On Earth Day this year, President Joe Biden unilaterally committed the United States to a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions by 2030. Biden’s Intelligence Director, Avril Haines, declared climate change as the center of American foreign policy for the decade to come. Even Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, a fine economist but hardly a climate expert, dutifully called climate change an “existential … Continued
The Rhode Island Senate, on March 16, passed, by a vote of 33-4, the 2021 Act On Climate, the first major climate and environmental bill to see a floor vote since the Resilient Rhode Island Act 2014. The bill sets mandatory and enforceable targets for greenhouse-gas emissions. The bill, according to climate activists and many … Continued
Widespread mistrust of science and disputes over basic facts, tied to growing political polarization and disinformation campaigns, are undermining efforts to tackle climate change globally, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry warned. During a virtual summit organized by the Nobel Foundation and major science academies this week, Kerry said building greater public understanding and agreement on … Continued
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