Posts Tagged ‘Climate’
U.S. Clean Energy Backers: Permitting Bill Imperative In Climate Fight
A view of windmills and power lines, as California’s grid operator urged the state’s 40 million people to ratchet down the use of electricity in homes and businesses as a wave of extreme heat settled over much of the state, near Tracy, California, U.S., August 17, 2022. Environmental groups and some fellow Democratic lawmakers had…
Read MoreBoost Climate Action Or We’ll See You Court, Activists Tell Governments
The US Supreme Court ruled in June that the government’s key environmental agency cannot issue broad limits on greenhouse gases Governments around the world must scale up climate action “or face further legal action”, an open letter from campaign groups warned Tuesday, as battles over policies to cut emissions and protect the environment are increasingly…
Read MoreWhy Are Climate Activists Calling For Reparations?
A man uses a makeshift raft to cross s stream of flood waters near his damaged house in Jaffarabad, Pakistan Pakistan’s catastrophic floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations, which grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels, to compensate developing countries for the devastating impacts caused by the climate crisis.…
Read MoreIndigenous Activists Raise Climate Awareness On Sidelines Of UNGA
Environment Week is a series of independent events involving Indigenous peoples from around the world that is being held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Uyukar Domingo Peas, an Ecuadorian Indigenous activist, says if there are still “reservoirs of natural resources” in the world, it is “because we have protected them for thousands…
Read MoreWorld Bank’s Malpass, Under Fire On Climate Views, Says No Shareholders Asked Him To Resign
World Bank President David Malpass responds to a question from a reporter during an opening press conference at the IMF and World Bank’s 2019 Annual Fall Meetings of finance ministers and bank governors, in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2019. World Bank President David Malpass on Friday said none of the global development bank’s shareholders have…
Read MoreWorld Bank Chief Malpass Says Won’t Quit Over Climate Denial Row
World Bank president David Malpass is battling charges of climate denial for dodging questions on the role of man-made emissions in global warming — which he since said he acknowledges World Bank President David Malpass said Friday he had no plans to stand down, as he battles charges of climate denial for dodging questions on…
Read MoreWorld Bank President Refutes Climate Change Stance
Embattled World Bank President David Malpass backtracked Thursday on his stance on climate change in a CNN interview. Earlier in the week, Malpass would not confirm whether he believed the scientific consensus that fossil fuels were responsible for dangerously warming the planet. “I don’t even know. I’m not a scientist and that is not a…
Read MoreWorld Bank’s Malpass Faces Calls To Resign After Climate Change Doubts
World Bank President David Malpass responds to a question from a reporter during an opening press conference at the IMF and World Bank’s 2019 Annual Fall Meetings of finance ministers and bank governors, in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2019. World Bank President David Malpass came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after he declined to say…
Read MoreAl Gore Sees The World At ‘Tipping Point’ For Climate Action
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at a news conference during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 5, 2021. The world is at a “positive tipping point” in the fight against climate change as surging oil and gas costs spur governments to decarbonise faster, former U.S. Vice President and…
Read MorePacific Islands Students Target U.N. Court As Key Weapon To Fight Climate Change
Vishal Prasad, a campaigner with the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change from Fiji, poses outside the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 16, 2022. In the shadow of the United Nations’ towering headquarters in New York City, law student Solomon Yeo from an island nation in the South Pacific is…
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