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"World's Largest Banks Lagging In Sustainable Finance: Report"

"Despite pressure from activists, investors and governments, the majority of world’s 50 largest banks have not made sustainable finance commitments to respond to the risks of climate change and continue to finance fossil fuels, according to new findings by the World Resources Institute released on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 10/04/2019

Major Fossil Fuel State Is Joining RGGI, the Northeast's Carbon Market

"Pennsylvania, one of the nation's largest coal and natural gas producing states, is moving to join the Northeast's carbon market. It would mark the largest expansion of the multistate initiative since its inception a decade ago and a milestone in the drive by states to counter the impact of the Trump administration's retreat from climate action."

Source: InsideClimate News, 10/04/2019

"Methane Sensors Put On Planes, Trucks In Oil Production Zone"

"Methane sensors will be put on planes, trucks and atop towers in the West Texas and southeastern New Mexico desert in a new effort to gauge the extent of greenhouse gas emissions from surging oil and natural gas production, advocates with the Environmental Defense Fund announced Wednesday."

Source: AP, 10/03/2019

Trump Breaks With Tradition By Tapping Only A Republican For FERC

"President Trump finally chose a new Republican commissioner for a key panel of federal energy regulators. But he did so without naming a Democrat to go with him, setting off a potential battle with Senate Democrats over the future of renewable energy and gas pipeline projects across the country."

Source: Washington Post, 10/03/2019

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