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As disasters mount, central banks gird against threat of climate change
From the Bank of England to the People’s Bank of China, officials of the world’s largest economies are gauging how climate change could rock the financial system.
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Has Fannie Mae’s $95 billion in green bonds made anything greener?
'We're looking at some measure of greenwashing in the largest program in the world.'
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Follow the money: US subsidizes oil and gas so investors never lose
Finally, we have the numbers and they're not pretty, detailing how it doesn't matter what price fuel is.
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Can you recycle a hard drive? Google is quietly trying to find out
Rare earth magnet recycling is about so much more than sustainable data centers.
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As wildfires worsen, more California farms are deemed too risky to insure
The skyrocketing cost of fire insurance foreshadows a larger confrontation over so-called managed retreat.
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What’s the true cost of shipping all your junk across the ocean?
Walmart and other retail giants import millions of goods on polluting cargo ships.
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How bankruptcy lets oil and gas companies evade cleanup rules
"It's basically bankruptcy for profit."
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US Southwest, already parched, sees ‘virtual water’ drain abroad
As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.
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The plan to turn coal country into a rare earth powerhouse
With plans for a Made-in-America renewable energy transformation, Biden administration ramps up efforts to extract rare earth minerals from coal waste.
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Food waste is heating up the planet. Is dumpster-diving by app a solution?
38 million people are buying "mystery bags" to curb climate change.
