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EPA nominee Michael Regan pledges to focus on environmental justice Climate Change

EPA nominee Michael Regan pledges to focus on environmental justice

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Michael Regan, President Joe Biden's selection to head the Environmental Protection Agency, pledged Wednesday to place a focus on environmental justice if confirmed. During his confirmation hearing before the Senate environment and public works committee, Regan said that limiting the impact of pollution and other environmental…
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February 4, 2021
US-China relations: how Joe Biden’s return to multilateralism can revive climate change cooperation Climate Change

US-China relations: how Joe Biden’s return to multilateralism can revive climate change cooperation

Multilateralism and international cooperation have faded as vehicles for global action in the public interest in recent years. It is time to encourage effective multilateralism as a vital tool in meeting our many global challenges Published: 1:00am, 3 Feb, 2021 Updated: 2:00am, 3 Feb, 2021 Read More
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February 2, 2021
Mining industry mostly disagrees with Climate Change Commission report Climate Change

Mining industry mostly disagrees with Climate Change Commission report

Navigation for News Categories The minerals sector has taken exception to the independent Climate Change Commission's draft advice. The Stockton coal mine on the West Coast of the South Island. Photo: Supplied Straterra, the industry body representing the country's mineral companies, said the report highlighted the many challenges people would…
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February 2, 2021
American Agriculture Is Broken, and Tom Vilsack Is Not the Man to Fix It Climate Change

American Agriculture Is Broken, and Tom Vilsack Is Not the Man to Fix It

Somewhere on Earth 2, President Boe Jiden, after committing to a thorough review of the groaning, creaking, top-heavy agriculture industry, has decided that the time has come to start fresh. There, the Jiden administration is setting its sights on breaking up the corporations that, during a global pandemic, forced workers…
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February 1, 2021
Philippines welcomes US rejoining Paris accord on climate change Climate Change

Philippines welcomes US rejoining Paris accord on climate change

Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star) - February 1, 2021 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines welcomes the announcement by United States President Joe Biden that the US is rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez. “This is a welcome development that comes on…
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January 31, 2021
Scientists resolved a controversial but key climate change mystery Climate Change

Scientists resolved a controversial but key climate change mystery

Holocene temperature conundrum is a long-standing mystery, with certain cynics fighting that climate model predictions of future warming must be wrong. A new study challenges long-held views on the temperature history in the Holocene era. Scientists from Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences have resolved this long-standing mystery,…
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January 30, 2021
Broad coalition urges Morrison government to commit to net zero emissions by 2050 Climate Change

Broad coalition urges Morrison government to commit to net zero emissions by 2050

Climate change is back in the spotlight as a growing number of groups urge the Morrison government to commit to net zero emissions by 2050. Business leaders, scientists and government department officials have appeared before a parliamentary hearing looking at enshrining the target in legislation. The climate change bill is…
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January 29, 2021