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A new lawsuit seeks to prevent the expansion of coal generation in South Africa.

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South Africa’s carbon emission targets not nearly ambitious enough to combat deepening footprint Robyn Hugo Robyn Hugo is Director: Climate Engagement at shareholder activism organisation Just Share.  First published by . To hear President Ramaphosa’s 22 April address to the Virtual Leaders’ Summit on Climate Change, you’d think South Africa was going “above and beyond” when it comes to addressing the climate crisis. Not so. SA’s long-awaited draft updated Nation...

For Immediate Release, April 22, 2021 Contact: U.S. Climate Target Falls Short of What Science, Justice Demand WASHINGTON— The new U.S. target for reducing climate-heating emissions 50%-52% by 2030 fails to meet the demands of climate science and environmental and energy justice. While the new U.S. target doubles the emissions-reduction commitments made in the country’s 2016 pledge, it falls short of what’s needed to address both the climate emergency and global ...

Green War (December 30, 2020) by Yutaka Yokoyama On December 30, 2020 December 1, 2020 Wall Street Journal: “The new coronavirus infected people in the U.S. in mid-December 2019, a few weeks before it was officially identified in China ….” THE THOMAN REPORT Rick Thoman, climate specialist at University of Alaska Fairbanks: “High temperature for Dec 01 at Fairbanks Airport wound up at 39F (+3.9C), a new record for the date.” “As of 953pm AKST Dec 01, Juneau Airport has reported 4.77�...