Representatives of more than 330 businesses lobbied Congress May 13 for a green recovery plan.

More info: https://www.ceres.org/news-center/press-releases/more-330-major-businesses-call-us-congress-build-back-more-resilient

UN secretary-general calls for ending $5 trillion in annual subsidies for fossil fuel industries.

More info: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/24/the-end-of-the-road-for-fossil-fuel-subsidies-205584

Renewable energy beat coal for generating electricity for the first quarter of 2020.

It’s the first time that's happened in a three-month period. More info: https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2020/04/02/stories/1062762969

For the first time in a decade, Florida’s Legislature has passed a bill that would tackle climate change.

More info: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article241064021.html

Hawaii could become first state to tax carbon emissions

More info: https://apnews.com/6886c4b952f524788b8df58b23b2f11c

JP Morgan warns about climate's economic impact; proposes carbon tax.

More info: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51581098

The International Monetary Fund is urging nations to tax carbon emissions.

More info: https://time.com/5774263/climate-change-finance/

A new survey found that "Republicans and Democrats agree that climate change is a problem and that we have to do something about it."

More info:   https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/24/climate-change-poll-republicans-democrats-agree-solutions/2838696001/

The European Union plans to dedicate a quarter of its budget to tackling climate change.

More info: https://apnews.com/5d4db8ffda58f03f090a04c35f0a2dc8

26,610 lives were saved in the US by the shift away from coal between 2005 and 2016.

More info: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/06/coal-power-pollution-gas-saved-lives-study