Headline News:
- “Greenland Ice Melt Matches Worst IPCC Predictions” • New findings by an international team of researchers show the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet over the past 26 years are close to the most pessimistic predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The research appears in the journal Nature. [KJZZ]
Disko Bay, Greenland (Ian Joughin | University of Washington)
- “World Demand For Coal Falls Despite Growth In Asia” • Global demand for coal has fallen this year for the first time in two years as Europe and the US turn their backs on coal-fired power plants in favor of cheap gas and renewable energy, an International Energy Agency report found. The future of coal now rests largely in China. [The Guardian]
- “Top Tech Firms Sued Over DR Congo Cobalt Mining Deaths” • Apple, Google, Tesla and Microsoft are among firms named in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where 60% of the world’s supply of cobalt is produced. Cobalt is an important material for lithium-ion batteries. [BBC]
- “Goldman Sachs Is First Big US Bank To Rule Out Loans For Arctic Drilling” • Goldman Sachs is the first big US bank to say it won’t finance new oil projects in the Arctic. The bank pledged not to finance projects that “significantly convert or degrade a natural habitat,” including drilling in the Arctic and new thermal coal mining and power plant development. [CNN]
- “ExxonMobil Won A Case Brought By The State Of New York. Does That Mean It Is Off The Hook?” • In the ruling, the judge says: “Nothing in this opinion is intended to absolve ExxonMobil from responsibility for contributing to climate change in the production of its fossil fuel products. But … this is a securities fraud case, not a climate change case.” [CleanTechnica]
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December 17 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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