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Capturing and burying CO2 is heralded as the technological fix to mitigate climate change. But many oil and gas majors are using the technology to produce more fossil fuels.

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LafargeHolcim accelerated its sustainability in 2020 01 March 2021 LafargeHolcim accelerated its climate action this year with the launch of its net-zero pledge, as a signatory of the Business Ambition for 1.5°C. The company set the most ambitious climate targets of its industry, validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to reach net-carbon emissions of 475kg net of CO 2 per tonne of cementitious materials by 2030. Making progress on its net-zero journey, Lafarg...

Cemex makes key EMEAA investments at the start of 2021 23 February 2021 Cemex has started 2021 by investing for growth and its climate action strategy in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEAA). It has made seven bolt-on investments that are aligned to its key priorities of climate action, sustainable construction and EBITDA growth, representing advances in fossil fuel reduction, lower-CO 2 products, circular economy, recycling and products that demonstrate life cycle CO 2 and en...

Climate record. >> it was all about putting our economy at a disadvantage despite leading the world in co2 reduction anyway. the president showed tremendous fortitude to stand in the way and say i will put america first. >> reporter: donald trumps mostly unscripted hour and 15 minute remarks yesterday and organizers are happy the president at the range went from jokes about bald spots to reassurances about gun rights. >> dont know how we could have done better. he had a prepared speech which the...

Look, he took input from a variety of his cabinet, very informed, thoughtful approach. it took weeks of ooh evaluating this. he put america first with respect to this decision. >> and climate change never came up in those meetings? >> i want to say this to you. he also emphasized in his speech thursday the importance of engagement. thats whats being missed in this. the president did not exit paris. he exited paris because its a bad deal and were going to continue engagement on co2 reduction, par...

World and future generations. >> >> every chicagoan and illins and who depends on lake michigan for a safe, clean drinking water is at risk. >> its an extraordinary abdication of american leadership. he has made us an environmental pariah. a self-destructive move. >> was interesting about the comments is if you go back to when paris was entered into by the nations across the globe, there were environmental groups here criticizing the deal because i didnt hold china accountable. it did not hold i...

Of the deal, we take ourselves away from the table as far as american leadership in the world. thats what they are saying. >> we dont lose our seat at the table. we are part of the climate action committee at the u.n. when you look at the situation with india and china and the rest, people are not recognizing, its not about china or indiana. if you go back to 2016, there were environmental groups that said now that we have paris commits the precursor to us using the core system in the country to...

Of the deal, we take ourselves away from the table as far as american leadership in the world. thats what they are saying. >> we dont lose our seat at the table. we are part of the climate action committee at the u.n. when you look at the situation with india and china and the rest, people are not recognizing, its not about china or indiana. if you go back to 2016, there were environmental groups that said now that we have paris commits the precursor to us using the core system in the country to...

>> neil: you think the rise we had in temperatures since then owes any connection to man? >> it may. im not a scientist. but the debate over the paris accord is not a debate over science. the debate over the paris accord is an economic debate. the president made clear were far ahead of other countries in terms of co2 reduction. how can it be an effective deal if it lets china and india, two of the major polluters, keep increasing their pollution for another decade or two? that doesnt sound to me...