“At this point, the Biden admin is like a continuous SNL skit,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Tuesday, commenting on video of the Biden Climate Czar John Kerry claiming that, if Russia can wage a war, they can fight climate change. Kerry, the outgoing U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, made the claim during remarks…
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Bill Gates: We will overshoot 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming
The advanced nuclear reactors TerraPower are building use liquid sodium as the coolant and uranium as a fuel source. “We are making excellent progress,” Gates said, while also acknowledging that the Ukraine war has thrown a wrench in TerraPower’s plans because the reactors planned to operate with fuel coming from Russia and that relationship is…
Vermont’s dairy farms pivot to new ideas amid climate change – The Washington Post
There was a time when Vermont’s landscape was dotted with weathered red barns full of dairy cows, and every country store was chockablock with local maple syrup and candies. The barns are there still, as are their fading illustrations of cows, and the sugar maples still draw leaf peepers in the fall. But because of…
If NSW wants to stop climate change protests, there’s an alternative to jailing activists – ABC News
If the New South Wales government and opposition want to stop disruptive climate protests, the answer may be hiding in plain sight, and it’s not jailing protesters. Deanna “Violet” Coco was sentenced last week to a non-parole period of eight months, with a total sentence up to 15 months. She was denied bail. It stems from her arrest after blockading a lane of…
GOLDSTEIN: Bashing Canada on climate change is absurd and misleading | Toronto Sun
Article content We all know the refrain — Canadians are bad, wasteful and laggards on climate change. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. Except in the real world, comparing Canada to other nations by selectively using emissions per capita…
Concern about climate change shrinks globally as threat grows, survey shows | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Concerns about climate change shrank across the world last year, with fewer than half of those questioned in a new survey believing it posed a “very serious threat” to their countries over the next 20 years. Only 20% of people in China, the world’s biggest polluter, said they believed that climate change was a very…
Why tackling climate change means a stronger economy — according to Janet Yellen : NPR
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Biden administration has plans to help the economy absorb supply shocks. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Biden administration has plans to help the economy absorb supply shocks. Years of pandemic supply chain disruptions have left the world dealing with high inflation. Then, a war…
Opinion | Climate Change Has Made Deadly Heat Waves Normal – The New York Times
A U.N. report published in April suggested that by just 2030 the world would be experiencing more than 500 major disasters each year. And the quickening frequency of what were once called “generational disasters” or “500-year storms” or even “acts of God” disorients us, too, so that it becomes hard to distinguish once-a-decade events from…
“Eight years left to turn the ship”: Scientists share how climate change could change daily life – CBS News
Earlier this month, more than 300 people in South Africa were killed as record rainfall washed away buildings and infrastructure in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province. A day earlier, dozens were killed in the Philippines after tropical storm Megi spurred landslides and floods. The world is rapidly shifting — and the impact of human-caused climate change…
DC college students say climate change and COVID-19 are top voting priorities | Fox News
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WASHINGTON, D.C. – Georgetown University college students told Fox News COVID-19 and climate change are their top priorities headed into the midterm elections. “Certain populations are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, specifically black and Latino populations,” one student said. “Because of that it’s created a lot…
