DISCUSS: COP26 gets underway…
The big day is here – today the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, better known as COP26, begins in Glasgow.
It follows on the G20 meeting in Rome.
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NYT Reporter Asks for Raising Gas Prices on Middle Class
A New York Times reporter asked President Joe Biden to raise gasoline prices on middle-class people around the world to reduce carbon emissions and curtail climate change.
The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis
As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) this week, the stakes could not be higher.
UK Needs to Provide Genuine Leadership on Fossil Fuel Financing
In the leadup to the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, COP26, the United Kingdom has sought to position itself as a leader in global efforts to end government support for fossil fuels.
Biden's Spending Bill Gives $555 Billion in 'Clean Energy Investments'
President Joe Biden’s beloved $1.75 trillion dollar spending bill will be a gift to climate change activists everywhere by giving up to $555 billion in “clean energy investments.” The climate portion of the bill stands in line with President Biden’s overall plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Fired Keystone Worker: My Crisis Is not Climate, It's About a Job
Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee and its subcommittee on the environment held a hearing on Thursday to grill the CEOs of top U.S.
Declaration on Mining and the Energy Transition for COP26
We, the undersigned organizations, support a just and rapid transition away from fossil fuels and towards a renewable energy system.
Manchin ‘Accosted’ by Protestors: 'Family Is Dying from the Climate Crisis’
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Exclusive: Abbott Tells Biden Texas 'Can Produce the Oil', 'Let Us Do Our Thing'
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov.
Climate Activists Push UK Govt to Kill New Mining and Oil Rig Jobs
WHITEHAVEN, England (AP) – In the patchwork of hills, lakes, and sea that makes up England’s northwest corner, most people see beauty.Dave Cradduck sees broken dreams.
Still No Justice for Killing of South African Mining Activist
One year ago Fikile Ntshangase, an environmental activist from South Africa, was gunned down in her home in Somkhele in KwaZulu-Natal province, after raising concerns about a coal mine in the area.
Pete Buttigieg to Attend U.N. Climate Summit amid Supply Chain Crisis
Thirteen members of President Joe Biden’s cabinet are heading to Glasgow, Scotland, for the United Nation’s climate summit later this month, while the nation remains in the midst of a migrant crisis at the southern border and a supply chain crisis at U.S. ports.
The climate summit
Russian Activist Imprisoned for Peaceful Environmental Protests
Yesterday, a court in the city of Kolomna, Russia sentenced Viacheslav Yegorov to 15 months in prison for repeatedly taking part in peaceful protests in 2018 against the “import” of trash from Moscow. It is ironic that this sentence came less than a week after the UN Human Rights Council
Miners Stage Protest as EU Moves to Kill Coal Jobs for Green Agenda
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Hundreds of Bulgarian coal miners and energy workers staged a protest on Wednesday to demand government guarantees for their jobs amid bids by the European Union to close mines and reduce carbon emissions. Buses carried protesters from across Bulgaria for the rally in downtown Sofia, where demonstrators
BEST OF OFFG: “Free speech, censorship & the right to be wrong…”
Republished as part of our ‘Best Of’ series, revisiting some of OffG’s Pre-Covid editorials – either because they help remind us of important realities easily overlooked nowadays, or because they take on added significance in a ‘post-covid’ world.
Catte’s article has taken on a new context and new significance