Pelecanus News #23 December 15 2020

Here are the headlines from this Pelecanus News episode. All podcasts can be found at pelecanus.org, Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Google podcasts. The Arctic Court rejects White House Arctic drilling proposal in ‘Huge Victory for Polar Bears and our Climate’ https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/federal-court-rejects-trumps-approval-of-offshore-oil-drilling-project-in-arctic-2020-12-07/ With Bank of America refusing, now every major bank has ruled out funding Arctic drilling https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2020/11/bank-america-announcement-every-major-us-bank-has-ruled-out-funding-for Divestment New York’s $225 Billion Pension Fund is dropping fossil fuel stocks https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/nyregion/new-york-pension-fossil-fuels.html UK to halt subsidies for fossil fuel projects abroad https://time.com/5920475/u-k-fossil-fuels-overseas/ Drawdown Japan plans to join the pack and ban sales of new gasoline cars by 2030 https://www.zmescience.com/science/japan-plans-to-join-the-pack-and-ban-sales-of-new-gasoline-cars-by-2030/ New Zealand declares climate emergency and has pledged to go carbon-neutral by 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/02/new-zealand-declares-a-climate-change-emergency Pakistan won’t approve new coal power plants https://www.mining.com/pakistan-wont-approve-new-coal-power-plants/ Technology US battery energy storage deployments shatter record in Q3, with 7.5 GW projected by 2025 https://www.utilitydive.com/news/us-storage-deployments-shatter-record-in-q3-with-75-gw-projected-by-2025/591513/ China just powered up its artificial sun fusion reactor https://www.sciencealert.com/china-just-powered-up-its-artificial-sun-nuclear-fusion-reactor