Sen. Karl Rhoads: What Hawaii Should Be Doing To Address Global Warming – Honolulu Civil Beat
Civil Beat IDEAS editor Julia Steele sat down with Hawaii state Sen. Karl Roads for a discussion about global warming and the vulnerability of Oahu’s low-lying coastal areas. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Rhoads, who chairs…
China Gives a Cool Boost to Effort to Reduce Global Warming – NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
President Xi Jinping said that China has decided to accept the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer earlier today. The announcement, part of a conversation with Chancellor Merkel of Germany and President Macron…
In the climate change fight, the Interior Department becomes a battlefield – The Washington Post
The next month, the White House backed away from its initial choice for Interior deputy secretary after Manchin suggested she was too hostile to fossil fuels and declined to meet with her. The senator has declined to comment about the…
Biden’s new 2030 climate change target: Will it be fair to other countries? – Vox.com
On April 22, President Biden will convene global leaders for a virtual climate summit in a bid to reassert US leadership and motivate countries to cut emissions much more aggressively. Of course, the US is only just recommitting to climate…
HYDROPOWER: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume talks on big dam amid tensions
A new round of talks between three African nations began Saturday, officials said, aimed at resolving a yearslong dispute over a giant dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary.
INDIANA: Lawmakers amend environment bills as deadlines near
Dozens of amendments to bills affecting Indiana environmental policy have sparked debate among lawmakers as the Legislature enters its final stretch of the session.
EXTREME WEATHER: Western rivers face pinch as another dry year takes shape
As several states in the American West face intense drought, it’s shaping up to be a very difficult year for New Mexico farmers because of limited irrigation supplies, with some saying conditions haven’t been this dire since the 1950s.
LABOR: Amazon violated law in firing employee activists, NLRB says
Amazon.com Inc. violated labor law when it fired two high-profile internal critics last year, the National Labor Relations Board has found.
The Utter Crushing Phoniness Of Biden’s Costly Infrastructure Plan
One of the most striking – and depressing – realities of our nation’s capital these days is the importance of image and the irrelevance of substance and truth. Appearances have always been somewhat important. Remember that shot of John Edwards…
Top Climate Alarmists Push UN Security Council To Save Net-Zero
Constructing and imposing an international orthodoxy is a never-ending task, especially when the orthodoxy imposes heavy costs on those countries and organizations that support it. That’s more clearly true about the orthodoxy on “climate change”—i.e., it’s an “emergency” that means…
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