President Biden called out Republicans for not supporting his climate change proposal and vowed to use his executive powers to act. Video of President Biden: Biden said: You all have a duty right now to our economy, to our competitiveness in the world, to the young people in this nation, …
Read More »Manchin To The Rescue Again – Squashes Biden’s Climate and Tax Hike Agenda, Left Liberal Professor ‘Sobbing’
Editor’s note: Senator Manchin reacts to the initial reports; he denies being a flat “no” on a possible reconciliation bill and wants to wait for further inflation numbers. “I said can we just wait until the inflation figures come out [for] July, until we know if the Federal Reserve will …
Read More »Manchin Pulls Plug on Climate and Tax Talks, Shrinking Domestic Plan
WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, pulled the plug on Thursday on negotiations to salvage key pieces of President Biden’s agenda, informing his party’s leaders that he would not support funding for climate or energy programs or raising taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations. The decision …
Read More »Supreme Court Deals New Blow To Left’s Climate Agenda – Limits EPA Power To Regulate Greenhouse Gasses
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot circumvent Congress and pass sweeping regulations to control emissions at power plants. The decision, described by CNN as a “major defeat” for the Biden administration’s climate change agenda, limits the power of the executive branch to implement environmental …
Read More »If Women Dont Lead, Well Lose the Battle Against Climate Crisis
The Iraqi capital of Baghdad covered in a layer of dust during the third dust storm in two months, 24th May 2022. Credit: Zaid Albayati/Oxfam 2022 Opinion by Sally Abi Khalil (beirut, lebanon) Wednesday, June 01, 2022 Inter Press Service The following article is part of a series to commemorate World …
Read More »No Climate Transition Without Securing Land Rights
Opinion by Alexander Muller, Jes Weigelt (berlin) Monday, May 16, 2022 Inter Press Service BERLIN, May 16 (IPS) – The landmark land tenure decision by parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in 2019 offers a blueprint for upcoming climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh in November. The ongoing …
Read More »Bangladeshi children leaving school to work due to climate crisis
Twelve-year-old Alamin’s house rested on the bank of the Ilsha River in southern Bangladesh until last year, when the surging river eroded it and the family’s farmland away, forcing them to flee to a slum in Keraniganj, close to the capital Dhaka. Now Alamin – whose father died of cancer …
Read More »Stop the War: Act for Justice, Climate & Peace
Opinion by Lysa John, Oli Henman (london / johannesburg) Friday, April 15, 2022 Inter Press Service LONDON / JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 (IPS) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has left many communities facing catastrophe. In a world already wracked by multiple crises such as searing inequality and escalating climate change, this conflict …
Read More »Gina McCarthy, Top Climate Adviser, Is Said to Be Planning Departure
WASHINGTON — Gina McCarthy, the White House climate adviser, has told confidants that she has been frustrated by the slow pace of climate progress and intends to step down in the coming months, according to several people to whom she has spoken. Ms. McCarthy, 67, who has served since the …
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