Stock Taking as Second Week of COP22 Kicks Off
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Budget & Policy
Environmentalists Brace for Nation Under Trump
Environmentalists are reeling following Donald Trump’s election last week as president of the United States, trying to assess what a future under the climate change denier might look like. “Trump’s proposals are those of a willful child, recklessly breaking things he can’t repair,” 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben said in a Friday release. “He wants to […]
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Budget & Policy
2016 Nearly Certain to be Hottest Year on Record: WMO
This year will almost certainly blow past 2015 to be the hottest on record, the World Meteorological Organization announced Monday morning in Marrakesh, Morocco, at the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The new data, released in the form of a provisional report intended […]
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Budget & Policy
Georgetown Center Praises State Climate Leaders
Several U.S. states are working hard to transition to cleaner energy systems, the Georgetown Climate Center said in a report Monday, presenting examples of successful programs. “In the last three years, the U.S. power sector has seen a dramatic increase in electricity generation from renewable energy sources and less-polluting fossil fuel sources, as well as […]
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Budget & Policy
Civil Society Groups Urge Immediate Acceleration of Global Climate Action
Waiting to ramp up climate action until after 2020 will make the transition to a global low-carbon future harder for the poor and vulnerable while placing a large burden of future generations, a coalition of civil society groups said in a report Friday. The report reviews national commitments for the years leading up to 2020 […]