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Bill would force banks to consider climate for Big Oil loans By Avery Ellfeldt, E&E News reporter | 07/13/2021 3:27 PM GMT (Left to right) House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions ranking member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) and Chair Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) during a hearing yesterday. Francis Chung/E&E News A new Democratic proposal would prod banks to address climate risks by disincentivizing them from providing loans, bonds and other financial s...

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Bill Gates-backed merger eyes solar breakthrough By Peter Behr, E&E News reporter | 07/13/2021 3:28 PM GMT Frank van Mierlo, founder and CEO of 1366 Technologies, discusses his companys "tandem" solar cell technology. 1366 announced yesterday it is merging with Hunt Perovskite Technologies LLC to form a new clean energy venture. TEDx Talks/YouTube A new venture to develop next generation tandem solar cells was announced yesterday with the backing of Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures...

China carbon market a milestone in global climate effort By Avery Ellfeldt, E&E News reporter | 07/13/2021 3:23 PM GMT (Left to right) House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions ranking member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) and Chair Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) during a hearing yesterday Francis Chung/E&E News China is set to launch what will be the world’s largest carbon emissions trading market, a national program meant to create financial incentives ...

Trump DOE chief Dan Brouillette joins think tank By Lesley Clark, E&E News reporter | 07/13/2021 3:22 PM GMT Former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette is pictured in July 2020 on Capitol Hill Francis Chung/E&E News Former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette has joined the board of advisors for the American Council for Capital Formation, a pro-business think tank. Brouillette, who succeeded Rick Perry as Energy secretary in December 2019 during the Trump administration, also served as Perry’s de...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Virginia has just enacted a new privacy law, and several other states are considering doing the same, including Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, and Washington. Yet there is another privacy law being developed that is getting very little attention, but which may ultimately overshadow what is currently under consideration. That is the uniform state privacy law known as the “Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Data (CUPID) Act...

Officials sometimes withhold public information that residents deserve to know. Written By: Rick Lubbers | × Rick Lubbers “Transparency” is a buzzword these days with corporations, schools, hospitals and just about any person or entity that deals regularly with the general public. Local, state and national governments love the word, too. The intentions are great. Everyone wants to hear about how institutions are peeling away various veils of secrecy to maintain more open an...

Food truck, kettle corn business get licenses in Alexandria Good Burger & More has also applied for licensing through Horizon Public Health and submitted a certificate of liability insurance. Written By: Al Edenloff | 7:00 am, Jan. 12, 2021 At its meeting Monday night, the Alexandria City Council issued a mobile food truck license to Good Burger & More, which is owned by former Alexandria resident Anthony Jensen of Sauk Centre, who is coming back to Alexandri...

Over alleged bias against conservatives. warning to both the news sessions invited attorneys general from 13 states and dc along with top doj officials, donald trump and several top republicans slammed sites like google, facebook and twitter saying they suppress content from conservatives and searches favor liberal contents, the companies deny those claims. google is encouraging federal data privacy laws, the text im releasing a 3-page letter aiming as it rights legislation governing how compani...

Analytica and concurrent with an investigation by the uk version of the fbi. and theyre looking at financial practices, at data practices, at violation of european data laws on the uk side. this appears to be new. theyve been making the rounds of financial institutions that have done business with cambridge analytica talking to ex-employees. we thought the chapter was over for this company. theyre now bankrupt and going out of business. in fact, their journey is just beginning it seems. >> from ...