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Senate to Vote on Record $369 Billion Climate Change Spending

July 29, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Senate to Vote on Record $369 Billion Climate Change Spending

WASHINGTON, DC, July 29, 2022 (ENS) – Two of the Democrats’ most powerful senators have agreed to add a $700 billion climate change, energy security and debt reduction package, the [...]

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One Man Blockade of Climate Funding Forces Biden’s Hand

July 20, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on One Man Blockade of Climate Funding Forces Biden’s Hand

WASHINGTON, DC, July 20, 2022 (ENS) – Senator Joe Manchin of the coal-producing state of West Virginia, a Democrat, has told Democratic congressional leaders that he won’t support new climate [...]

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Germany’s G7 Puts Climate Infrastructure Front and Center 

June 26, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Germany’s G7 Puts Climate Infrastructure Front and Center 

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Bavaria, Germany, June 26, 2022 (ENS) – At a century-old luxury resort in a Bavarian Alpine nature reserve, the world’s seven largest and wealthiest liberal democracies today formally [...]

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Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

March 12, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Congress OKs Climate, Energy, Water Spending in $1.5T Bill

WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2022 (ENS) – In a bipartisan vote of 68-31, the U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that will fund government climate, energy, water and wildfire [...]

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Plastics Pact, Wildfires Top UN Environment Assembly Agenda

February 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Plastics Pact, Wildfires Top UN Environment Assembly Agenda

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 28, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s foremost environmental decision-making body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, opens its annual meeting today in Nairobi. For the next three days, [...]

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EU, USA Pledge Energy Security as Russia Threatens Ukraine

January 28, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on EU, USA Pledge Energy Security as Russia Threatens Ukraine

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 28, 2022 (ENS) – In a joint statement today, U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reinforced their cooperation on energy security. [...]

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Green Values Shape Germany’s 2022 Government

January 8, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Green Values Shape Germany’s 2022 Government

BERLIN, Germany, January 8, 2022 (ENS) – In Germany’s September 2021 federal election, voters supported the Greens at historic levels, and Germany became the sixth and largest European Union Member [...]

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Youth Urgency Influenced COP26 Climate Negotiations

November 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Youth Urgency Influenced COP26 Climate Negotiations

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GLASGOW, Scotland, November 15, 2021 (ENS) – Young people have long fought at the forefront of social justice movements and environmental justice is no exception. Youth roles [...]

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Climate Activists Can’t Wait, Biden Can’t Wait Either

October 17, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Activists Can’t Wait, Biden Can’t Wait Either

WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2021 (ENS) – At least 300 people were arrested at the White House last week while demonstrating to demand that President Joe Biden declare a climate [...]

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Biden to UN: We Stand At an ‘Inflection Point in History’

September 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden to UN: We Stand At an ‘Inflection Point in History’

NEW YORK, New York, September 21, 2021 (ENS) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres today welcomed important commitments made towards climate action by the world’s two largest economies, the United States [...]

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US-Australia Fortify Climate, Environmental, Human Rights Alliance

September 16, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on US-Australia Fortify Climate, Environmental, Human Rights Alliance

WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2021 (ENS) – Climate, clean energy, and the environment were front and center today in US-Australia ministerial consultations, setting policy on the 70th anniversary of a [...]

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G7 Leaders Agree Global Agenda to ‘Build Back Better’

June 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on G7 Leaders Agree Global Agenda to ‘Build Back Better’

FALMOUTH, Cornwall, UK, June 13, 2021 (ENS) – The leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest democracies, the Group of Seven, G7, underlined their shared democratic values in today’s agreement to [...]

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Historic G7 Billion Covid Vaccine Donation Falls Short of Need

June 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Historic G7 Billion Covid Vaccine Donation Falls Short of Need

FALMOUTH, Cornwall, UK, June 12, 2021 (ENS) – Hosted by the UK, the Group of Seven Leaders’ Summit this weekend in Cornwall aims to unite the wealthiest democracies to help [...]

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Tax Status Complaint Targets Group Battling Biden’s 30 by 30 Land Plan

May 17, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Tax Status Complaint Targets Group Battling Biden’s 30 by 30 Land Plan

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2021 (ENS) – Government watchdog Accountable.US has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service requesting an investigation of the nonprofit American Stewards of Liberty for [...]

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Haaland Confirmed 1st Indigenous Secretary of Interior

March 15, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Haaland Confirmed 1st Indigenous Secretary of Interior

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 15, 2021 (ENS) – History was made today as the U.S. Senate voted 51-40 to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee Congresswoman Debra Haaland as Secretary of [...]

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America Rejoins World Accord to Limit Climate Crisis

February 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on America Rejoins World Accord to Limit Climate Crisis

 

NEW YORK, New York, February 21, 2021 (ENS) – The community of nations welcomed the United States back into the Paris Climate Accord on Friday with the approval of [...]

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Biden Lifts Emergency on U.S.-Mexico Border, Stops Wall

February 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden Lifts Emergency on U.S.-Mexico Border, Stops Wall

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 11, 2021 (ENS) – A national emergency no longer exists at the U.S. southern border with Mexico; it has been terminated after nearly two years. On [...]

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President Joe Biden Protects Environment on Day One

January 20, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on President Joe Biden Protects Environment on Day One

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2021 (ENS) – “A cry for survival comes from the planet itself, a cry that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear,” President [...]

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Day One: President Biden to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline

January 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Day One: President Biden to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2021 (ENS) – President-elect Joe Biden has a busy day planned for Inauguration Day Wednesday, January 20. A series of executive orders expected from President [...]

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Biden’s Green Team Takes Shape With Race, Gender Firsts

January 13, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden’s Green Team Takes Shape With Race, Gender Firsts

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2021 (ENS) – President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on January 20 at noon, has nominated a team of seasoned environmental leaders to fill his [...]

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