UN chief: ‘Cold, hard facts’ should guide climate policy – The Associated Press – en Español

BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations called Monday for scientists to serve up “cold, hard facts” to push governments into making policies that curb climate change before a key global warming threshold is passed. His comments came…

Old Friends Go On Adventure of a Lifetime: Around the World in 80 Days (LOOK)

From Beijing, to Bognor Regis, to Buenos Aires, Sandy Hazelip and Ellie Hamby are sending a message to elderly around the world that goes, “if you don’t use it, you lose it.” The 80-year-olds are going around the world in 80 days, like Phillias Fogg and Passepartout, to have advanced fun at their advanced age. […]

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Eco-Groups Push For EVs As They Actively Block Much-Needed US Mining

Environmental advocacy groups continue to oppose mining efforts within the US, despite pushing for a green future through electric vehicles that require large amounts of copper and other mined resources. The advocacy groups, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Earthjustice,…

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: How Zambia can make the most of it

The country has substantial reserves of copper and cobalt, critical metals for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy

UCLA Law Prof: ‘Hi-Tech Capitalist Solutions’ For Climate Change Are Racist

A law professor at UCLA believes “hi-tech capitalist solutions” for the alleged climate-change crisis are “perpetuating racism.” Tendayi Achiume [pictured], who’s finishing up her tenure as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance,…

Biden Throwing Taxpayer Dollars Down The Climate Change Rathole

President Joe Biden pledged to the United Nations in 2021 that the U.S. would give $11.4 billion annually to international climate change funds. Biden repeated that pledge at the recent COP27 climate conference. Biden’s climate change pledges are hot air,…

Biden Turns To Country For Green Energy Metals With Abysmal Child Labor Record

The Biden administration opened the door to financing mining projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia to bolster the global green energy supply chain as it pushes ahead with its climate agenda, despite the DRC’s documented…

COP27: Cover decision text makes no mention of all fossil fuels; India displeased

It has been suggested that the Egypt Presidency could be blocking the inclusion of fossil fuel in the text since Egypt is its largest producer and consumer

COP27 diary (November 15): Political support to loss and damage facility critical, says Pakistan

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit

Climate change is making livestock susceptible to diseases; here is how

There is also growing evidence that changes in rainfall pattern, frequent floods and droughts and intense heatwaves have substantial effects on transmission patterns of infectious diseases