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U.S. EPA head Regan presses on cutting pollution from power plants

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said on Thursday that the Biden Administration will continue to press to cut pollution from power plants, which he noted were “the largest stationary sources of harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide.”

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Al Gore: China could surprise the world at Glasgow climate talks

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is hopeful China and the United States will set aside their differences at U.N. climate change talks in Glasgow, just as they came together in 2015 to help hammer out the Paris Agreement.

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PBF shares tumble on new N. California air pollution regulation

Shares of oil refiner PBF Energy Inc fell more than 10% on Northern California's new air pollution requirement that could possibly shut down the company's Martinez refinery in the state.

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Exxon vows to add two new directors amid bitter proxy fight

Exxon Mobil says it will appoint two new directors with energy industry and climate experience within the next 12 months, a pledge made days before a shareholder contest over the oil company's climate stance and board makeup.

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Chevron shareholders to vote on climate change proposals -filing

Chevron has pledged to limit the pace of growth of its carbon emissions that contribute to climate change, but has not set longer-term targets to achieve net zero as many European oil companies have done.

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Show us the plan: Investors push companies to come clean on climate

In the past, shareholder votes on the environment were rare and easily brushed aside. Things could look different in the annual meeting season starting next month, when companies are set to face the most investor resolutions tied to climate change in years.

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Qantas and BP unveil strategic partnership to reduce carbon emissions

Qantas Airways Ltd and BP PLC on Thursday announced a strategic partnership to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation sector in Australia as part of their goals to become carbon neutral companies by 2050.

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Al Gore: China could surprise the world at Glasgow climate talks

PBF shares tumble on new N. California air pollution regulation

Exxon vows to add two new directors amid bitter proxy fight

Chevron shareholders to vote on climate change proposals -filing

Qantas and BP unveil strategic partnership to reduce carbon emissions

Biden administration considers price support for US minerals to counter China

Prisoners across the US face life-threatening heat as climate change worsens

Georgia regulators to vote on controversial biomass energy plan

Scientists warn that 2023's extreme ocean heat may signal a major climate shift

South Korea's food waste recycling model turns leftovers into energy

Environmental journalism loses a hero

Op-ed: We mobilized to defend the EPA in Trump's first term. This time the stakes are even higher.

Global South demands fairness in genetic data sharing amid growing biopiracy concerns