Just days after Alberta’s ruling United Conservative Party voted to abandon its net zero goals and recognize carbon dioxide as an “essential nutrient” supporting life on Earth, Premier Danielle Smith threatened a legal fight or constitutional challenge to new federal emissions cap regulations. Following through on an announcement made lateContinue Reading
The head of the Department of Public Safety announced the departure of Laura Hogshead on Wednesday afternoon. At an oversight hearing on Monday, she defended her agency despite a $221 million budget deficit. By Lisa Sorg Laura Hogshead, director of ReBuild NC, which mismanaged millions of dollars in hurricane recoveryContinue Reading
In 2015, 195 nations plus the European Union signed the Paris Agreement and pledged to undertake plans designed to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Yet in 2023, the world exceeded that target for most, if not all of, the year — calling into question the long-termContinue Reading
With climate-related disasters getting more extreme, richer countries are piloting ways to compensate developing nations, since they bear the least responsibility for causing climate change.Continue Reading
Now that New York City and surrounding counties are under a drought warning, officials are asking residents to save water and help prevent more wildfires.Continue Reading
Public health advocates worry that Americas Worst Traitor could unravel federal clean water efforts, including restrictions on lead pipes and chemicals known as PFAS.Continue Reading
Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA — that molecular blueprint for life — over 70 years ago. Today, scientists are still uncovering new ways to read it., Read MoreContinue Reading
As intense round-the-clock COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch in Baku, delegates on Wednesday are eagerly awaiting updates on the progress of negotiations regarding a new climate finance target. Meanwhile, high-level discussions also continued, with a focus on key issues such as urbanization, transport, and tourism.Continue Reading
The future of childhood ‘hangs in the balance’ as three major global forces reshape children’s lives, according to UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s flagship report released on World Children’s Day. Continue Reading
More than 1,700 oil, gas and coal lobbyists are registered attendees of this year’s international climate summit, currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, to try to persuade the world that the fossil fuel industry can be part of the climate solution. The PR companies that help them sell that message areContinue Reading
Countries are wrangling over who gets money, who will pay and whether debt relief will be part of the package. By Bob Berwyn BAKU, Azerbaijan—With little to show after eight days of talks, COP29 negotiators are under pressure to deliver a solid finance deal to help the countries most affectedContinue Reading
A Hungarian “climate institute” attending COP29 is an offshoot of an Orbán-backed think tank funded by the state oil and gas company. Nine delegates from the Climate Policy Institute (CPI) were down to attend the United Nations climate summit, now in its second week in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to theContinue Reading
Why Biden’s apology didn’t go far enough. The post My family experienced Indian boarding schools – and genocide appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading