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President Trump signed a slew of executive orders Monday after his inauguration, including an order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. Sean Gallup/AP hide caption toggle caption Sean Gallup/AP President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement – again. Under the international climate accord, […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, marking a major shift in U.S. energy and environmental policy. The move, paired with his declaration of a “national energy emergency,” signals a return to fossil fuel-focused strategies that could have significant implications for North Carolina’s renewable energy […]
President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, according to an executive order he signed Monday as one of his first acts after he took office. Under the Paris Agreement, signed in 2016, participating nations vowed to work together to keep global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees […]
The White House on Monday said that President Trump would withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the pact among almost all nations to fight climate change. By withdrawing, the United States would join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only four countries not party to the agreement, under which nations work together to […]
Climate science deniers are lining up a political offensive in Britain after a US lobby group opened a UK branch which is already working with Nigel Farage. The Reform UK leader was the guest of honour at the launch of Heartland UK/Europe, which is to be headed by a former leader of Ukip and climate […]
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group have filed a lawsuit against Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay for damage the state attributes to climate change. The federal lawsuit, which was filed Monday, urges a state court […]
When Ashoka* heard boots approaching, he began to shiver in fear. The 23-year-old was in the engine room of his boat, as three Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) men boarded the vessel. When Ashoka, an Indian fisherman from Pamban Island at the southernmost tip of India, came out on the deck, he saw the officers beating […]
The shift of Arctic tundra and other carbon sinks to carbon sources (Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says, 10 December) reminds us that tipping points are largely irreversible on human timelines. We are involved in teams of specialists and students working to help global governments prepare for the decreasing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by 2035 as he fights to ensure his legacy on slowing global warming, even as President-elect Donald Trump vows to undo much of Biden’s climate work when he takes office next month. Biden said the new goal […]
Roads to Removal — a recent report co-authored by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a dozen other institutions — features a detailed map that highlights specific opportunities for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in all 3,143 counties across the US. The map highlights, for each county, the CDR method — either forests, soils, biomass, […]