'Make our planet great again': Macron's response to Trump is praised
New French president has been confident and sure-footed in first weeks, say analysts Swift, smart and typically self-assured, Emmanuel Macron’s response to Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accords confirmed a near-faultless debut on the international stage for France’s new president, analysts said. “Make our planet great again,” Macron, […]
Michael Bloomberg: ‘US will meet its Paris commitments’ – video
Former New York mayor says during surprise trip to Paris on Friday that Americans ‘don’t need Washington to meet our Paris commitments’. Bloomberg, who is the UN’s special envoy for cities and climate change, says cities, states and businesses will instead step in to ensure the targets are met Michael Bloomberg: US states and businesses […]
A sinister bird arrows into the river
Teifi Marshes, Pembrokeshire Bilidowcar the cormorant’s called in Welsh – Billy the Ducker Bound for hides in the Teifi Marshes reserve, I paused to lean against railings on the riverside path and a cormorant arrowed into view, threw up its broad, webbed feet to brake, and touched down on the water. Seeing it reminded me […]
Michael Bloomberg: US states and businesses will still meet Paris targets
Former New York mayor, now UN cities and climate ambassador, says Trump may have withdrawn from Paris accord but American people haven’t The United States will meet its Paris accord greenhouse gas targets despite Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the agreement, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has said. A decision by President Trump to pull […]
Great Barrier Reef: Australia must act urgently on water quality, says Unesco
Draft decision says Australia would not, at this rate, meet interim or long-term targets in the Reef 2050 report Unesco has expressed “serious concern” about the impact of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef and warned Australia it will not meet the targets of the Reef 2050 report without considerable work to improve water […]
It's way past time to speak truth to climate arguments this stupid | Lenore Taylor
It’s clearer than ever the economic interests Trump claims to defend can only be served by acting on global warming For precious decades experts have explained, over and over, that the science of climate change is incontrovertible, the consequences of blindly sticking with fossil fuels catastrophic and the costs of inaction far higher than switching […]
US has nothing to apologize for on climate change, says defiant EPA chief
Scott Pruitt insists America retains a seat at the negotiating table Pruitt refuses to say whether Trump believes climate change is real The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has said America has nothing to apologise for on climate change and retains a seat at the negotiating table, claiming: “After all, we’re the United States.” […]
Late-night hosts on Trump’s climate decision: ‘Even North Korea agreed to this’ – video
Talkshow hosts address Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement. On Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Trevor Noah describes Trump’s choice to make the announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House ‘a pretty gangster move’, while Jimmy Kimmel points out that the only other countries to shun the […]
General election: Theresa May 'weak and feeble and spineless' over climate change, says Ed Miliband – live
All the day’s campaign news, as Brexit secretary appears to contradict Theresa May’s ambition to cut net migration to under 100,000 by 2022 The Snap: sign up for our daily election email – and read today’s Lunchtime summary May ‘weak and feeble and spineless’ over climate change, says Miliband 4.46pm BST The Political Studies Association […]
Aerial footage of the split in the Larsen C ice shelf
Footage taken at the beginning of the year shows the split in an Antarctic ice shelf. A giant section is hanging by a thread and is due to break off at any moment Giant Antarctic iceberg ‘hanging by a thread’, say scientists Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change