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US Regulator to Issue Carbon-Credits Rulebook Within Months
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Maryland Judge Denies Oil Industry Bid to Quash Climate Cases
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TotalEnergies Hit by Criminal Complaint Over Climate Turmoil
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Shell Investors Back Weaker Emissions Targets at Meeting
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Natural Gas to Hit $3 by 2025 on AI Boom, Haynes and Boone Says
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Shell Investors Nix Bid to Mesh Climate Plans With Paris Accord
Investors of oil and gas giant Shell voted Tuesday against a shareholder proposal wanting the company to disclose its plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goals.
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NFT.com Investor Sues ‘Blockchain Evangelist’ for Fraud, Threats
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Cooley Recruits Schneider as Venture Capital Practice Partner
James Schneider has signed on with Cooley as a partner in Boston, where he’s joined the firm’s emerging companies and venture capital practice, the firm said Tuesday.
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Donald Trump’s lawyers rested their defense case in the hush-money trial on Monday without calling the former president to the witness stand.
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