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58 U.S. banks provided $134 billion in lending and underwriting to meat, dairy, animal feed, food processing, and agri-commodity corporations.

Proposal to drill oil and gas near Denver superfund site raises concerns.

(Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday during his visit to Brazil that a potential trade agreement between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc as it stands is a "very bad deal" and more climate commitments are needed. "As it is negotiated today, it is a very bad deal, for you and for us," Macron told businessmen in Sao Paulo while on a three-day trip to Latin America's largest economy, amid troubled talks over a free trade deal...

State officials see them as a threat.

Many of the largest U.S. banks and asset managers are retreating from their climate commitments amid rising federal scrutiny and an assault on environmentally conscious investing in state legislatures. As more stringent federal oversight looms and bills to blacklist and in some cases criminalize banks that refuse to invest in fossil fuels are proposed in…

Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system. In a video posted on social media, two women with the words “FOOD RIPOSTE” written on their T-shirts could be seen passing under a security barrier to get closer to the painting and throwing soup at the glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. The Louvre employees could then be se...

By Sarah Morgan, Matthew Dobbins, and Jon Solorzano of Vinson & Elkins Advocates of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues endured a difficult 2023: major asset managers pulled back from climate commitments, more than a dozen states passed anti-ESG legislation, growth in board diversity slowed, and fossil-fuel production rose. Yet despite reports of ESG’s impending […] The post ESG in 2024: Three Priorities for Companies – Vinson & Elkins appeared first...

Mps will vote this evening on the governments plans to guarantee annual licenses for oil and gas projects in the north sea. the offshore petroleum licensing bill has caused some considerable unrest among conservative backbenchers, the former energy minister and mp for kingsdown, chris skidmore, has resigned over the issue. today ahead of the vote, the uk s former business and energy secretary, alok sharma, said he would oppose the bill, criticising it as a sign the government was not serious abo...

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Poor energy efficiency ratings have forced the Government’s net zero department to move from its headquarters to more eco-friendly premises.