Tag: climate change
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Steep increase in glaciers melting worldwide
Data from satellites indicate that there has been a steep increase in melting of the world’s glaciers, up from earlier this century. Half of the loss is coming from the U.S. and Canada, especially Alaska. The Associated Press has the story: Glaciers worldwide melting faster than from 2000 to 2004 Glaciers are melting faster, losing…
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News Headlines for the day. April 22, 2021
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Global leaders cooperate with Biden on climate change
Although Russia and China have had chilly relations with the new Biden administration, they put aside those differences in a virtual summit hosted by Biden to pledge cooperation with the new effort under Biden to reduce fossil fuel usage. However, both nations did not go so far as to pledge specific reductions. Biden has proposed…
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EU reaches climate deal; US summit next
President Joe Biden is rejoining international climate talks that former President Donald Trump had pulled the U.S. out of. The EU is plowing ahead with a new target of cutting greenhouse emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. The EU reaches this climate deal right before Biden is to hold a…
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Celebrities urge Biden not to sign Brazilian climate deal
The Biden administration has been leading a summit to attack climate change, which could result in an environment agreement with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. However, Bolsonaro has been under criticism for siding with powerful agribusiness interests, resulting in deforestation of the Amazon. Now Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix are speaking out…