John Kerry has been a vocal advocate for climate action for many years. He played a key role in negotiating the Paris Agreement on climate change during his time as Secretary of State under the Obama administration. In early 2021, John Kerry was appointed as the United States first-ever Special Presidential Envoy for Climate by
17 staffers from various offices occupied Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office with large banners, apparently hoping to pressure him to pressure Manchin to continue pursuing climate negotiations. The New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz was live tweeting from the scene, where the staffers held signs and sang together. The sit-in follows a letter signed anonymously by more than
The United Nations climate conference has doubled its climate footprint from last year. According to The Washington Free Beacon: The carbon emissions associated with the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow more than doubled from the last time the conference was held, according to a report commissioned by the British government. The conference, which ends
Joe Biden has tapped Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to be the chairperson of his climate change task force. According to The Washington Free Beacon: Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden chose far-left congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) to lead “unity task forces” to craft the party’s general election platform. Biden announced the appointments Wednesday alongside
President Trump has dealt another blow to the legacy of former President Obama by formally exiting the Paris Climate Agreement. According to The Hill: President Trump on Monday began the yearlong process of withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate accord. The official announcement cements a promise Trump made in the White House Rose Garden in 2017 when he
