Three of New York City’s five public employee pension funds are divesting $4 billion from securities related to fossil-fuel companies.
Pensions for teachers, school administrators and civil servants…
'The federal government owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we're going to replace with clean electric vehicles made right here in America, by American workers,' the president said.
Joe Biden…
Mr Kerry spoke at the World Economic Forum, typically held in the glitzy Swiss ski resort of Davos, but this year a virtual event due to the pandemic.
John Kerry said on Wednesday that the “war had…
Fed up with "empty promises" from world leaders, a dozen youth activists on Wednesday demanded newly sworn-in President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris take swift and bold climate action…
'Trump used this emergency for a stupid wall, which wasn't an emergency. But if there ever was an emergency, climate is one,' Mr Schumer said.
Newly-minted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says…
At virtual Global Adaptation summit, John Kerry says ‘we’re proud to be back’ after four-year absence.
The US has returned to international climate action with a focus on helping the most vulnerable…
‘I work for the people of Pueblo, not the people of Paris,’ Rep Boebert tweeted. The climate agreement was so named because it was signed in the French capital - and not because it solely benefits…
In his final months in office, Donald Trump has ramped up construction on his promised physical border between the US and Mexico – devastating wildlife habitats and increasing the migrant death toll
Joe Biden’s new climate envoy says: ‘All nations must raise ambition together – or we will all fail, together’
The world is lagging behind the pace of change needed to avert catastrophic impacts…
The United States helped bring the world into the Paris climate accord, the groundbreaking global agreement reached in 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to slow climate change.…
Statement by the Secretary-General – on US steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
I warmly welcome President Biden’s steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and…
Rescinding permit is on list of executive actions thought to be scheduled for first day in office.
Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9bn Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his…
Joe Biden’s new climate envoy says: ‘All nations must raise ambition together – or we will all fail, together’.
The world is lagging behind the pace of change needed to avert catastrophic impacts…
Equinor ASA is considering selling its holdings in the Bakken play of North Dakota and Montana, part of a comprehensive review of its international oil and gas portfolio as the Norwegian state-…
Solving the climate crisis by boosting investments in new technologies will be at the center of the Biden administration's job creation agenda, the incoming top economic White House adviser said on…
Utility commission launches investigation of Comanche Unit 3 costs; seamless replacement of power adds to case for early closure
Xcel Energy’s troubled Unit 3 at the Comanche Generating Station in…
What a difference an election makes. Thanks to the Biden-Harris victory in November, the next administration is poised to make a 180-degree turn to again address the climate crisis.
Joe Biden is preparing to deal with climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before – by mobilizing his entire administration to take on the challenge from every angle in a strategic,…
Joe Biden is preparing to deal with climate change in a way no U.S. president has done before – by mobilizing his entire administration to take on the challenge from every angle in a strategic,…