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U.S. EPA head Regan presses on cutting pollution from power plants
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said on Thursday that the Biden Administration will continue to press to cut pollution from power plants, which he noted were âthe largest stationary sources of harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide.â
U.S. Treasury's Yellen vows to work with international climate finance ministers group
The U.S. government under President Joe Biden is working closely with the international community to tackle climate change, increase the scale of climate finance and leverage additional private investment, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says.
This must be the 'decade of action' on climate change, John Kerry says
This year's United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland must kick-start a decade of action to address the environmental crisis, U.S. climate change envoy John Kerry said on Tuesday during a visit to European Union headquarters in Brussels.
IEA launches global group to tackle fallout from energy transition
The International Energy Agency is launching a global commission to address the impact on employment and society from the transition to renewable energy from fossil fuels.
Biden may cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit as soon as his first day in office
Brazil's updated climate plan seen lacking credibility as forests shrink
Continuing large-scale deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region suggests a new government aim to become "carbon neutral" by 2060 lacks credibility, Brazilian scientists have said.