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Reporter with The Associated Press

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Britain's Prince William attends the first ever Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London on Oct. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, Pool, File)

Prince William's conservation charity invests with bank tied to dirty fuels

The conservation charity founded by Prince William, second in line to the British throne and who launched the Earthshot Prize, keeps its investments in a bank that is one of the world’s biggest backers of fossil fuels, The Associated Press has learned.

News | August 19th 2022

People attend a Climate Strike demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland, on Nov. 6, 2021. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP, File)

Banks miles away from hitting Paris climate targets

The world’s most influential banks need to substantially accelerate climate efforts if global temperature rise is to be kept within the targets of the Paris Agreement, an assessment released on Thursday, July 28, 2022, by an institutional investors group warned.

News | July 28th 2022

The sun sets over Murchison Falls National Park, northwest Uganda, on Feb. 21, 2020. (AP Photo)

Report concludes East Africa pipeline 'breaches banking principles'

A controversial oil project that would connect oilfields in a Ugandan National Park to a port in Tanzania breaches global environmental guidelines for banks, according to a new nonprofit report on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.

News | July 5th 2022

Cruise ships float at PortMiami, on April 7, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Cruise companies tried to scale down climate rules despite pollution promises

The trade group representing the cruise ship industry unsuccessfully pushed international authorities to water down new environmental regulations despite its members’ climate commitments, experts in marine air pollution warn.

News | June 7th 2022