Mastercard Inc. pledges to hit the equivalent of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, an increasingly familiar refrain across major companies and government bodies as a Joe Biden-led U.S. looks to rejoin global counterparts in trying to slow man-made climate change. The nature of Mastercard’s MA, -0.45% business poses a …
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This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. Jay Gamel, 76, still talks about his Northern California home in the present tense, as if nothing had happened. “The place is a paradise by any measure,” says Gamel, who is semiretired. “The mountains are beautiful, the surroundings are gorgeous. It’s a postcard.” …
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It may be a squishy timeline on fossil fuels for Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, but that there’s a timeline at all for moving away from oil and gas is a factor in key swing states heading into the Nov. 3 election finale. Biden said in Thursday’s debate he would …
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Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. Getty Images Man-made climate change — the long-run threat to the global economy and security that serves as the basis for competing clean-energy bills by both parties — is a controversial topic still up for …
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Investors may want to steer clear of investing their 401(k) in companies that own risky assets such as coal-fired power plants. George Frey/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Climate change. Exploitation of essential workers. Racism. In the face of an urgent need to tackle these societal challenges, the U.S. Department of Labor released …
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Chief executives and other representatives from more than 330 businesses, including Capital One COF, -1.91% , General Mills GIS, +0.45% , Microsoft MSFT, +1.45% , Nike NKE, +0.50% , Salesforce CRM, +2.59% , Visa V, +1.43% and more are calling on bipartisan federal lawmakers to build back a better economy …
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Google parent Alphabet will cut ties with lobbyists and think tanks that deny accelerating man-made climate change, reacting in part to the global toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and heeding repeat complaints from employees and environmental activists. The search giant also announced plans to operate with zero emissions by 2025 …
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