[ad_1] Context: The Major Economies Forum was first launched in 2009 and now includes more than two dozen countries that produce 80 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and GDP. It is the first such meeting since last November’s U.N. climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where nations agreedContinue Reading
[ad_1] “But we’re not doing everything we said we’d do,” he said, after attending a meeting of energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations. “A lot of countries need to step up including ours to reduce emissions faster, deploy renewables faster, bring new technologies online fasterContinue Reading
[ad_1] Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said an idea becomes a mass movement when it moves from “discussion tables to dinner tables” as he called for people’s participation and collective efforts in the fight against climate change. He also told a gathering of world leaders on Friday that when peopleContinue Reading
[ad_1] Republican lawmakers are predicting a consumer backlash to the latest mandate from Washington. But industry analysts say car buyers are showing a growing appetite for vehicles that can be refueled with an electric cord rather than a gas pump. “Honestly, the vehicles being delivered by automakers are a lotContinue Reading
[ad_1] The seeds of success in 2022 began in June 2010, when Democrats last attempted to pass a sweeping climate-change bill. Back then, the party had far greater numbers in the House and Senate, but lacked the courage of their convictions. The “Waxman-Markey” bill, which would have set an emissionsContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: India is free to use its resources to fulfil the energy needs of its people and countries historically responsible for climate change cannot ask it to stop its development, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. Addressing an event organised by trade association ASSOCHAM, he saidContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The EU’s joint presidents flew to last year’s U.N. climate talks in Egypt aboard a private jet, according to data seen by POLITICO that revealed heavy use of private flights by European Council President Charles Michel. The flightContinue Reading
[ad_1] “I just have a very strong general sympathy for underdogs,” Whitehouse said during a recent interview in his Capitol Hill office, which features a collection of Yacht Club bottles (Rhode Island’s official state soda) and walls adorned with moody lighthouse photos. The junior Ocean State senator is hardly anContinue Reading
[ad_1] Climate change threatening tea sector globally: ITA (Representative image) Kolkata: Leading planters body Indian Tea Association (ITA) said climate change is threatening the industry globally which is resulting in lower yields and rise in production costs. A spokesman of ITA said climate change is also threatening the long-term viabilityContinue Reading
[ad_1] After a winter during which the EU threw constant barbs at the U.S. over Biden’s signature climate law and its $369 billion of green incentives, many on both sides of the Atlantic are hoping the visit signals the beginning of a spring thaw. The message from Biden and vonContinue Reading