West Virginia politician rejects to assist financing for weather problems as well as mentions he will definitely certainly not support income tax brings up for prosperous Americans Joe Biden has actually vowed corporate activity on environment improvement after Joe Manchin, the Democratic statesman that has actually frequently obstructed his personal celebration while producing thousands in […]
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Preservationists punish Biden management’s foreign boring planning
Policy will outlaw brand-new sea boring yet enable approximately 11 lease purchases in Gulf of Mexico as well as Alaska’s south shoreline Joe Biden’s management on Friday revealed a five-year overseas oil and also gasoline boring advancement program that shuts out all brand new boring in the Atlantic and also Pacific Oceans within United States […]
Nonrenewable fuel source organizations ‘possess mankind due to the neck’, states UN scalp in blistering assault
António Guterres reviews temperature suspension to cigarette companies rejecting web links in between cigarette smoking as well as cancer cells Nonrenewable energy providers and also the financial institutions that fund all of them “possess mankind due to the neck”, the UN assistant general has actually mentioned, in a “blistering” assault on the sector and also […]
Biden deals with temper over significant New Mexico wild fire triggered through government burns
President sees condition pestered through Hermits Peak Calif Canyon fire, end result of pair of unintentional fires that combined Joe Biden landed in New Mexico on Saturday in the middle of rage and also disappointment coming from wild fire heirs as he checked out the condition to assess attempts to overcome its own largest blaze […]
Biden to unveil pledge to slash global methane emissions by 30%
US-led alliance includes 90 countries but China, India and Russia have not joined the methane pact See all our Cop26 coverage US president Joe Biden will try to underscore his green credentials by unveiling an action plan to control methane, regarded by the administration as the single most potent way to combat the climate crisis […]
Biden heads to crucial climate talks as wary allies wonder if US will deliver
President faces challenges to reassert US credibility after Trump but critics say Biden’s actions have yet to match his words With no major climate legislation firmly in hand and international allies still smarting after four bruising years of Donald Trump, Joe Biden faces a major challenge to reassert American credibility as he heads to crucial […]
Developing nations welcome US climate finance pledge but warn more is needed
Rest of G20 should follow Joe Biden’s lead on funding commitments, says climate envoy Developing countries and campaigners welcomed the offer of increased climate finance from the US president, Joe Biden, at the UN on Tuesday, but warned that rich countries needed to do more to ensure the poorest received the assistance they need. Biden, […]
‘Climate crisis is here’ says Biden in week of storms, floods and wildfires
The president warned that ‘we need to act now’ as trail of destruction blighted west, south and north-east The widespread destruction caused by extreme weather coast to coast, with Hurricane Ida spreading devastation from Louisiana to New York while record wildfires scorch California, prompted Joe Biden to level with America this week, saying it was […]
By pushing for more oil production, the US is killing its climate pledges | Adam Tooze
If Joe Biden is serious about tackling the climate crisis he must use his country’s leverage to curb fossil fuels, not boost them The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has driven home just how dangerous the climate crisis is. Faced with this unprecedented and unique challenge, the central question is: can we […]
Climate crisis is driving US heatwave, says Joe Biden – video
The US president blamed the climate crisis for a record-breaking heatwave when he met governors from western states as fierce wildfires burn in northern California. ‘Climate change is driving a dangerous confluence of extreme heat and prolonged drought,’ Biden said. ‘Wildfires are not a partisan phenomenon. They don’t stop at a county or a state […]