...]

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UN Environment Opens Fourth Assembly in Mourning

March 11, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on UN Environment Opens Fourth Assembly in Mourning

 

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 11, 2019 (ENS) – The world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment opened in Nairobi today with a moment of silence for the victims of [...]

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OECD: Firms Thrive Under EU’s Emissions Trading System

January 24, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on OECD: Firms Thrive Under EU’s Emissions Trading System

 

PARIS, France, January 24, 2019 (ENS) – Emissions limits set by the European Union’s Emissions Trading System have not hurt revenue, profits or employment at firms subject to [...]

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1,000+ Institutions Divest From Fossil Fuels

December 13, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on 1,000+ Institutions Divest From Fossil Fuels

 

KATOWICE, Poland, December 13, 2018 (ENS) – Over 1,000 institutions with managed investments worth US$$8 trillion have committed to divest from fossil fuel companies because they are driving [...]

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UN, 28 Banks Draft Global Responsibility Standards

November 30, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on UN, 28 Banks Draft Global Responsibility Standards

 

PARIS, France, November 30, 2018 (ENS) – “The global banking industry is stepping up to the sustainability challenge,” said Satya Tripathi of India, UN assistant secretary-general, UN Environment. [...]

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Big Corporations Vow to Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions

September 21, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Big Corporations Vow to Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 

SAN FRANCISCO, California, September 21, 2018 (ENS) – United Airlines has become the first U.S. airline to publicly commit to cutting its own greenhouse gas emissions in half [...]

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Kroger to Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Bags by 2025

August 27, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Kroger to Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Bags by 2025

 

CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 27, 2018 (ENS) – The Kroger Co. will phase out single-use plastic bags and transition to reusable bags across its family of more than 2,770 [...]

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