Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s opposition to a $900 billion coronavirus aid package overwhelmingly passed by U.S. lawmakers late Monday jeopardizes the first significant climate change legislation to win congressional approval in about a decade. Trump has threatened to veto the stimulus bill, which includes $600 direct checks …
Read More »Covid recovery plans can help battle climate change
Employees of the company Goldbecksolar are testing a module in a solar park under construction in a former gravel opencast mine. Jens Buttner | picture alliance | Getty Images During the coronavirus pandemic, the worst public health crisis in a century, some people pointed to what appears to be a …
Read More »Biden to pick North Carolina environmental regulator to run EPA
Michael Regan listens as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announces that Regan will lead the Department of Environmental Quality in North Carolina, at the Executive Manson in Raleigh, N.C. Jan. 3, 2017. Chuck Liddy | AP President-elect Joe Biden will pick Michael Regan, secretary of the North Carolina Department of …
Read More »DeepMind shifts focus from climate change to protein folding and AGI
Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepMind. Jeon Heon-Kyun | Getty Images LONDON — Artificial intelligence (AI) lab DeepMind has shifted its focus from climate change to other areas of science and is pursuing its original mission of creating artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is widely seen …
Read More »Exxon defends itself, and Big Oil’s future, as activists circle
“More of the same, and a lot of it,” says CFRA Research energy analyst Stewart Glickman of a newly unveiled plan from Exxon Mobil to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. But Glickman, and others analysts even more critical of Exxon, say there is a logic and consistency to the oil …
Read More »Covid pandemic drove a record drop in global carbon emissions in 2020
Empty Champs Elysees avenue is pictured on March 28, 2020 in Paris, France. The country has introduced fines for people caught violating its nationwide lockdown measures intended to stop the spread of COVID-19. Pascal Le Segretain | Getty Images Global greenhouse gas emissions plunged by roughly 2.4 billion tons this …
Read More »2020 Atlantic hurricane season most active on record. What happened
Danielle Fontenot runs to a relative’s home in the rain with her son Hunter ahead of Hurricane Delta, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, in Lake Charles, La. Gerald Herbert | AP An unforgiving hurricane season shattered records this year, producing the most named storms ever seen in the Atlantic and battering …
Read More »Biden to rejoin Paris Climate Accord. Here’s what happens next
WILMINGTON, DE – NOVEMBER 19: President-elect Joe Biden answers a reporter question after he delivered remarks at the Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden will …
Read More »Forests support jobs and encourage biodiversity, but face threats
Forests are beautiful, home to a diverse range of wildlife, and play an important role when it comes to looking after the world we live in. Much like their appearance, the benefits of forests are multi-layered. According to a recent report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. …
Read More »Joe Biden’s climate change plans face uncertain future in the Senate
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden discusses the importance of protecting the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as he speaks to reporters about his health care plan during a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 10, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President-elect Joe Biden has boasted a bold agenda on tackling global …
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