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![After voter slap, Switzerland tries again with plan to slash emissions After voter slap, Switzerland tries again with plan to slash emissions](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_efbd4266-f611-48f3-a785-e71918ff89f4_.jpg) |
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Switzerland laid out new proposals on Friday for a law to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, pushing ahead with a carbon dioxide tax although eschewing controversial measures to impose levies on flights and car fuel. ...more |
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![Britain toughens up climate-related disclosures by companies and funds Britain toughens up climate-related disclosures by companies and funds](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_abf4642f-1f82-438e-aea9-16b4f604b519_.jpg) |
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Britain will from January significantly increase the number of companies and investment houses required to tell investors how climate-change is hitting their businesses, its financial watchdog said on Friday. ...more |
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![EU energy talks dissolve over carbon, green finance fights EU energy talks dissolve over carbon, green finance fights](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_79181b16-56b8-42c3-95eb-c2c13a8817bd_.jpg) |
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Talks between European Union country leaders on energy policy ended with no agreement on Thursday, as states squabbled over how to respond to record-high carbon prices and upcoming green investment rules. ...more |
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![Goldman Sachs sets 2030 carbon emissions reduction targets Goldman Sachs sets 2030 carbon emissions reduction targets](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_1e359864-e8d0-4dc1-b0f2-7320263df0e9_.jpg) |
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) said it would work with clients in three areas to reduce carbon emissions substantially by 2030, as it revealed new details about its approach to countering climate change in a report released on Thursday. ...more |
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![Brazil wildfires killed an estimated 17 million animals Brazil wildfires killed an estimated 17 million animals](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_767e37ab-d3ed-4657-9381-a390757ed87e_.jpg) |
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Amid the bleakness of 2020, scientists in Brazil concluded a particularly grim conservation study - attempting to count the animals killed by huge wildfires in the Pantanal wetlands. ...more |
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![Dutch explore nuclear 'taboo' as part of energy transition Dutch explore nuclear 'taboo' as part of energy transition](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_712e7fc7-9fb6-4b8d-a4a0-0c22424cd076_.jpg) |
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The Netherlands may build two nuclear reactors, its government-in-waiting said on Wednesday, signalling a possible radical shift in energy policy as it seeks to keep a transition to a carbon-neutral economy on track. ...more |
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![EU to set up scheme to encourage CO2 removal from atmosphere EU to set up scheme to encourage CO2 removal from atmosphere](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_4a534975-3b65-4633-b90c-c3d6c8e96d16_.jpg) |
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European Union policymakers said on Wednesday they will create a system to certify carbon removals next year, as a step towards establishing a regulated EU market to trade them and provide a financial incentive to store CO2. ...more |
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![Is fossil fuel pollution affecting fertility rates? Is fossil fuel pollution affecting fertility rates?](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8b21d9f4-660f-4790-ae30-c44905ebda29_.jpg) |
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A study published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology has linked decreasing fertility rates in humans to burning fossil fuels. The study established that childbirth has steadily declined over the past 50 years. Although the study focused on Denmark, many other nations seem to follow the trend. ...more |
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![A radical plan for livestock is coming to The Netherlands A radical plan for livestock is coming to The Netherlands](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_60ff7b04-2846-471a-ad0e-ab84f454fcb8_.jpg) |
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The Netherlands has too much manure. So the Dutch government announced a 25 billion euro plan to greatly reduce the country’s livestock. ...more |
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![Climate change imperils world's oil and gas reserves: research Climate change imperils world's oil and gas reserves: research](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_9c47aa0e-4e7d-489c-9801-a3cbf14a5405_.jpg) |
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Much of the world's reserves of oil and gas is under threat from rising tides, storms, floods and extreme temperatures caused by climate change, risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft said on Thursday. ...more |
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