Tag: climate change

Paramotorist Injured, Support Staff Killed in Accident in Scottish Highlands

Sacha Dench, who who was attempting a world-first circumnavigation of mainland Britain to raise awareness about climate change, has been seriously injured after a paramotor accident in the western Highlands of Scotland. Dan Burton, a member of her support staff, was killed during the incident that happened late on Saturday afternoon. Dench is currently in…


UN Releases New Synthesis Report on National-Level Emissions Cuts

The United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC) on Sept. 17 released its synthesis report detailing nationally determined contributions to meeting the Paris Agreement’s targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The report concluded that the planet is on its way to exceeding the Paris targets of 1.5 degrees and 2 degrees C warming above pre-industrial…


Trudeau Touts Pandemic Recovery Plan, O’Toole Reaffirms Climate Change Policy

With five days left until the federal election, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau campaigned on his COVID-19 recovery plan and defended his decision to hold a large indoor rally, while Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole reaffirmed the party’s climate change policy and plans for economic recovery. At a campaign stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Sept. 15,…


Biden Continues to Push Climate Policy in Visit to National Renewable Energy Lab

President Joe Biden made the final stop of his West Coast trip Tuesday in Colorado to continue pushing for his $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and his $3.5 trillion spending plan. Biden toured the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, observing wind turbine testing and new battery technologies at the facility before making his…


O’Toole Upholds Childcare Plan, Trudeau Focuses on Climate on Campaign Trail

With less than a week to go before election day, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole touted a new childcare policy, while Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau placed emphasis on climate change during campaign stops on Sept. 14. O’Toole promoted his party’s childcare policy at a press conference in Russell, Ont., after announcing Sept. 13 that the Conservatives will…


Medical Journals Committing Malpractice With Climate Change Public Health Crisis Misdiagnosis

Commentary Almost every mainstream media “news” outlet last week uncritically parroted a joint statement issued on behalf of more than 200 medical journals claiming climate change poses a dire threat to human health. Had the media checked the facts, they would have found the medical journals’ statement was wrong. Data consistently show human health has…


‘Stand up to BlackRock Like You Did to China’: Former Senator Calls on Australian PM

The Australian prime minister should resist pressure from overseas investments giants—like BlackRock—on climate change action, in the same way, the federal government resisted the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) economic coercion. Ron Boswell, former National Party senator, said moves by business and political leaders in the United Kingdom (UK), United States, and European Union (EU) to…


Researchers Complete First-Ever Detailed Map of Global Coral

HONOLULU—Researchers have completed a comprehensive online map of the world’s coral reefs by using more than 2 million satellite images from across the globe. The Allen Coral Atlas, named after late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, will act as a reference for reef conservation, marine planning, and coral science as researchers try to save these fragile…


Medical Journals Call for ‘Emergency Action’ to Combat Climate Change

News Analysis Editors from the Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine, and hundreds of other medical journals have issued a joint editorial demanding “emergency action” to limit global temperature increases, including greatly increased monetary contributions and emissions cuts from wealthy nations as well as heavy government intervention and greater global coordination. “The greatest threat…


Tesla a Bigger Financial Risk to Banks Than Climate Change: Prominent Economist

Claims that climate change poses a “risk” to the coal industry are “ludicrous,” according to a leading U.S. economist, who has warned Australian members of Parliament not to allow overseas institutions to dictate the country’s development. John Cochrane, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of “Asset Pricing,” a widely…