The last store selling guns in San Francisco has closed down. General manager Steven Alcairo blamed the store’s many opponents and tighter gun-control regulations for the closure. It’s welcome news in a traditionally anti-firearm city, which would have banned the sale and possession of guns back in 2005 were it not for a National Firearm Association lawsuit.
French energy giant Engie has capitulated to popular pressure and announced it will stop investing in coal. Engie’s dirty energy investments were proving to be a major embarrassment to the company and the French government, as Engie is a sponsor of this month’s UN climate talks in Paris. Friends of the Earth is urging all energy transnationals to follow suit.
