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Most U.S. Public Pensions Underuse Proxy Voting to Manage Climate Risk, New Report Finds

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Report evaluates and ranks 33 of the largest funds, highlighting gaps in proxy voting practices. Sierra Club’s third-annual report, “The Hidden Risk in State Pensions: Analyzing U.S. Public Pensions’ Responses to the Climate Crisis in Proxy Voting,” reveals that most public pensions continue to fail to adequately manage the climate-related … [continued]

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More On Batteries, Or How To Grow Lemons In Vermont

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CleanTechnica has carried reviews on a number of backup battery systems in the last few years, including Anker Solix, Bluetti, and Jackery. Reading the reviews, I got ever more intrigued by what I found. These are not just batteries, but power stations with charge controller and inverter built in. They … [continued]

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Connecticut Organizations Urge Federal Leaders to Protect Climate Accountability Efforts

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Advocates warn that fossil fuel industry efforts to secure federal legal immunity could undermine Connecticut’s climate accountability and polluter pays efforts. CONNECTICUT — As Big Oil lobbies Congress and the Trump administration for legal immunity from laws and lawsuits aiming to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis, 78 Connecticut … [continued]

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