Climate adaptation: we need local solutions to adapt to global warming – EU News
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) welcomes the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change adopted by the European Commission on 24 February 2021. The CoR regrets, however, that even though it enables the move from planning to…
Spend Billions On Green Innovation, Not Trillions On Carbon-Cutting
Across the world, politicians are going out of their way to promise fantastically expensive climate policies. U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to spend US$500 billion ($630 billion) each year on climate — about 13 percent of total federal revenue….
EUROPE: E.U. seeks stronger economic protection from climate risks
The European Union is bolstering its €14 trillion ($17 trillion) economy against damage caused by the impacts of climate change, from droughts to floods and forest loss.
The Myth (And Fake Math) Of ‘Green’ Jobs
“Fool me once,” Stephen King wrote, “shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.” His adage certainly applies to the myth (and fake math) of green jobs. During the 2020…
Biden’s New Dawn Of Net-Zero Is Looking Like A Dark Day For Labor
Last Labor Day, candidate Joe Biden made an impassioned pitch to leaders and members of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest labor federation. Stressing that “the great American middle class was built by unions,” he jabbed his finger in the air for…
Bill Gates: ‘Climate change is harder to solve than the pandemic but the negative effects are much greater’ – EL PAÍS in English
Bill Gates argues that the effects of climate change will be much worse than the coronavirus pandemic if we don’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. He knows that it’s a mammoth task, but he does not think…
In West Africa, Climate Change Equals Conflict – Foreign Policy
One of the many injustices of climate change is it hits the world’s poorest countries hardest. African nations, many of which register the highest levels of poverty and emit the least carbon dioxide, are already being ravaged by global warming….
U.S. Offshore Wind Prospects: Overblown Promises And Blown-Up Costs
In energy policy, it is physics that matters above all else. Executive Orders from the Oval Office, Directives of the European Union, or Acts of Parliament driven through with fanfare by Her Majesty’s Government in London may give the plausible…
ENERGY MARKETS: E.U. weighs curbs for carbon-price speculation
The European Union is considering curbs on speculation in the world’s biggest carbon market where record prices have lured hedge funds in search of profits.
USC biologists devise new way to track carbon buildup in the ocean – USC News
A new USC study puts ocean microbes in a new light with important implications for global warming. The study, published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides a universal accounting method to measure how carbon-based matter…
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