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Oil-refining giant Koch Industries invests nearly $1B in battery companies

Enlarge / Koch Industries Inc. headquarters in Wichita, Kansas. (credit: Larry W. Smith/Bloomberg) Koch Industries—the conglomerate owned by Charles Koch and the heirs of David Koch, men who donated heavily to groups that helped politicize the science of climate change—is reportedly investing hundreds of millions of dollars in battery companies. The privately held company has […]

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All fossil fuel exploration needs to end this year, IEA says

Enlarge (credit: Jose Luis Stephens | Getty Images) To limit global warming to 1.5˚C by the end of the century, the world has to deploy clean technologies en masse while slashing investment in new oil, gas, and coal supplies, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Getting to net zero carbon emissions […]