Here are the headlines from this Pelecanus News episode. All podcasts can be found at pelecanus.org, Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google podcasts.
The Arctic
Court rejects White House Arctic drilling proposal in ‘Huge Victory for Polar Bears and our Climate’
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/federal-court-rejects-trumps-approval-of-offshore-oil-drilling-project-in-arctic-2020-12-07/
With Bank of America refusing, now every major bank has ruled out funding Arctic drilling
https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2020/11/bank-america-announcement-every-major-us-bank-has-ruled-out-funding-for
Divestment
New York’s $225 Billion Pension Fund is dropping fossil fuel stocks
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/nyregion/new-york-pension-fossil-fuels.html
UK to halt subsidies for fossil fuel projects abroad
https://time.com/5920475/u-k-fossil-fuels-overseas/
Drawdown
Japan plans to join the pack and ban sales of new gasoline cars by 2030
https://www.zmescience.com/science/japan-plans-to-join-the-pack-and-ban-sales-of-new-gasoline-cars-by-2030/
New Zealand declares climate emergency and has pledged to go carbon-neutral by 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/02/new-zealand-declares-a-climate-change-emergency
Pakistan won’t approve new coal power plants
https://www.mining.com/pakistan-wont-approve-new-coal-power-plants/
Technology
US battery energy storage deployments shatter record in Q3, with 7.5 GW projected by 2025
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/us-storage-deployments-shatter-record-in-q3-with-75-gw-projected-by-2025/591513/
China just powered up its artificial sun fusion reactor
https://www.sciencealert.com/china-just-powered-up-its-artificial-sun-nuclear-fusion-reactor
