The US Department of Agriculture is awarding $30.8 million to the nation’s 19 historically Black land-grant universities for agricultural and nutritional research.
About 45% of the carbon emissions reductions needed will come from technology that hasn't been developed yet, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says.
In U.S., younger conservative voters, business leaders are increasingly acknowledging climate risks and are "working to reframe environmental responsibility as compatible with free-market principles."
An Oregon court criticized an attorney representing Multnomah County in its $51 billion climate lawsuit for not disclosing his involvement in research used to support the plaintiff's claims. The attorney also helped fund a paper co-authored by Mann, arguing that the "climate crisis" is “a major driver of global instability.”
"In yet another attempt to enforce its far-left climate agenda, Biden’s EPA is pushing new burdensome rules that’ll shut down power plants, weaken our electric grid and hike up costs," Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., said in a post on social media.
“Energy is the essential agent of change that enables everything that we do — everything. A low-energy society is poor. A highly energized society can bring health, wealth and opportunity for all,” Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright said in his opening statement.
The climate law, signed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in 2019, requires New York to reduce its excess greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050, compared to 1990 levels.
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, noted the agreement doesn't set policy, and debate over its language is an "exercise in semantic accommodation."
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected requests to block the rule, which grid experts say will increase the risks of blackouts.
During budget hearings in May, Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned that the Biden-Harris administration was pushing out billions in loans without proper controls. This is the same office that provided failed solar startup Solyndra with a $535 million loan guarantee under Obama.