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   French court rules France not doing enough on climate change   
   Christian Lowe and Elizabeth Pineau, Reuters via Carbon Brief   
      
   A French court has ruled that the country's govt must do more to   
   combat climate change, reports Reuters, "in what environmental   
   campaigners called a landmark ruling that could ramp up pressure on   
   other countries to act on global warning". The case was brought by a   
   group of non-govtal organisations (NGOs) - including the French   
   branches of Oxfam and Greenpeace - who accused the French state of not   
   living up to its own commitments, the newswire explains. In its   
   ruling, the Administrative Tribunal of Paris said the govt's   
   failure to convert its commitments on reducing greenhouse gas   
   emissions into policy made it "responsible# for some of the ecological   
   damage seen", reports Agence France-Presse. In a statement, the NGOs   
   say the decision "marks a first historic victory for the climate and a   
   major step forward in French law", reports Politico. The NGOs add that   
   they hope "justice will not be limited to acknowledging the state's   
   fault, but will also force it to finally take concrete measures to at   
   least meet its climate commitments". The court said it would give the   
   French govt 2 months to take action before issuing any order   
   to reduce emissions and repair the damage, reports the New York   
   Times. It did not uphold a claim for symbolic compensation, reports   
   the Guardian, saying compensation should be made "in kind", with   
   damages awarded "only if the reparation measures were impossible or   
   insufficient". The paper adds: "It awarded each organisation a   
   symbolic #1 for `moral prejudice', saying the state's failure to   
   honour its climate commitments was `detrimental to the collective   
   interest'." The Times, Climate Home News and DeSmog also have the story.   
      
      
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   Swallowed by the sea: Senegal's historic slave port teeters on the edge of   
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   ASX slips, GameStop and 'meme stocks' swings subside ahead of US   
   regulators meeting   
   ABC News, 3 Feb 2021 at 8:52pm   
   The Australian share market slips in early trade, despite gains on   
   Wall Street and a recovery in silver prices and "meme stocks" like   
   GameStop.   
      
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   BP plc   
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   Royal Dutch Shell Plc   
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   Peabody Energy Corporation   
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