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Germany’s Role in Climate Policy

Legal Planet

The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. trillion tons.]

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Analysis: Green jobs take off in China

A Greener Life

In 2022, tech firms’ payrolls fell by 164,000 employees, with a further 166,000 jobs cut in the first quarter of 2023, according to tracking platform Layoffs.fyi. In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”.

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Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

A Greener Life

The environmental impacts of coal power – from local air and water pollution to carbon emissions – have made the project controversial. “We He also stated that the country would increase support for low-carbon energy in developing countries. This project was approved in 2017, long before the Chinese president’s proclamation.”

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Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects

Corp Watch

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

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Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

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Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Major Shareholders Click here for the late st data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Total to pay $2.9 million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Nick Snow | Oil & Gas Journal | May 2, 2007 Total Petrochemicals USA Inc.

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Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Corp Watch

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total to pay $2.9 agreed to pay $2.9

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South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

Corp Watch

Activists Spill Symbolic Oil at the Louvre to Protest Its Sponsorship Deal Claire Voon | HyperAllergic | March 9, 2017 Protestors dressed in all black staged a dramatic performance at the Louvre last Sunday to pressure the museum to cut its 20-year-long ties with French multinational oil and gas company Total S.A. Total to pay $2.9

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