BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain’s refusal to seal climate commitments in a new deal with the European Union to govern their relations after Brexit has become a stumbling block in their deadlocked talks and raises the risk of future trade disputes. While Britain has joined the global Paris agreement to fight climate change and has its […]

NEW DELHI: The UN’s annual climate conference which was postponed due to Covid-19 situation, will take place during autumn next year in United Kingdom (UK). It was discussed in a meeting between environment minister Prakash Javadekar and UK Secretary of State for business, energy and industrial strategy Alok Sharma through video conference on Thursday. The […]

Europe’s pandemic bailouts are trying to save the continent’s economy. Less clear is if they can save the EU’s climate agenda. On Monday, in a live video address, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel restarted the European Union’s Franco-German motor by proposing that the EU disperse a total of €500 billion ($545 […]

WindEurope has called for a new EU biodiversity strategy that proposes protected areas across swathes of Europe that do not create new restrictions on wind energy. The trade association said that transforming Europe’s energy system needed to “go together” with developing a “sound biodiversity strategy” and called for wind developments to be allowed to continue […]

A recent Gallup poll reveals that the Covid-19 pandemic has become the most important problem facing the U.S. The crisis and its economic impact is likely to overshadow other concerns for years to come. The coronavirus has quickly surged to the top of the list of most important problems facing the U.S., surpassing government, which has […]

Attempts by eco-activists to censor and shut down Planet of the Humans reveals the green movement’s authoritarian nature that turns most aggressively on its own apostates. Jeff Gibbs’ and Michael Moore’s new film, Planet of the Humans has been watched more than eight million times. It has cast doubt on the green movement’s claims to […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget cuts include canceling billions of dollars in climate change spending, a blow to environmental advocates who look to the state as a stopgap for the Trump administration’s weakening of federal protections. In January, Newsom proposed a $12 billion “climate budget” that, over the next five years, would offer incentives […]

A German diplomat in Brussels has suggested that EU member states may not be able to reach agreement on an increased greenhouse gas emissions reduction target under the country’s presidency of the EU Council, due to begin in July, because of the impact of the coronavirus crisis. Full post (£)