Major climate change measures included in Covid aid bill – NBC News
The Covid-19 relief bill that President Donald Trump signed on Sunday includes legislation to fund investments in clean energy technologies and regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases — a step that offers some hope for the bigger climate ambitions of President-elect Joe…
Congress takes aim at climate change in massive relief bill – The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The huge pandemic relief and spending bill includes billions of dollars to promote clean energy such as wind and solar power while sharply reducing over time the use of potent coolants in air conditioners and refrigerators that…
Electric Vehicle Shock Treatment
Joe Biden, his fellow Democrats, and apparently big U.S. automakers have joined the rush to transform America’s transportation to 100% electric vehicles (EV) whether We the People want it or not. During an October town hall, Biden asserted that his…
Getting warmer: Trump concedes human role in climate change – eagletimes.com
President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that humans bear some blame for climate change, but scientists say the president still isn’t dealing with the reality of our primary role. Pressed repeatedly in Tuesday night’s debate, Trump gave one of his fullest…
Post-COVID-19: Govt has opportunity to build eco-institutionalism
Long-term planning needs standardising data to monitor environment, institutionalising climate-risk assessment
Post-COVID-19: Govt has opportunity to build eco-institutionalism
Long-term planning needs standardising data to monitor environment, institutionalising climate-risk assessment
Joe Biden Recruits Tom Steyer As His Climate Change Guru
Former Vice President and 2020 Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden has recruited former Clinton and Obama administration official Carol Browner and billionaire activist Tom Steyer to advise his campaign on climate change. Steyer, once Biden’s rival for the Democrat nomination,…
Can Planting a Trillion Trees Stop Climate Change? Scientists Say it’s a Lot More Complicated – InsideClimate News
It seems simple. Plant enough trees to soak up all the carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels and people can forget about global warming and get on with their lives. The idea even resonates with President Trump who, in…
Bernie Calls Climate Change Our ‘Greatest Challenge’ Amid Pandemic
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) declared the “climate crisis” the “greatest challenge facing humanity” on Thursday, as millions of Americans — and billions of people across the globe — attempt to rebuild and economically recover from the ravages of the Chinese…
The Mad Rush To Electric Vehicles
Tesla’s stock market value is already bigger than Ford and General Motors combined, says a report in Forbes magazine. Elon Musk’s company had already received nearly $5 billion in federal subsidies by 2015, helping him amass a net worth of…
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