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Banks Continue to Prop Up the Fossil Fuel Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that all scenarios to meet the Paris Agreement ’s targets for holding planetary temperatures under 1.5 trillion into oil and gas development in the Global South in the seven years since the Paris Agreement was signed. degrees Celsius, or 2.7

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Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

A Greener Life

Set to be built and funded by Chinese state-owned entities, recent developments have also raised fresh questions about China’s pledge – made at the UN General Assembly in 2021 – not to build any new coal power plants overseas. The Gwadar coal power plant was first conceived in 2016, with an estimated cost of USD 542.32

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California. A California community services district and a neighborhood group filed a lawsuit challenging San Bernardino County authorizations for a solar power generating facility across 3,500 acres. County of Kern , No. BCV-20-100080 (Cal.

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