Visitors to a London portrait gallery were treated to an impromptu performance on Sunday when three semi-***** climate activists were doused with mock crude oil in a protest against arts sponsorship by British oil company BP.
... The International Monetary Fund is examining the impact of climate on the world's financial markets and whether it is priced into market valuations, the head of the global lender's markets division said on Saturday.
... Post-tropical cyclone Nestor made landfall in Florida on Saturday afternoon, bringing tornadoes that downed trees and shredded roofs in Gulf Coast towns and a storm surge that washed over streets.
... Northern Californians can expect widespread power cuts aimed at preventing wildfires for a decade while Pacific Gas & Electric upgrades wires systems, cuts back trees and takes other safety measures, the utility's chief executive said on Friday.
... Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg joined thousands of protesters marching in Canada's energy heartland Alberta on Friday, as a smaller counter-rally led by a truck convoy of oil and gas workers also converged on the provincial capital Edmonton.
... Tropical Storm Nestor barreled toward Florida's Gulf Coast on Friday, packing life-threatening storm surge, with New Orleans preparing to demolish two damaged construction cranes officials fear could collapse in high winds.
... Carlyle Group said on Friday it had dropped out as a stakeholder in Lone Star Ports LLC, which proposed a $1 billion crude oil export terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas.
... The European Union, China, India and several other countries teamed up on Friday to coordinate rules and standards for trillions of dollars of private and public "green" investment needed over decades to prevent irreversible climate change.
... Washington's National Zoo will soon have an empty-nester exhibit on display when Bei Bei, the 4-year-old male offspring of the zoo's giant panda couple, sets out for China next month to help breed more of his species in his parents' homeland.
... Nestor forms as the fourteenth named storm in the Atlantic and is expected to approach the northern Gulf Coast later on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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A crude performance: Semi-***** climate activists protest BP art sponsorship
IMF to examine climate risk to financial markets -official
Nestor slows to post-tropical cyclone, makes Florida landfall
California utility sees decade of power cuts to avoid wildfires
Thunberg rally in Canada’s energy heartland runs into oil and gas counter-protest
Tropical storm menaces U.S. southeast, New Orleans to demolish cranes
Carlyle Group quits $1 billion U.S. oil export project
EU, China, others, team up to coordinate ‘green’ investment financing
Bye Bye, Bei Bei: National Zoo panda leaves for China next month
Tropical Storm Nestor forms near the U.S. Gulf Coast