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New bushfires break out in Australia as millions brace for the worst

November 12, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Conflicts / War / Peace, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Europe, Fires, General News, Graphics, Major News, Pictures, Precipitation, Real Estate Markets, Temperature, United Nations, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian officials warned soaring heat and high winds are already exceeding forecast “catastrophic” conditions on Tuesday as

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Firefighters struggle against massive, wind-whipped California wildfire

October 28, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments CALIFORNIA, Company News, Disasters / Accidents, Major News, Picture available, Pictures, Real Estate Markets, United States, US, WILDFIRE, Wildfires / Forest Fires

HEALDSBURG, Calif. (Reuters) – Crews lost ground on Sunday against a wind-driven wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of

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China September steel output skids to six-month low on anti-pollution curbs

October 18, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Asia Crudes, Basic Materials (TRBC), CHINA, China (PRC), Commodities News (3rd Party), Derivatives, Economic Indicators, Economic News (3rd Party), ECONOMY, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Industrial Output, Industrials (TRBC), Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Major News, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, OUTPUT, Pollution, Real Estate Markets, STEEL, US

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s monthly crude steel output slid to a six-month low in September, official data showed on Friday,

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China orders northern cities to cut winter PM2.5 levels by 4% in anti-smog drive

October 16, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHINA, China (PRC), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, General News, Government / Politics, Industrials (TRBC), Iron / Steel, Monetary / Fiscal Policy / Policy Makers, Pollution, Real Estate Markets, Regulation, STEEL, US

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s northern cities will be required to cut emissions of dangerous PM2.5 particles by an average of

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California governor demands PG&E accountability for mismanaging power shutoffs

October 15, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Bankruptcy / Insolvency, CALIFORNIA, Company News, Disasters / Accidents, E, General News, PG, Production Status Changes, Real Estate Markets, Transmission Lines, United States, US, Utilities (TRBC), WILDFIRE, Wildfires / Forest Fires

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co should be

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China refiner issues $140 million green bond to fund new capacity

October 10, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Chemicals (TRBC), CHINA, China (PRC), Commodities News (3rd Party), Commodity Chemicals (TRBC), Company News, Corporate Debt, Economic News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Financials (Legacy), Financials (TRBC), GREENBONDS, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Oil Refineries, Petrochemicals, Real Estate Markets, REFINERY, US

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Oil refiner Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co. has issued a green bond worth 1 billion yuan ($140.60 million)

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U.S. utilities file legal challenge to Trump power plant rule

September 17, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, Coal, Company News, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Europe, fired Power Stations, Government / Politics, Multiline Utilities (TRBC), PETITION, Pollution, Power Markets, Products / Services, Real Estate Markets, Renewable Energy, Solar Power Stations, United Kingdom, United States, US, US Government News, USA, UTILITIES, Utilities (TRBC)

FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the coal-fired Jim Bridger power plant outside Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S. April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jim

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Leave room for the firetruck: Insurers help design mansions to tame disaster losses

August 31, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Climate Politics, Company News, DISASTERS, Europe, Floods, Graphics, Homebuilding (TRBC), INSURERS, Pictures, Real Estate (Legacy), Real Estate (TRBC), Real Estate Markets, Switzerland, United States, US, Wildfires / Forest Fires, Wind / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Tornadoes

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bruce Gendelman wanted a mountainside retreat when he bought 12 acres in Aspen, Colorado. But forest

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As Chinese mountains get hotter, hunt for ‘cure-all’ fungus gets harder

June 28, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Asia / Pacific, CHANGE, CHINA, China (PRC), CLIMATE, Environment, Features, FUNGUS, General News, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Research (TRBC), Picture available, Pictures, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, Real Estate Markets, Society / Social Issues, US, Weather Markets / Weather, WIDERIMAGE

AMNE MACHIN RANGE, China (Reuters) – For Ma Junxiao, an ethnic Hui Muslim farmer from remote western China, the daily

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Britain must end financial help for fossil fuel projects abroad lawmakers

June 10, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments BRITAIN, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Coal, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, Europe, fired Power Stations, FOSSIL, FUEL, Government / Politics, Government Finances, Pollution, Power Markets, Real Estate Markets, Renewable Energy, Subsidies, SUPPORT, United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad by 2021 as it undermines the nation’s efforts to

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