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Canada joins historic commitment to end international fossil fuel finance by end of 2022

Enviromental Defense

Glasgow — Today at COP26, Canada, US, Mali, UK, and 20 other countries and institutions from both developed and developing countries launched a joint statement committing to end direct international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022 and prioritize clean energy finance. This was 2.5

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A Right to Fossil Fuels? Pressure Mounts for Developing Countries to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground

Law Columbia

In his inaugural address , incoming General Assembly President Peter Thompson declared that the session would focus on advancing the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in September 2015. In this new era, questions abound regarding what constitutes “sustainabledevelopment and how to achieve it.

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Southwestern PA Community, Health Organizations To Hold Sept. 17 Online Press Event - One Year After Pitt Shale Gas Health Impacts Studies And The Failure To Fulfill Essential Promises Made To Residents

PA Environment Daily

Shapiro’s Record On Shale Gas And Health - A Look At The Grand Jury Recommendations One Year In [PaEN] -- Physicians For Social Responsibility - PA: Gov. Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago [PaEN] -- Gov. 27 Released 1.1

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How Finance can help stop climate change: Green bonds

Edouard Stenger

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. From a mere three billion USD in 2012 it has grown to $81 billion in 2016 and could reach $150 billion this year. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since.

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Waste and Water Woes

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

In North Carolina, where many hog CAFOs lie within 100 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, several hurricanes have struck and caused lagoons to overflow, including Hurricane Florence in 2018, Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Sustainable Development of Water Resources. 6 How does EQIP work? NRCS Protracts.

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Will renewable energy save us from climate change?

Global Green

Michael Moore’s last movie, Planet of the Humans , questions the reliability, affordability and sustainability of renewable energy. The thought-provoking film also highlights the renewables’ dependence on fossil fuels. In 2016, EU predicted up to 10% of the European energy mix could be provided by wave and tidal power by 2050.

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Erie Times: How PA's Oil & Gas Industry Continues To Illegally Dump Wastewater On Roads Across The State

PA Environment Daily

Lawmakers first banned the use of wastewater from fracking wells as a dust suppressant in 2016. "If/when a responsible party is identified, appropriate enforcement action is taken," he said. Two years later, the DEP issued a moratorium on the use of wastewater from traditional drilling methods as well.

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