Trump, climate

US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America’s clean energy economy won’t reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday.
Despite Trump's Win Top US Climate Negotiator Says: 'We Won't Go Back'
"None of this is a hoax. It is real. It's a matter of life and death," John Podesta said during a news conference at COP29 in Baku.
Trump looms large over UN climate talks, where the U.S. is already taking a back seat
The Biden administration tried to project confidence in the early days of COP29, but all signs point to a reduced U.S. role.
Boiling Point: Trump is coming for climate progress. Here we go again
“Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable.” So said President Biden’s climate advisor John Podesta as the international climate negotiations known as COP29 got started Monday. Ironically, the United Nations talks are hosted this year by Azerbaijan, a huge oil and gas exporter, as the Associated Press’ Emma Burrows reports.
Top U.S. climate negotiator vows ‘we won’t revert back’ after Trump reelection
No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America's clean energy economy won't reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday.
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2024 state of climate report shows 25 of Earth's 35 vital signs at all-time worst levels
The 2024 state of the climate report from the American Institute of Biological Sciences shows 25 of the 35 vital signs ...
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U.S. climate adviser Podesta tells COP29 summit that the fight of climate change is bigger than one election.
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The top American climate negotiator said Monday that the fight is ...
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Wildfires burn on both coasts. Is climate change to blame?
"Human-induced climate change underpins all of our day-to-day weather ... a period not typically associated with such ...
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Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics
Partly this is a sign of some success. When Trump was first elected in 2016, clean energy was something of a niche concern, as Heatmap’s Robinson Meyer pointed out last week; now it is “central to ...
TIME100 Climate 2024: Jad Daley
Jad Daley took the helm in 2018 and has made climate change one of the organization’s main focus points. American Forest’s ...
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COP29: The last gasp of American climate leadership
There was so much to see (40,000 attendees from 200 nations, plus big bold graphics proclaiming the petrostate’s climate ...
3 Major Climate Consequences Of Trump’s Election
Donald Trump's election will upend America's and global climate policy. A look at what is expected change in the months ahead and why it matters for climate and energy.
Climate change parching the American West even without rainfall deficits
Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change turned an ordinary drought into an exceptional one that parched the American West from 2020--22. A study has found that evaporation accounted ...
Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for emissions waste by oil and gas companies
Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain ...
At Climate Summit, Top U.S. Advisor Says ‘We Won’t Revert Back’
Biden's Climate Adviser John Podesta blended pragmatism and persistence in a statement emphasizing the vital stakes of a ...