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Vanguard takes a baby step on climate change — finally

GreenBiz

The $7 trillion silent member of the Big Three tags coal as a concern years behind other investors.

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Why the push to sell LNG as a climate solution is full of hot air

Corporate Knights

They assert that LNG can displace other climate-polluting fossil fuels such as coal, and that because LNG emits less carbon dioxide than coal when burned, it is beneficial in the effort to limit the rapidly compounding effects of the climate crisis.

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Cracks showing in Mark Carney’s net-zero financial alliance

Corporate Knights

We want to be unequivocal on this point: there is no rationale for financing new coal projects,” Carney and Bloomberg said in a joint statement , endorsing the Race to Zero ban on coal investments. . If you won’t meet minimum standards in line with the climate science. Richard Brooks, climate finance director for Stand.earth.

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As Asian heatwaves require burning more fossil fuels, fears of a slower transition grow

Eco-Business

Gas and coal demand is up in South and Southeast Asia, as governments look to get people enough power for live-saving air-conditioning. Greener solutions come with steep price tags, and policy momentum is not guaranteed, experts say.

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This tracking company wants to sell sustainability

Stacey Higginbotham

Once the item arrives, the tag can be thrown out or partially recycled. Rand McNally is also a customer, using the tracker almost as a canary in a coal mine to understand where disruptions in its logistics business might arise. Today Moeco’s clients are big companies tracking their own products such as Colgate and DuPont.

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Commercial trucking's future is in the details

GreenBiz

It’s a great advertising tag line, but there are no free rides; someone always pays somewhere. The transition from coal steam trains to diesel electric ones in the 1940s and 1950s saw many fundamental shifts in infrastructure, with trains no longer needing water and coal refill stops. Free delivery."

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Financed Emissions: A New Standard for Calling Balls and Strikes

3BL Media

All of a sudden, it would cost more to extract coal and burn it for electricity. If coal becomes costlier, then renewable energy becomes even more price competitive than it already is. If gasoline powered cars have a higher price tag, then more people will make the switch to electric vehicles.

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