COP26 will decide the direction of the fight against global warming: Here’s what needs to go right – Firstpost
The ConversationOct 25, 2021 17:14:17 IST A week from today, a crucial round of United Nations climate change negotiations will begin in Glasgow and the stakes could not be higher. By the end, we’ll know how far nations are willing…
Global Warming And COP26: Issues And Politics – Modern Diplomacy
The Constitution states only one command twice. The Fifth Amendment says to the federal government that no one shall be “deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” The Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, uses the same eleven words,…
Biden Hypes Solar While Sending Production To Mega-Polluter China
President Joe Biden reiterated his commitment to reaching net-zero emissions by mid-century through prioritizing the use of solar-charged battery power in CNN’s town hall on Thursday. “We’re significantly reducing the amount, the cost of solar panels on your roof,” Biden…
Big Oil to attend U.S. House climate disinformation hearing – Reuters
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Top executives from Exxon Mobil Corp, BP America, Chevron Corp and Shell Oil will testify on Oct. 28 at a congressional hearing examining whether the fossil fuel industry led an effort to mislead the public…
Manchin Elaborates On Leaving Dem Party After Calling Story ‘Bulls***’
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday he would not undermine the Senate Democratic majority even if he became an independent. The remarks come one day after Manchin called a report that he is considering leaving his party “bulls***.” In…
Radical Scare Tactics Won’t Work On Joe Manchin Over Massive Spending Bill
Are progressives serious about winning over Joe Manchin? If so, they’ve got a funny way of showing it. The Democratic senator from West Virginia is one of the main obstacles preventing Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act from passing through budget…
Dems Shoot Down Carbon Tax Backup Plan; Romney Not Happy
CARBON TAX TROUBLE: That was fun while it lasted. Senate proponents of including a carbon tax in Democrats’ reconciliation package to replace the fading clean electricity performance program are quickly being reminded that it faces massive political headwinds of its…
To Strike A Climate Deal, Poor Nations Want Trillions From Rich Ones
Industrialized countries were already struggling to pay earlier commitments to help with clean-energy development and other infrastructure needs. Now the cost of buying cooperation has skyrocketed. At a July global climate gathering in London, South African environment minister Barbara Creecy…
Hiltzik: Biden’s budget reconciliation bill and climate change – Los Angeles Times
The headline news about the global warming provisions of the big budget bill being negotiated in Washington is that they’re in trouble. As has been the case with the safety net provisions of the bill, the news coverage has focused…
Column: Global warming policies in Biden’s budget bill are in trouble. Here’s what they are and why they’re crucial – Yahoo Finance
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) has drawn a line in the sand against a key provision of the reconciliation bill aimed at addressing global warming. (Associated Press) The headline news about the global warming provisions of the big budget bill…
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