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San Jose, California approved ban on expanding natural gas lines in new residential buildings, becoming latest and biggest U.S. city to do so

mmacapagal — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:00:57 +0000

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Samsung Electronics said it will begin using environmentally-friendly materials, such as recycled paper and bio-based plastics, for consumer electronics packaging in 2019 H1

mmacapagal — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:00:18 +0000

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Most Prevalent Renewable Energy Regulatory Policies

mmacapagal — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:00:38 +0000

Renewable energy targets reported by Ren21 as most prevalent energy policy, with 179 countries having some level of national, state or provincial targets in place as of 2017

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Washington, D.C. City Council unanimously passed law requiring city to be 100% powered by renewables by 2032

mmacapagal — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:00:12 +0000

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Nearly 200 countries reached agreement on implementation rules for 2015 Paris Agreement, global climate deal that aims to limit global warming to below two degrees Celsius

mmacapagal — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000

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Global Investment in New Power Capacity by Type

mmacapagal — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +0000

Almost 70% of $455 billion global investment in new power capacity in 2017 went to renewables, according to Ren21 study

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Average Cost per Environmental Disaster in U.S.

mmacapagal — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:00:43 +0000

Tropical cyclones are most costly environmental disasters at $21.8 billion on average per event between 1980 and 2018, double drought’s $9.6 billion, according to data from NOAA

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Clean Van Commitment Initiative aims to reduce U.K. pollution with 2,400 electric vans operational by 2020 and 18,000 by 2048

mmacapagal — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:00:40 +0000

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U.S. Environmental Disasters

mmacapagal — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:00:02 +0000

NOAA data showed number of environmental disasters in U.S. reached record 16 in 2011 and 2017, with severe storms most frequently occurring

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Total Green Bonds Issued

mmacapagal — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:00:57 +0000

UN Environment and Bloomberg data showed green bonds issued worldwide grew over ten times in five years from $15 billion in 2013 to $163 billion in 2017

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