U.S. and China Aren’t Invited to speak at U.N.’s Climate Ambition Summit The world’s two biggest polluters were not invited to speak at a United Nations meeting designed to highlight effective action against warming.

Joe Biden launches climate and jobs programs — but no new pollution-cutting goals US President Joe Biden addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19th, 2023. | Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP via Getty ImagesThe Biden administration launched new climate funding and jobs programs today as world leaders — minus Joe Biden — gather for the Climate Ambition Summit in New Y…

Unions Fight in the States to Make Biden’s Climate Agenda Work for Workers Labor leaders worry that some federal incentives for renewable energy do not come with strict standards on pay. In Maine, they added their own.

Rishi Sunak to Weaken U.K. Climate Targets as Election Approaches Britain’s prime minister is expected to delay a ban on the sale of new gas- and diesel-only cars, among other measures.

Love and compassion: How women can address the climate crisis (RNS) — Possibilities open up when we think about the warming Earth with love, not fear. The post Love and compassion: How women can address the climate crisis appeared first on Religion News Service.

Climate Week NYC: news and protests surrounding the UN Climate Ambition Summit Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks to a crowd ahead of the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City on September 17th, 2023. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeHundreds of governments and thousands of protesters descended upon New York City this week to ramp up action on climate change. Continue reading…

U.N. Chief’s Test: Shaming Without Naming the World’s Climate Delinquents António Guterres has spoken sharply of “planet wreckers” ahead of this week’s United Nations climate summit, but politics makes it tricky to get specific.

California Governor to Sign Landmark Climate Disclosure Bill The first-in-the-nation law will compel major companies to publicly disclose their carbon dioxide emissions and could have national repercussions.

Climate Protesters Around the Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York Ahead of U.N. meetings this week, thousands are marching through Midtown to demand that President Biden and other world leaders stop new oil and gas drilling.

If Biden Wins Election, Industry Pollution Will Be a Target for Climate Policies If the president wins re-election, his climate team is likely to try to cut greenhouse gases from steel, cement and other hard-to-clean-up manufacturing.

Sultan al-Jaber, Oil and Renewable Energy Executive, Straddles Divide as Head of COP28 Climate Summit Sultan al-Jaber, the energy executive leading this year’s global climate summit, says fossil fuel companies are key to the world’s energy transition. Some disagree.

Engineering SUPERPLANTS to fight climate change

Biden’s Climate Law Is Reshaping Private Investment in the United States Lucrative tax incentives have fueled a surge in solar panels but failed to boost wind power, data from a new project show.

Amazon will pay an oil company to help it meet climate goals Executives hold shovels during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Occidental Petroleum and 1PointFive Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant in Ector County, Texas, on April 28th, 2023.  | Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAmazon is the latest tech giant to buy into the idea of filtering carbon dioxide out of the air as a way to comba…

The world’s first climate change report card is in Image: Hugo Herrera / The VergeThe nations of the world have to seriously ramp up their clean energy ambitions because time is running out to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement, a sweeping new United Nations report card says. It’s the first “Global Stocktake” of the progress nearly 200 countries have made since they adopted the Paris …

DeSantis, Undaunted by Florida Storms, Shrugs Off Climate Change The Florida governor, who has cast himself as a Teddy Roosevelt-style conservationist, sounds far different as a presidential candidate, pledging to expand fossil fuel production and fight electric-vehicle mandates.

Climate Report Card Says Countries Are Trying, but Urgently Need Improvement The global assessment, two years in the making, is the first official gauge of progress under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Climate Protesters Stop U.S. Open Semifinal Match The delay of more than 40 minutes during the match between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova appeared to be caused by environmental protesters.

Bill Gates, Marie Kondo and World Bank Head Will Speak at Times Climate Event Sign up to watch the livestream and connect with online attendees about solutions to the climate crisis on Thursday, Sept. 21.

At African climate summit, faith leaders join demands for climate justice NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — ‘Matters of climate change cannot be politicized, reduced to economies,’ said a Lutheran priest, but instead should be ‘treated as a matter of life and death.’ The post At African climate summit, faith leaders join demands for climate justice appeared first on Religion News Service.