By Dolf Gielen and Morgan Bazilian John Kerry helped bring the world into the Paris climate agreement and expanded America’s reputation as a climate leader. That reputation is now in tatters, and President-elect Joe Biden is asking Kerry to rebuild it again – this time as U.S. climate envoy. It won’t be easy, but Kerry’s […]
The Dalia Lama really wants the world to act on the climate crisis. The Tibetan Bhuddist spiritual leader has co-written a book called Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World, which urges world leaders and ordinary people to work together to stop global warming. “Buddha would be green,” he claims in the book, […]
If President-elect Joe Biden follows through on his plan to combat the climate crisis, it could put the world “within striking distance” of meeting the Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. That’s according to new analysis from Climate Action Tracker (CAT), an independent scientific analysis of how […]
By Tara Lohan Election Day 2020 — the day before the United States officially left the Paris climate agreement — didn’t deliver an immediate rebuke to President Trump or relief for environmentalists. That would have to wait. “The election hasn’t produced the outcome that the planet badly needed,” Bill McKibben of 350.org summed up in […]
The climate crisis and debates about its severity were at the forefront of the U.S. election, but in private homes and communities, the rift between the sides often took a generational rather than party-line split. While young people often cited a sense of despair and outrage over global heating, their alarm was often met by […]
By Jessica Corbett Green groups applauded Sen. Jeff Merkley on Wednesday for introducing a pioneering pair of bills that aim to “protect the long-term health and well-being of the American people and their economy from the catastrophic effects of climate chaos” by preventing banks and international financial institutions from financing fossil fuels. “How we invest […]
By Jessica Corbett Leaders of climate and conservation groups on Tuesday welcomed House Democrats’ introduction of landmark legislation that aims to address the ocean impacts of human-caused global heating and reform federal ocean management—recognizing that, as Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva put it, “a healthy ocean is key to fighting the climate crisis.” The Arizona Democrat, […]
Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand Prime Minister who has emerged as a leader on the climate crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, has won a second term in office. Ardern’s Labour Party secured a historic victory in New Zealand’s general election Saturday, earning 49 percent of the vote and an estimated 64 out of 120 parliamentary […]
The Trump administration rejected California’s federal relief request to help recover from six recent wildfires, The Los Angeles Times reported. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office requested a presidential disaster declaration for federal relief funds to help with cleanup efforts, including the Creek Fire, the largest in the state’s history, CNN reported. The relief would have […]
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