Biden’s $2tn infrastructure plan aims to ‘finally address climate crisis as a nation’
There is continuing coverage of US president Joe Biden’s $2tn plan for developing the nation’s infrastructure that he said, according to the Guardian, will allow “transformational progress in…
India baulks at carbon neutral target as pressure grows
In an “exclusive” story, Reuters reports that despite growing “diplomatic pressure” on India, the nation is “unlikely to bind itself to a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by…
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Biden, emphasising job creation, signs sweeping climate actions
US president Joe Biden has signed a “sweeping series” of executive actions to address climate change, including a pause to all oil-and gas-drilling on federal land and electrifying…
Record ocean heat in 2020 supercharged extreme weather
New data shows that the amount of heat the world’s oceans contain hit the highest levels in recorded history last year, reports the Guardian. The study, published in the…
Coronavirus causes largest US greenhouse gas emissions drop since second war two: report
US emissions fell 10.3% in 2020, the largest drop in the post-second world war era, as the economy was “crippled” by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report…
Ending UK’s climate emissions ‘affordable’, say official advisers
The UK government’s advisors on climate change say a route map to ending the nation’s use of fossil fuels is both “ambitious and affordable”, reports the Guardian, and…
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