Colonialism Created Food Insecurity in Haiti, Now Climate Change Compounds It – Truthout
As the planet faces more climate-driven disasters, we must prioritize the safety and wellbeing of populations most vulnerable to their effects. Extreme heat, droughts, floods and storms are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide while human industry, resource extraction, consumption…
Fight against climate change will worsen existing inequality in global trade: CSE and DTE
In the name of climate action, countries are introducing policies which can spark trade wars
Even As NatGas Prices Fall, Energy Supplier Warns Consumer Prices Will Double
The price of electricity and gas is likely to remain high in Europe for the foreseeable future, with one German supplier warning that prices are likely to double in the coming months rather than go down. Ingbert Liebing, the head…
Explained: What Is The G7 Climate Club, How Will It Fight Global Warming? – Indiatimes.com
Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, announced the creation of an open, international climate club for nations that want to collaborate in the fight against global warming on Monday following a video conference with the other G-7 leaders. Until the end…
Germany’s Gas Reserves ‘Emptying At Record Speed’ As Green Energy Fails
Germany’s gas reserves are emptying at record speed: 1% per day as the current wind/solar energy lull means more gas gets burned for electricity, heating. Pleiteticker.de here reports how Germany’s natural gas reserves “are emptying at record speed” because wind…
US Solar Panel Installations Fall After Crackdown On China’s Uyghur Slave Labor
U.S. solar installations fell in the third quarter of 2022 and are projected to fall by nearly 25% in comparison to 2021 after the Biden administration began blocking Chinese solar imports from Xinjiang, a region where Uyghur Muslims are allegedly…
Biden Starts A Climate Trade War Using Taxpayer Subsidies
Wasn’t President Biden going to end Donald Trump’s destructive trade wars against allies? Apparently not. His “super aggressive” climate protectionism—to quote French President Emmanuel Macron—is infuriating U.S. friends and may set off a subsidy and tariff war. U.S. allies are…
Be serious with global warming, African leaders advised – Guardian Nigeria
African governments have been urged to walk the talk and review commitments to global change by leveraging green economic opportunities to engender increased demands for electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries, among others, produced with critical minerals, some of which…
Analysis | This Republican wants to outcompete China on climate change – The Washington Post
Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! We hope you had a great weekend. Today Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is touring TerraPower’s nuclear research facility north of Seattle, while we’re staying in…
The EU’s war on palm oil is about protectionism, not global warming – The Hill
The headline is that Europe is waging a war on palm oil. But it’s so much bigger than that. To hear Brussels tell it, palm oil contributes to deforestation and global warming, and thus runs afoul of “public morals” in…
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