#EU fines Volkswagen, BMW  billion for emissions cartel

#EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 billion for emissions cartel

“#EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 billion for emissions cartel” The European Union handed down $1 billion in fines to major German car manufacturers Thursday, saying they colluded to limit the development and rollout of car emission-control systems. Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen along with its Audi and Porsche divisions avoided competing on technology to restrict pollution…

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#Climate action is going to create too many jobs 

#Climate action is going to create too many jobs 

“#Climate action is going to create too many jobs ” Mike Moffatt and John McNally: Two big bottlenecks stand in the way of Canada’s climate ambition—a shortage of skilled labour and a shortage of housing Mike Moffatt is an assistant professor at the Ivey Business School at Western University and senior director at the Smart Prosperity…

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#Germany must tighten climate law, court rules

#Germany must tighten climate law, court rules

“#Germany must tighten climate law, court rules” Germany must update its climate law by the end of next year to set out how it will bring carbon emissions down to almost zero by 2050, its top court ruled on Thursday, siding with a young woman who argued rising sea levels would engulf her family farm….

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#Biden, climate warriors can’t face costs of going green

#Biden, climate warriors can’t face costs of going green

“#Biden, climate warriors can’t face costs of going green” In anticipation of the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, a two-day global gathering of more than 40 world leaders, President Joe Biden declared that the United States had a “moral imperative” to adopt an “ambitious” goal of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels by…

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#Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests, scientists track what’s left

#Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests, scientists track what’s left

“#Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests, scientists track what’s left” SAYA DE MALHA BANK, Indian Ocean – Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in the ocean currents sweeping across an underwater mountain plateau the size of Switzerland. A remote-powered camera glides through the sunlit, turquoise waters of this corner…

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#Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks

#Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks

“#Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks” WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking…

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