Nov 02 Watch 8:33 China’s timeline to ditch coal, adopt green technology may be too slow to help climate By Nick Schifrin, Patrick Fok World leaders from more than 100 countries are in attendance at the U.N. Climate conference in Scotland. But China's Xi Jinping, president of the globe's largest polluter, is absent from the crowd. For any efforts to succeed in fighting climate… Continue watching
Nov 02 Africa presses for more climate support at COP26 By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press The head of the African Union, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, said the continent needs the world to contribute $12.5 billion of the $25 billion it needs to accelerate an adaptation program over the next five years. Continue reading
Nov 02 China envoy defends emissions at climate summit, criticizes U.S. under Trump By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press China's dependence on coal power helps make it the biggest current climate polluter, although the nation in recent years has made commitments to start curbing emissions. Continue reading
Nov 02 Biden administration acknowledges impacts of oil and gas sales on public land, but hasn’t stopped them By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The Interior Department is preparing to offer oil and gas lease sales on large tracts of public land despite concluding that burning fossil fuels from those parcels could carry huge costs and contribute to climate change. Continue reading
Nov 02 U.S. says oil and gas sales damage climate, but won’t quit them yet By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The Interior Department is preparing to offer oil and gas lease sales on large tracts of public land despite concluding that burning fossil fuels from those parcels could carry huge costs and contribute to climate change. Continue reading
Nov 02 PHOTO: Recycled Formula 1 car on display in Glasgow By Associated Press President Joe Biden said that “our current technology alone won’t get us where we need to be.”… Continue reading
Nov 02 African Union seeks $12.5B from world to tackle climate adaptation By Associated Press In his remarks before a meeting of world leaders, President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo noted that the global effort on climate change “can’t be won unless it is won in Africa.”… Continue reading
Nov 02 WATCH: Biden, Boris Johnson give remarks on ‘Build Back Better World’ agenda at climate talks By News Desk President Joe Biden and other world leaders are making a pitch for his Build Back Better World, the U.S. president’s effort to offer an alternative to China’s infrastructure financing, at the COP26 climate talks on Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 02 Wealthy nations partner to help South Africa ditch coal By Associated Press One focus of the initiative will be helping to create new jobs for tens of thousands of people in South Africa’s coal mining industry. Continue reading
Nov 02 Biden climate plan aims to reduce methane emissions By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The proposed rule would for the first time target reductions from existing oil and gas wells nationwide, rather than focus only on new wells as previous regulations have done. Continue reading