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    Google to buy up to 3 GW of hydro power from Brookfield

    The technology company will begin by buying power from dams totaling 670 MW in the PJM Interconnection, where power supplies are tight.

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    Microsoft, Carbon Direct release updated carbon dioxide removal criteria

    The tech giant and the carbon management firm said utilizing high-quality removal pathways to achieve global climate goals will require rapidly scaling the market.

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    Nissan delays EV production start at Mississippi plant

    The move was an internal decision and “not a specific reaction to policy changes,” a spokesperson said.

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    Deep Dive

    How to protect employees from heat and other climate extremes

    Basics like shade, water and rest can help, but HR should involve workers in the planning process, sources told HR Dive.

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    Opinion

    The often-overlooked shelter from the storm: green buildings

    In the 2008-09 economic downturn, green buildings were a bright spot. They could be again as remote work, tariffs and inflation hang over the economy.

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    CARB publishes compliance guidance, update on California’s climate disclosure laws

    The agency said it is in the “informal, information-gathering stage” for implementing SB 253 and SB 261, and aims to develop a regulation by the end of the year.

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    California’s 2026 climate-risk reporting deadlines are here to stay: KPMG

    Despite regulatory uncertainty at the U.S. federal level and internationally, California’s forging ahead and expecting companies to disclose their climate risks starting next year.

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    Cities can decarbonize buildings while cutting costs, new road map says

    The guide from Climate Mayors and Veolia aims to help cities tackle one of their biggest greenhouse gas emissions challenges, even as federal support for energy efficiency and decarbonization shrinks.

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    HSBC departs Net-Zero Banking Alliance, following US banks

    The U.K.-based bank became the latest to exit the United Nations-backed NZBA, following in the footsteps of Wall Street's exodus from climate alliances.

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    Flexible work is ‘non-negotiable’ for gender equality, UN Women report says

    “For the first time, gender equality ranks alongside healthcare and climate change as a top global concern,” according to the report.

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    Mars unveils emissions reduction progress, launches $250M green investment fund

    The confectionery giant has reduced its emissions by over 16% from a 2015 baseline, while scaling growth by 69% in the same time frame.

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    Trump seeks tighter restrictions on wind and solar with executive order

    The order seeks to “ensure that policies concerning the ‘beginning of construction’ are not circumvented” by wind and solar projects.

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    California walks back environmental law for housing, advanced manufacturing

    The changes to the California Environmental Quality Act could greatly speed up the issuance of building permits.

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    Microsoft signs offtake deal for waste-to-energy facility CCS retrofit

    The deal with Gaia, a Denmark-based carbon removal venture, will deliver the tech giant 2.95 million carbon removal credits with delivery beginning in 2029.

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    European Commission proposes simplifying sustainability taxonomy

    The changes would reduce the number of reported data points by 89% for financial institutions and 64% for non-financial companies.

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    Coach’s leather could pose deforestation threat: report

    An investigation by environmental nonprofit Earthsight said the Tapestry-owned brand is at risk of sourcing leather linked to illegal cattle ranching in Brazil.

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    Q&A

    Amazon releases waste diversion metrics as part of larger sustainability plan

    The company says it reached an 85% waste diversion rate in 2024. Amazon’s waste and biodiversity director, Justine Mahler, says that’s driven partly by organics diversion programs and ongoing data collection investments.

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    Allianz launches platform to help businesses assess, mitigate climate risks

    The group’s commercial insurance unit unveiled CAReS last week, which aims to help companies better understand climate-associated risks and the impact they have on company assets.

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    JPMorgan launches carbon market blockchain app

    In a bid to boost data standardization and transparency, the bank is working with three global carbon registries to test the viability of tokenizing the voluntary carbon market.

  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-L.A., walks back to his office from the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on July 3.
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    House passes Senate version of Trump’s megabill, altering clean energy economy

    President Donald Trump promised additional executive branch restrictions on wind, solar and EV subsidies in exchange for Freedom Caucus members' support of the bill, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said.

  • Flags of member states of the European Union stand in an atrium of the European Parliament building on May 21, 2024 in Strasbourg, France.
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    EU legislators work to simplify sustainability reporting requirements

    The European Union has delayed sustainability reporting for the CSRD and CSDDD while legislators work to simplify the underlying requirements for businesses.

    Updated July 8, 2025
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    Google’s emissions still rising, despite data center decarbonization, energy procurement progress

    The search engine and tech conglomerate’s overall emissions are up 51% from a 2019 baseline, despite making headway in procuring carbon-free energy last year.

  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Ind., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters off the Senate floor after the Senate passed its megabill on July 1.
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    Senate passes megabill that curbs IRA tax credits, drops wind and solar tax

    The amended bill also offers an exception to the onerous “placed in service” deadline of 2027 for projects that begin construction within a year of its passage.

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    House committee clears bill to limit retirement fund managers from using ESG factors

    The bill, which reverses course on a Biden-era regulation, would issue a variety of documentation requirements for any use of “non-pecuniary” factors by retirement plan managers.

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    Federal agencies, including FERC and DOE, revoke environmental review rules

    The agencies eliminated all references to consider climate change, environmental justice and other key environmental issues in their permit reviews, Earthjustice said.