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NEWS BRIEF: CLIMATE CHANGE | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL
Banks Back Away from Financing Mountain Top Removal
The environmentally destructive coal mining practice, for years a target of shareowner activists, faces new regulatory restrictions and limited financing from major banks.

NEWS STORY: CLIMATE CHANGE | CLIMATE SCIENCE
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Receives Recommendations for Improved Reporting
The InterAcademy Council recommends that IPCC improve review processes and transparency in wake of attacks on climate science.

NEWS BRIEF: SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Vedanta Denied Permission to Mine Sacred Mountain
India's Ministry of Environment and Forests denies permission to mining company for bauxite mine on Niyamgiri mountain in the Orissa region.

NEWS STORY: SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | PROXY ACCESS | REGULATIONS
SEC Adopts Rules for Proxy Access
Activist shareowners praise the rule that will allow them to nominate candidates for corporate boards of directors.

NEWS STORY: SHAREOWNER ACTIVISM | CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING
Political Contributions by Target and Best Buy Lead to Shareowner Action
Companies' support for opponent of gay rights undermines their policies on diversity and threatens reputational risk in the form of consumer backlash.

NEWS BRIEF: ECONOMIC CRISIS | FINANCIAL REFORM | TOO BIG TO FAIL
Failure of Financial Reform to Break Up Big Banks Leaves Economy at Risk
Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson claims that defeat of Brown-Kaufman amendment leaves financial system vulnerable.

NEWS BRIEF: CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING | CLIMATE CHANGE | OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
Website Tracks Political Donations by Oil, Gas, and Coal Companies
Oil Change International unveils DirtyEnergyMoney.com to highlight correspondence between corporate political donations and Congressional voting patterns.

NEWS STORY: CLIMATE CHANGE | CORPORATE REPORTING | TRANSPORT SECTOR
Transport Sector Lags in Addressing Climate Change
A report from the Carbon Disclosure Project finds that despite being a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, the transport sector lags in setting reduction targets and recognizing risks and opportunities.

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