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When tracking corporate climate conduct, do we focus too much on emissions?

Law Columbia

Greenhouse gas (GHG) footprinting has been the industry’s main yardstick to date. C targets, and transition plans often remain abstract for corporate officers and banking and investment analysts. Capital assets are also implicated in the vast majority of corporate greenhouse gas emissions.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.12.25

PA Environment Daily

; Regional Trail Workshop Mini-Grants -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $60 Million In Trail Projects In Manayunk, Chester, Camden In Limbo Under Federal Scrutiny -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Summer Fun For All Ages Continues At Pittsburgh Parks -- WITF: House Passes Bill To Lift Near-Total Ban On Sunday Hunting New Federal Administration -- EPA To Repeal (..)

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Opinion: We need radical action on climate finance at COP29

A Greener Life

Trump’s second victory is very likely to increase fossil fuel production, and he has also pledged to “rescind all unspent funds under the Inflation Reduction Act ’’. The act aims to create green jobs, reduce fossil fuel consumption and switch to clean energy. This threatens to undermine public support for climate action.

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Is There Really a Fiduciary Duty to Destroy the Climate?

Law Columbia

corporations and institutional investors owe a fiduciary duty to maximize profits through economic activities that continue to produce, sell, and use fossil fuels (i.e. In addition, if profits can be maximized by deforestation or releasing methane or other greenhouse gases as well, then profits must again take precedence.

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Disappointed in National Leadership? Look to States

Legal Planet

No wonder that philanthropic and business leaders from many sectors outside the fossil fuel industry are turning to policy makers who have the ability to take timely and effective action.

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World’s Biggest Court Opinion on Climate

Legal Planet

To recap: The unanimous opinion found that nations of the world have a legal obligation to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases or else pay reparations for the harms of climate change. EPA is renouncing its ability to even regulate greenhouse gases as a threat to human health.

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U.S. Energy Industry Trends To Watch In A 2025 Trump Presidency

Legal Planet

A renewed emphasis on fossil fuels is expected under another Trump administration, though coal will likely remain moribund thanks to poor economic fundamentals and constrained access to capital. Renewable Energy Vs. Fossil Fuels Renewables or fossil fuels?