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<p>More pressure to end the filibuster as Republican Senators refuse to back the Jan 6 commission.</p> <p>More momentum for Biden’s Build Back Better infrastructure proposal. A new polls shows that a <a href='https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/poll-majorities-of-pa-voters-support-bidens-build-back-agenda-wednesday-morning-coffee/'>majority of Pennsylvanians support the proposal</a>, by the way. </p> <p>It was a trifecta for the climate on Wednesday.</p> <p>A <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/26/court-orders-royal-dutch-shell-to-cut-carbon-emissions-by-45-by-2030'>Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its global carbon emissions by 45%</a> by the end of 2030 in a case brought by Friends of the Earth. </p> <p><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/business/exxon-mobil-climate-change.html'>Shareholder activists</a> pushed out two of Exxon’s hand-picked board members and elected members who “pledged to steer the company toward cleaner energy and away from oil and gas.”</p> <p>And, <a href='https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chevron-shareholders-approve-proposal-cut-customer-emissions-2021-05-26/'>shareholders at Chevron voted 61% to cut its emissions</a>. Another proposal that would have required the company to prepare a report on the impact its business would have from the net zero 2050 scenario, lost with 48% of the vote. </p> <p><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/19/oil-alaska-arctic-global-heating-local-cooling'>ConocoPhillips</a> has a unique solution to the melting of Alaskan permafrost on Alaska’s North Slope - refreeze the permafrost so you can drill. </p> <p>A <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/26/airships-for-city-hops-could-cut-flyings-co2-emissions-by-90?utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=vans'>UK-based blimp company</a> is looking to deploy hybrid airships for shorter trips between places like Liverpool and Belfast or Barcelona to the Balearic Islands. The company, Hybrid Air Vehicles, says replacing air a