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...In January 2022, West Virginia treasurer Riley Moore, who manages the US state’s cash and financial dealings, became the first red-state official to pull money out of BlackRock....
...It started converting from coal to wood pellets in 2013....
...West Virginia was the first state to target BlackRock and other financial firms deemed to boycott fossil fuel companies....
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...of inflation Fiscal policy: Biden to push $1.9tn stimulus for pandemic-battered US economy International trade: African countries not ready to implement free trade from January Economic development: West...
...They said they would “sufficiently accelerate renewable energy in their respective economies through 2030” to “accelerate the substitution for coal, oil and gas generation”....
...Aime Williams, whose recent trip through Manchin’s coal-rich home state of West Virginia is a must-read, explains the politics....
...This change was not only due to pushback from Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator from West Virginia who played a key role in ensuring that the IRA was passed....
...Supporters of the most stringent IRA requirements include some domestic manufacturers and West Virginia senator Joe Manchin, a key author of the climate law....
...So most will probably comply and impose it across the company, to avoid running different accounts in different regions — no matter what Washington (or West Virginia) says....
...“You go back as far as you want and West Virginia has produced coal. Coal is West Virginia. You’ll never phase it out.”...
...Established by Crispin Odey in 1991, the hedge fund was known for hiring “earls and girls”, while some fund managers brought shotguns to the office before heading off on weekend shooting trips....
...It shows on one bank of the Rhine the nuclear plant and on the other a coal power station and wind turbines with groups of French and German workers each saying: “They don’t understand anything!”...
...Critics attacking Gen Z workers for moaning about work burdens are taken to task by columnist Jemima Kelly....
...During the industrial revolution, natural capital such as ports, streams and deposits of coal and iron ore drew businesses and workers to cities such as Baltimore and Manchester....
...Second, a lot of what’s advertised as “clean” energy tech coming out of China is made in factories with coal-powered electricity....
...West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, a co-sponsor of the IRA, expressed similar views in a Senate bill report last month, urging Treasury not to impose “additional limitations or restrictions” on the tax credit...
.... — Patrick Temple-West Banque de France cautions against debt-for-nature deals So-called “debt-for-nature swaps” sound like a win-win for lenders, creditors and the planet....
...mills or chiselling coal beneath the Earth’s crust....
...Riley Moore, West Virginia state treasurer, accused the firms of having “policies aimed at weakening our energy industries” in a state where coal and fossil fuel taxes are the third-largest source of revenue...
...EQT’s gas is fracked from shale rocks across the Utica and Marcellus formations of western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia — one of the most prolific hydrocarbon reservoirs in the world that lies beneath...
...First, they highlighted how much money commodities group Glencore is making from coal (and the music is not about to stop soon)....
...Yet West Virginia remains coal country. “Dude, we barely even got any damn Tesla fuckin’ chargers in this state,” says one resident in the state capital Charleston....
...She points to the introduction of a coal tax in the 17th century, after the Great Fire of London....
...Build Back Faster The API is not giving up on reforms to the way energy projects are permitted in the US even after industry-ally Joe Manchin, the Democratic senator from West Virginia, repeatedly tried...
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