Source: CNBC

Articles from this source (16)

'Liquid gold': A shortage of olive oil has fueled a record price spike

  2024-05-02 in CNBC

A shortage of olive oil has driven prices to record highs, fueled a crime surge and pushed the industry into crisis mode.

  Tagged under: Greece

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Dubai flooding and a climate change drain test the world is failing

  2024-04-21 in CNBC

Urban environments paved over nature like Dubai with no way to drain the water from more frequent, massive rainfalls need new solutions for climate change fast.

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What homeowners need to know as insurers leave high-risk climate areas

  2024-02-05 in CNBC

Insurance companies are reducing coverage in climate-dangerous markets, leaving many homeowners without affordable property insurance options.

  Tagged under: Insurance

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Climate change could devastate household finances, U.S. Treasury warns

  2023-10-14 (or before) in CNBC

Between 2018 and 2022, weather and climate disasters cost more than $617 billion in the U.S., a Treasury Department report found.

  Tagged under: US Politics | Finance

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8 easy — and cheap — ways to cut your carbon emissions

  2023-09-06 (or before) in CNBC

Here are some simple ways for Americans of all income groups to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

  Tagged under: Finance

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Climate chief: World leaders at risk of ignoring fossil fuel time bomb

  2023-08-17 (or before) in CNBC

The head of the world's climate science authority says policymakers could overlook a multitrillion-dollar time bomb by pushing ahead with fossil fuel plans.

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State leaders taking on climate saw boost from fossil fuel

  2023-04-25 (or before) in CNBC

Republicans have slammed ESG investing platforms and pulled funds away from BlackRock and other firms that have adopted them.

  Tagged under: Joe Biden | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Florida

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Global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years

  2023-04-23 (or before) in CNBC

Rice production for the marketing year ending July 2023 is set to log its largest production shortfall in two decades, according to Fitch Solutions.

  Tagged under: Famine and Food Insecurity

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White House pushes ahead research to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight

  2022-10-14 (or before) in CNBC

There are several kinds of sunlight-reflection technology, and none have been thoroughly researched due to a perceived moral hazard. But sentiment is shifting.

  Tagged under: Solar Energy | Geoengineering

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Biden recommends reforms to oil and gas drilling, stops short of ban

  2021-12-07 (or before) in CNBC

The long-anticipated report did not indicate that the Biden administration would take climate change impact into account when approving new oil and gas leases.

  Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change

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Climate change could be worse than our worst-case analysis: Texas A&M's Dessler

  2021-10-19 (or before) in CNBC

Andrew Dessler, climate scientist at Texas A&M, explains the impact that extreme climate events are having on the world right now and says things could actually be worse than scientists' most dire predictions.

  Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Predictions | Climate Change

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War footing needed to correct economists climate change failings

  2021-05-25 (or before) in CNBC

Economic forecasts predicting the potential impact of climate change grossly underestimate the reality and have delayed global recovery efforts by decades, a leading professor has said.

  Tagged under: Economics | Predictions | Climate Change

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Pipeline CEOs, facing environmental activism, vow to fight back

  2021-02-07 (or before) in CNBC

Executives from some of the largest North American pipeline firms acknowledged they were too slow too respond to a surge in environmental activism.

  Tagged under: Activism | Donald Trump

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BP CEO hits Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders on Green New Deal

  2020-01-23 (or before) in CNBC

"The world needs all forms of energy," BP's Bob Dudley said in a CNBC interview from Davos, Switzerland. "Less emissions, but all forms of energy."

  Tagged under: BP | Climate Change

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Davos 2020: Mnuchin says Greta Thunberg, should study economics at college

  2020-01-23 (or before) in CNBC

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sharply criticized the financial credentials of 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday.

  Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Economics

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UBS: Space travel and space tourism a $23 billion business in a decade

  2019-03-18 in CNBC

UBS believes there will be very lucrative ramifications from the spaceflight efforts currently led by Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and Blue Origin.

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