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Biden Wants World Leaders to Make Climate Change Commitments – The New York Times

Source: Biden Wants World Leaders to Make Climate Change Commitments – The New York Times

By Lisa FriedmanPublished April 13, 2021Updated April 14, 2021, 10:40 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is nearing agreements with Japan, South Korea and Canada to bolster carbon emission reduction targets in all four countries ahead of a closely watched summit of global […]

Greta Thunberg Says She’ll Skip U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow – The New York Times

Source: Greta Thunberg Says She’ll Skip U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow – The New York Times

Why Biden Should Cancel the Dakota Access Pipeline | The New Republic

Source: Why Biden Should Cancel the Dakota Access Pipeline | The New Republic

Corporate America’s Climate Letter to Biden Is Too Little, Too Late | The New Republic Kate Aronoff/April 13, 2021

Source: Corporate America’s Climate Letter to Biden Is Too Little, Too Late | The New Republic

On Tuesday, executives from more than 300 companies—including renewables firms and several gas and electric utilities—released a letter urging the Biden administration to pledge to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2030. “The private sector has purchased renewable energy at record […]

Executives Call for Deep Emission Cuts to Combat Climate Change – The New York Times

Source: Executives Call for Deep Emission Cuts to Combat Climate Change – The New York Times

By Lisa FriedmanApril 13, 2021, 5:30 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON — More than 300 businesses, including Google, McDonalds and Walmart, are pushing the Biden administration to nearly double the United States’ target for cuts to planet-warming emissions ahead of an April 22 […]

Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Together at Last

Planetary Hydrogen stores carbon while it generates hydrogen with renewable electricity.

Source: Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Together at Last

Treehugger has often been skeptical of two “silver bullets” for the climate crisis: the hydrogen economy and carbon capture and storage (CCS). However, a company in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia called Planetary Hydrogen mashes the two together in a double-barrelled approach […]

The Problem With Smithfield’s Pig Biofuel Plan in North Carolina | The New Republic

Source: The Problem With Smithfield’s Pig Biofuel Plan in North Carolina | The New Republic

The Moms Who Are Battling Climate Change

A new initiative seeks to tap into mothers’ concern for the world their children are inheriting.

Source: The Moms Who Are Battling Climate Change

Three years ago, I had a baby. I won’t go into the details, but suffice it to say that she is extremely cute, and I enjoy being her mother. A few […]

America’s Forbidding Legacy on the Southern Border

Source: America’s Forbidding Legacy on the Southern Border

The Invisible Women in Energy: Biomass Producers Who Deserve More Recognition

About 2.5 billion people globally rely for cooking on the traditional use of solid biomass, notably fuelwood, charcoal and dung

Source: The Invisible Women in Energy: Biomass Producers Who Deserve More Recognition