BARBADOS’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of COP26 – just weeks before the country is due to sever its ties from the Queen as a sovereign Ms Mottley was given a position of prominence at the opening ceremony of COP26, the climate change summit taking place in Glasgow. […]readmore
The biggest climate conference in history was a tiny step toward solving a gargantuan problem GLASGOW, Scotland — The high-stakes COP26 climate change talks in Glasgow concluded on Saturday evening with the strongest government commitments to fighting climate change in history. Yet they’re still not enough to meet the ambitious targets of the Paris climate […]readmore
Patrick Greenfield, Jonathan Watts, Phoebe Weston and Fiona HarveyThe Guardian.comWorld leaders have agreed a deal that aims to halt and reverse global deforestation over the next decade as part of a multibillion-dollar package to tackle human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.Xi Jinping, Jair Bolsonaro and Joe Biden are among the leaders who will commit to the declaration […]readmore
Why the Water You’re Drinking May Be Thousands of Years Old As surface water diminishes in the Western US, people are drilling deeper wells—and tapping into older groundwater that can take thousands of years to replenish naturally. Marissa GrunesAlan SeltzerKevin M. BefusSome of North America’s groundwater is so old, it fell as rain before humans […]readmore
We are losing our suicidal war against nature by António GuterresOur two-century-long experiment with burning fossil fuels, destroying forests, wilderness and oceans, and degrading the land, has caused a biosphere catastrophe.Humanity’s reckless interference with nature will leave a permanent record – just as today’s scientists study the traces of previous extinctions.We are well into the […]readmore
Brenda Mallory is the 12th Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the first African American to hold that position. The CEQ’s mission is to coordinate the federal government’s efforts to improve, preserve, and protect America’s public health and environment.Our Time Press spoke with Chair Mallory about the Biden Administration’s climate agenda. OTP: […]readmore
President tells UN General Assembly that US will become the world’s leading provider of climate financeOliver Milman in New York www.theguardian.comJoe Biden has vowed to double the financial aid given to developing countries vulnerable to the worsening climate crisis as he warned the UN that the world is “fast approaching the point of no return” […]readmore
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in urging Congress to respond to the climate crisis and advance environmental justice by funding critical programs in budget reconciliation legislation. In a letter to the chairs of numerous House and Senate committees, the coalition calls on […]readmore
