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Thom Krystofiak: Warren Buffett misses the point on climate change
Isn’t there a point where a corporation and its investors have amassed so much wealth that they should be able to recognize there are other goals besides money that desperately need to be pursued?
Oil and gas land sale nets $79M amid New Mexico climate concerns
A contentious auction of public land to the oil and gas industry brought in about $78.8 million to the federal government this week, amid outcry from New Mexico environmental groups calling for a halt on using the lands for fossil fuel drilling.
Company to build $218 million steel plant on former J&L land in Aliquippa
The operation will include an electric-arc furnace — a steelmaking technology with lower carbon intensity than traditional methods — to melt scrap steel and produce 500,000 tons of rebar, or reinforcement steel, annually for a variety of industries.
Windfall Bio comes out of stealth with methane-eating microbes
Sunlight reflection (solar geoengineering) must be studied: Scientists
Private jet use and climate campaigning not hypocritical: Bill Gates
Bill Gates does not agree that using a private jet and campaigning on the issue of climate change represents a contradiction open to allegations of hypocrisy.
Inflation crisis posing greatest near-term threat, Davos survey warns
The World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report highlights the cost of living crisis as the biggest short-term risk facing the world right now, with climate change as the biggest long-term threat.