climate change

Regulation

European Court Says Switzerland Violated Elderly Citizen Rights Via Climate Inaction

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The ruling can’t be appealed and sets a weighty legal precedent for climate litigation in the EU and beyond.

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Energy

Fossil Fuel Clinginess Puts Climate Change Threshold in Peril

Oil and gas entities are on track to nearly quadruple the fossil fuels they extract from newly approved projects by the end of the decade.

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Energy

Shell Backtracks Again on Climate Targets

The energy titan has extended the timeline for its plan to reduce its “carbon intensity.”

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Regulation

SEC OKs Climate Disclosure Rule But Leaves Environmentalists Wanting More

The new mandate requires most public companies to disclose greenhouse-gas emissions but stopped short of additional supply chain data.

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Real Estate

Investment Groups Are Scoring Big on US Farmland

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The supply is fixed, so investors are pouring capital into land needed to produce more food than we ever have.

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Energy

OPEC+ Is Losing Market Share as Oil Demand Starts to Slip

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OPEC+ now controls just 51% of the global oil market, good for the smallest share since the group’s creation in 2016.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft May Turn to Cryogenic Energy to Power Data Centers

Microsoft’s latest patent may keep its data centers cool and its energy even cooler.

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Geopolitics

UN Agency Wants More Meat Production, Less Climate Impact

The UN wants poor nations to ramp up meat production for to address malnutrition, and developed nations to cut back.

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Patent Drop

JPMorgan Chase Could Keep a Closer Eye on Scope Three Emissions

JPMorgan Chase may be looking to track its ESG investments down to the letter.

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Power Corridor

El Niño Ravages Land and Sea, Slamming Markets

Climate change is colliding with another phenomenon called El Niño – and the results are already far-reaching, global, devastating.

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