Miners donate less to campaigns even though this midterms is an all-timer for cash burned. Coal interests using their windfalls on local campaigns, though.

@camelliamoors has the story

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The midterms might be high-stakes this year, but you wouldn't know that from looking at miners' political spending: spglobal.com/marketintellig…

ICYMI: A proposal to ban #natgas use in most new commercial buildings in Washington DC's next code update got voted down. DC's Construction Codes Coordinating Board is likely to revisit the policy. Here's why CCCB didn't approve the all-electric mandate:
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A must-read: Andres Picon writes about EV tech safety concerns after car fires in Florida post-Hurricane Ian.

It's worth our time to scrutinize the EV, for the good of the public.

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TSA isn't just trying to beef up security for pipelines. Railroads are getting revised regulations, too.

Institutional investors and smaller, activist asset managers are amplifying their message to congressional and state lawmakers: Stop equating ESG investing with a political agenda rollcall.com/2022/10/20/inv…

What a world: 'Summit Talks: THE virtual summit on Virtual Summits.' …-summit-series.web.virtualsummits.com

Shocking images show scale of megadrought devastation in North America newscientist.com/article/234291…

“I was kind of surprised at how nonchalant the sharks were,” says Thompson.

Tuna use sharks as back scratchers despite risk of being eaten: newscientist.com/article/234304…

Net Zero Tracker report: Publicly-listed companies are committing to net zero, but privately-held firms are largely not ca1-nzt.edcdn.com/PDFs-and-Excel…

The U.S. union membership rate has dropped from 20.1% of wage and salary workers in 1983 to just 10.3% by 2021: businessinsider.com/chart-union-me…

Women in leadership roles are leaving their jobs at the highest rate since McKinsey/LeanIn started tracking attrition data five years ago: vox.com/recode/2022/10…

Regardless of midterms outcomes that could impact ESG legislation, pressure on the mining industry to produce ESG disclosures will continue to accelerate:
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.NextEra Energy, Inc. is taking a cautious approach to advanced nuclear projects such as small modular reactors. 'Right now, I look at SMRs as an opportunity to lose money in smaller batches.'

'Although there [are] concerns of a recession and we're in a high-inflation, high-interest rate environment, I love where we sit,' $NEE CEO said on economic headwinds, #InflationReductionAct opportunities.

It's National Drive Electric Week! #NDEW2022

The U.S. is pumping tens of billions of dollars into EV manufacturing and infrastructure, which is good news for American autoworkers since the majority of EVs sold in the U.S. are American-made.🇺🇸

More here: bit.ly/3DMTvLI

Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on how North America can be globally competitive in the battery metals sector as demand for critical materials grows & the push to regionalized supplychains is prioritized in an effort to meet demand for new energy technologies. #FOMAmericas

I thought I was a grown adult. Then the server asked if I wanted to pilot this restaurant...