by WorldTribune Staff, November 6, 2019 The Paris climate agreement, which was enacted in 2015 with the goal of reduced global emissions, is “flat failing” amid backlash over higher taxes in nations implementing the agreement while major polluters such as China and India ignore it, analysts say. The Trump administration filed formal paperwork Monday to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2019 The House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on Sept. 18 held a hearing billed as “Voices Leading the Next Generation on the Global Climate Crisis”. The hearing included the testimony of rising teen environmental star Greta Thunberg of Sweden, who started a global […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 1, 2018 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 2.7 percent in President Donald Trump’s first year in office, the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Oct. 31. “Thanks to President Trump’s regulatory reform agenda, the economy is booming, energy production is surging and we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions from major industrial sources,” […]