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Science and Technology:

¶ A paper published in the journal Climatic Change builds on earlier research finding that nearly two-thirds of historical greenhouse gas emissions can be traced to just 90 companies. Researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists and two universities calculated how much of the actual change in the climate can be tied to those emissions. [InsideClimate News]

Source of climate change (Credit: Christopher Furlong)

World:

¶ The Climate Group announced that Kellogg Company, DBS Bank Ltd, and Clif Bar & Company joined its RE100 campaign and committed to sourcing 100% renewable electricity across their global operations. The total demand of the 105 campaign members is now around 150 TWh annually, more than enough to power New York State. [The Climate Group]

¶ BYD announced that the first commercial application of its SkyRail monorail mass transit solution opened for operation in Yinchuan, China, on September…