Beating Climate Change Demands Unwavering Dedication
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Beating Climate Change Demands Unwavering Dedication

Live Mint  

-- This year’s Climate Week NYC has begun with unusual momentum. Last year’s COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai resulted in unprecedented commitments. The US increased renewable energy growth by 94% in a single year, partly because of the federal incentives championed by President Joe Biden that have resulted in three times as many Americans investing their own funds in renewable energy, as economists had projected. While the world is moving away from polluting carbon and toward clean, healthy renewables at an unprecedented pace, we are still far behind where we need to be to slow global warming and the devastation of climate change. Some three-quarters of a billion people in Africa and Asia lack electricity — and millions jeopardize their health to work in coal mines — despite Africa having the world’s greatest solar potential.

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Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump

New York Times  

Donald Trump’s return to Washington might seem like a terrifying moment for the fight against climate change. The incoming administration is not just hostile to the energy transition; it’s also expected to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, roll back a wide range of pollution regulations and promote domestic fossil fuel production — decisions likely to …

Why green investments have become the last line of defense for Biden’s climate agenda
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why green investments have become the last line of defense for Biden’s climate agenda

CNN  

CNN — Can the green shoots of clean energy break through the “brown blockade”? The brown blockade is the phrase I’ve used to describe the hardening tendency of the states most deeply integrated into the existing oil and gas economy, as either major producers or consumers of fossil fuels, to support Republican presidential and congressional candidates who are resolutely opposed …

Editorial: Let’s not let political chaos distract us from the unfolding climate catastrophe
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Let’s not let political chaos distract us from the unfolding climate catastrophe

LA Times  

With so much chaos in the world, from the United States’ slide toward authoritarianism to the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, you could be forgiven for not being focused on what’s going on this week in Baku, Azerbaijan. The agreement that emerged from last year’s conference called for “ transitioning away ” from fossil fuels for the first time, …

Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden’s climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden’s climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. “It’s like, what’s our grandkids’ world going to be like?” A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 45% of adults in the United States say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year, including roughly 6 in …

Climate, a major separator for Biden and Trump, is a dividing line in many other races, too
10 months ago

Climate, a major separator for Biden and Trump, is a dividing line in many other races, too

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The race for the White House isn’t the only one with big stakes for climate policy. Robinson thinks President Joe Biden’s push to abolish fossil fuels is a failure, he blames Democrats for “crippling utility bills” and he supports nuclear power as clean energy, his campaign said. “Let’s work together to look at every reasonable option without …

Despite climate goals US oil boom shows, ‘World wants for more energy, not less’
1 year ago

Despite climate goals US oil boom shows, ‘World wants for more energy, not less’

Hindustan Times  

The world may be pushing for renewable energy and climate change action, but guess what? - Bob McNally, President of Rapidan Energy Group Surpassing Trump-era records Last month, weekly US oil production hit 13.2 million barrels per day, just edging past the previous record set during the Trump era. Despite geopolitical tensions affecting energy prices globally, America's oil is trading …

Climate tension: UN chief chides Biden, other world leaders
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate tension: UN chief chides Biden, other world leaders

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bluntly challenged the climate efforts of President Joe Biden and other world leaders Thursday in a message for a White House summit, charging that expanded oil and gas drilling and other policies of the richest countries amount to a “death sentence” for the planet. While praising many U.S. climate efforts, advocates especially fault Biden’s …

President Joe Biden's next climate hurdle: Entice Americans to buy green
1 year, 11 months ago

President Joe Biden's next climate hurdle: Entice Americans to buy green

Firstpost  

Washington: President Joe Biden persuaded Democrats in Congress to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change. But it also means the administration’s battle against global warming will be waged “one household at a time,” said Shannon Baker-Branstetter, who works on energy issues at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank closely aligned with the White …

Ahead of elections, Biden announces steps to reduce gas prices in U.S.
2 years, 2 months ago

Ahead of elections, Biden announces steps to reduce gas prices in U.S.

The Hindu  

Ahead of the crucial mid-term polls, U.S. President Joe Biden has announced a slew of measures to lower gas prices, which have been hurting the middle class. Mr. Biden, in a major policy speech, reiterated that Russian President Vladimir Putin was responsible for the hike in energy prices in the U.S. “When the price of gas goes up, other expenses …

Healthcare to climate change: All you need to know about Joe Biden's big $740 billion bill
2 years, 4 months ago

Healthcare to climate change: All you need to know about Joe Biden's big $740 billion bill

Firstpost  

The bill will infuse nearly $375 billion over the decade in climate change-fighting strategies, which is the biggest investment ever in the US. Also in the legislation is a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients as well as a new 15 per cent corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. Republicans deride the …

US House poised to pass sweeping climate bill to push American energy to go green
2 years, 5 months ago

US House poised to pass sweeping climate bill to push American energy to go green

Firstpost  

The crux of the long-delayed bill, singularly pushed by Democrats in a closely divided Congress, is to use incentives to spur investors to accelerate the expansion of clean energy such as wind and solar power, speeding the transition away from the oil, coal and gas that largely cause climate change Washington: After decades of inaction in the face of escalating …

Sweeping climate bill pushes American energy to go green
2 years, 5 months ago

Sweeping climate bill pushes American energy to go green

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After decades of inaction in the face of escalating natural disasters and sustained global warming, Congress hopes to make clean energy so cheap in all aspects of life that it’s nearly irresistible. The climate bill is likely to spur billions in private investment, she said: “That’s what’s going to be so transformative.” The bill promotes vital technologies such …

The Senate has a climate deal. Now comes the hard part
2 years, 5 months ago

The Senate has a climate deal. Now comes the hard part

LA Times  

After decades of inaction on the climate crisis, the federal government is on the verge of enacting a sweeping plan to slash planet-warming pollution, with Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema agreeing late Thursday to support the bill. Phasing out coal, oil and natural gas — the fossil fuels largely responsible for the climate crisis — will require building huge amounts of …

Editorial: Surprise Senate deal on climate change should be only the beginning
2 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: Surprise Senate deal on climate change should be only the beginning

LA Times  

Sen. Joe Manchin III is met by reporters outside the hearing room where he chairs the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Just weeks after President Biden’s climate agenda was declared dead because of opposition from West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III, a sudden reversal came Wednesday night: a deal to move forward with legislation to fight climate change. …

Biden Says Energy Plan Will Fight Climate Change, Inflation In State Of The Union Speech
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden Says Energy Plan Will Fight Climate Change, Inflation In State Of The Union Speech

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden honed a pragmatic new message on climate change in his first State of the Union speech Tuesday evening, recasting his sweeping proposal to spend more than any country ever has on clean energy as a way to simultaneously combat the rise in U.S. planet-heating emissions and inflation. And we’ll do it to withstand the …

Editorial: Go narrow and deep. The three things the U.S. must accomplish in 2022
3 years ago

Editorial: Go narrow and deep. The three things the U.S. must accomplish in 2022

LA Times  

Our nation has waffled on climate change or introduced only minor changes. Rising sea levels threaten populations in low-lying coastal areas across the world — it’s already felt in Africa, according to a Nigerian climate report — and large-scale resettlement of those people would almost certainly lead to widespread famine and political destabilization. It contains $555 billion to incentivize renewable …

US climate pledge faces test in Senate with global impact
3 years, 1 month ago

US climate pledge faces test in Senate with global impact

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After talking the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland, the Biden administration now tests whether a divided United States can walk the climate walk: push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through the narrowest of margins in the Senate. “The problem is that when you have these storms that are coming with such …

Biden claims historic progress on climate efforts at summit
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden claims historic progress on climate efforts at summit

Associated Press  

GLASGOW, Scotland — President Joe Biden argued Tuesday that historic progress on addressing global warming was achieved at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, and expressed optimism for a similar outcome in Washington, where his legislative agenda has been stalled by intra-party disagreements. “I can’t think of any two days where more has been accomplished on climate than these …

What are Joe Biden’s plans to fight climate change?
3 years, 2 months ago

What are Joe Biden’s plans to fight climate change?

The Independent  

What is his plan to tackle climate change? Mr Biden has sweeping plans for a nationwide mobilisation to reduce emissions, build and retrofit infrastructure, create new jobs and advance social justice. It’s a plan that evolved during the campaign to take into account the view of progressives, like senator Bernie Sanders and congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, that Mr Biden needed to …

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
3 years, 6 months ago

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan cut out some of President Joe Biden’s key climate initiatives. On the other hand, a less costly bill that does not fully address climate change risks losing support from large numbers of liberal …

How the US Might Reach Biden's New Climate Goal
55 years ago

How the US Might Reach Biden's New Climate Goal

Wired  

Kicking off a climate summit this morning, President Joe Biden committed the United States to halving its 2005 greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030. Fix the Broken ‘National’ Grid With the rise of solar and wind power, the US is well on its way to decarbonizing its energy production: Emissions from the sector have dropped 37 percent since 2005, …

Editorial: Biden set the right climate goal. Now we have to meet it
3 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: Biden set the right climate goal. Now we have to meet it

LA Times  

Thousands of new cars are stored at Toyota logistics service yard in Long Beach. President Biden opened an international climate summit Thursday with a pledge that the U.S. would reduce carbon emissions by 50% by the end of the decade. Regrettably, Biden didn’t describe his road map for getting there, but he has included some elements in earlier proposals, such …

Biden Wants 5 Times The Climate Spending Obama Won. That’s Still 5 Times Too Small.
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden Wants 5 Times The Climate Spending Obama Won. That’s Still 5 Times Too Small.

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden, seen here giving a televised speech at the White House earlier this month, is set to unveil his infrastructure proposal in Pittsburgh. On a private call with activist groups Tuesday evening that HuffPost listened to, White House climate policy czar Gina McCarthy acknowledged that the spending package may disappoint climate advocates hoping to see a more ambitious …

Unpacking Biden’s New Environmental Executive Orders
3 years, 11 months ago

Unpacking Biden’s New Environmental Executive Orders

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING For the second time in as many weeks, President Joe Biden issued sweeping executive orders to confront global climate change and other environmental crises. Biden’s latest actions will: Put A Freeze On New Federal Oil And Gas Leases The order directs the secretary of the Interior Department to pause “to the extent possible” new oil and gas …

The Lost Decade: How We Awoke To Climate Change Only To Squander Every Chance To Act
5 years ago

The Lost Decade: How We Awoke To Climate Change Only To Squander Every Chance To Act

Huff Post  

The scientists and experts trying to communicate the threat of climate change, however, “have been opposed for years,” says Mann, “by the single most-organized, well-funded disinformation campaign in the history of human civilization: The fossil fuel industry’s concerted effort to confuse the public and policymakers about the reality and threat of human-caused climate change.” “In the absence of the billions …

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