On Monday, the White House announced it will convene a second global COVID-19 summit next month. A leading public health advocate urged U.S. President Joe Biden to “fight like hell” for congressional funding to combat the ongoing pandemic. The U.S., Belize, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal collectively are hosting the summit. They said the May 1...
On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled a new plan allowing homegrown biofuels to mitigate the adverse effect of rising oil prices due to Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Biden administration aims to encourage the development of homegrown biofuels to provide an affordable alternative in the short term. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will...
During Ramadan, many Muslims fast from dawn until sunset. To break the fast, Muslims often gather together for communal meals, known as iftar. But iftars can sometimes generate a lot of waste such as disposable silverware and serving items. To combat that problem, a group of 15 Muslims in Washington, D.C., decided to throw an […]
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres accused governments and corporations of “a litany of broken climate promises.” He also defended activists fighting for a future free from fossil fuels. Guterres’ comments came after the publication on Monday of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report. He called it “a file of shame.” It c...
On Monday, over 500 leading climate experts and academics urged universities in the U.S. and the U.K. to reject environmental or energy research funding from the fossil fuel industry. Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA and one of the signatories of the open letter, said that means refusing to lend their reputations to the […]
A coalition of more than 200 groups Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to use the Defense Production Act to develop alternatives to fossil fuels. The move would simultaneously combat the climate crisis and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stranglehold on the world’s energy economy. It would also support the transition to a renewable ec...
Young Fridays for Future climate campaigners took to the streets worldwide Thursday to stand with the people of Ukraine. They called for a world that prioritizes peace and freedom from fossil fuels for all. It criticized people for ignoring wars in South Sudan, Iraq, Nigeria, and the many other southern regions affected by “imperialist and [&h...
A remote hospital in Bangladesh’s southwestern Satkhira district has earned international recognition as the world’s best building and as a model infrastructure resilient to the impacts of climate change. Located near the world’s largest mangrove forest (‘Sundarbans’) and the Bay of Bengal, the rainwater-harvesting health facility ...
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday declared his country’s readiness to supply natural gas to the world, including Europe. Raisi said his country has been able to boost its natural gas production and carry out significant projects in the oil and gas sectors by banking on domestic expertise and resources. He said sanctions imp...
The White House has released a screening tool to help identify disadvantaged communities plagued by environmental hazards. But the administration won’t include race as a factor in deciding where to allocate resources. Officials told reporters Friday excluding race will make projects less likely to draw legal challenges and will be easier...
