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Investors warned: US$2.3 trillion worth of oil and gas projects inconsistent with 2°C
A new report has found US$2.3 trillion of projected capital expenditure (capex) on upstream oil and gas projects would be wasted under a 2°C warming scenario. Produced by Carbon Tracker in partnership with UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and leading...
Shareholders put climate front and centre
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CommBank’s climate fail
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Join our Melbourne campaign team, 29 June
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CalSTRS to completely divest from thermal coal, including Whitehaven
CalSTRS, the US$200 billion Californian State Teachers' Retirement System, has announced it will divest all non-US thermal coal holdings from July 1. The commitment follows the fund's decision to dump all US thermal coal holdings in December 2015. Here in Australia,...
Media Release: $200 billion US pension fund divests Australian coal. Australian funds should follow.
WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE, 2017: Environmental finance group Market Forces is calling on Australian superfunds and asset managers to follow the example of the second largest pension fund in the US and divest from Australian coal companies such as Whitehaven. Last week, the...
The financial backers of Vietnam’s latest 3 power stations
Reuters is reporting that, with Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc preparing to visit Japan, licences will be awarded on three proposed new coal-fired power stations that would be heavily backed by Japanese funding. The article does not name the plants, but...
Media Release: Lack of funders belies Adani’s investment intentions
TUESDAY 6 JUNE, 2017: Adani’s expected ‘investment decision’ concerning its proposed Carmichael mine is little more than a PR stunt, according to environmental finance group Market Forces. With a net debt estimated at $2.5 billion, Adani Enterprises has yet to raise a...
Dr. Anne Poelina and Micklo Corpus defend country at Buru’s AGM
Outside the Buru Energy Annual General Meeting (AGM) 20-30 people gathered in support of Traditional Custodians  Micklo Corpus Yawuru and Dr Anne Poelina, a Nyikina Warrwa woman from the West Kimberley region of Western Australia. Noongar Elder Uncle Ben Taylor,...