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‘Wake up’: Senate hearing considers threat of climate change on ‘blue economy’

January 24, 2024

Via: NBC News

Kyle Schaefer is worried that his days as a fishing guide are numbered. He was one of five witnesses who appeared before the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday to detail how climate change threatens the “blue economy,” a term that […]


Energy, Industries

Is This A Turning Point For Big Oil?

May 26, 2021

Via: HuffPost

Three of the world’s largest oil companies faced a reckoning over climate change Wednesday as shareholder revolts and a landmark court ruling added new pressure to slash emissions. Royal Dutch Shell suffered the first blow, as a civil court in […]


Energy, Industries

American Petroleum Institute endorses carbon pricing as oil and gas industry faces pressure on emissions

March 25, 2021

Via: CNBC

The oil and gas industry’s largest trade group Thursday endorsed a price on planet-warming carbon emissions, marking a major shift after it long resisted regulatory action on climate change. The American Petroleum Institute’s move comes as President Joe Biden prepares […]


Energy, Industries

US officials: report on oil and gas sale ban due by summer

March 9, 2021

Via: ABC News

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by summer, but officials declined to state how long the moratorium could […]


Energy, Industries

How Sustainable Is the Rally in Renewable Energy Stocks?

January 14, 2021

Via: The New York Times

The overall stock market was fabulous last year, but as investors focused on climate change, renewable energy stocks did even better. Consider that while the SPDR S&P 500 Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, which tracks the benchmark S&P 500, returned 18.37 percent […]


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Biden will have a long list of economic fixes to make: Experts say these are the top 3

November 11, 2020

Via: NBC News

Economists and market analysts say that when President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office in January, he will inherit a battered economy. While most metrics of economic activity have risen from the record-shattering lows they hit in March and […]


Energy, Industries

Failure to Tackle Climate Change Will Mean Economic Disaster, UN Chief Says

December 12, 2019

Via: Fortune

United Nations Secretary-General Antó nio Guterres urged countries and companies Thursday to tackle climate change, saying failure to do so would mean “economic disaster.” Speaking at the annual U.N. climate meeting in Madrid, Guterres said fears that measures to cut […]