Vanuatu Strikes a Blow for Climate Justice Vanuatu is a small island located in the South Pacific Ocean, inhabited by a population of approximately 300,000 people. It is one of…
Tag: Climate
Biden Warns That Climate Change Could Upend Federal Spending Programs
As the world grapples with the issues of climate change, President Joe Biden has given a warning that these changes could potentially upend federal spending programs. Biden, who has made…
Senator Whitehouse Puts Climate Change on Budget Committee’s Agenda
WASHINGTON — Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, has given 287 speeches on the Senate floor raising alarms about climate change, often delivered mainly to the C-SPAN cameras in…
Biden’s World Bank Pick Looks to Link Climate and Development Goals
The Biden administration’s nominee to be the next president of the World Bank, the international development and climate institution, is embarking on a monthlong sprint around the globe to solidify…
How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
When the Agriculture Department finished its calculations last month, the findings were startling: 2022 was a disaster for upland cotton in Texas, the state where the coarse fiber is primarily…
With Two Key Picks, Biden Weaves Climate Into Economy and Regulations
WASHINGTON — This week, President Biden announced that Lael Brainard, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve who is known for citing the financial risks posed by climate change, would…
World Bank President, Dogged by Climate Questions, Steps Down Early
David Malpass, the embattled president of the World Bank, announced his intention Wednesday to step down by June, roughly a year before his term expires. Mr. Malpass was appointed by…
How Climate Change Is Spreading Malaria in Africa
Ticks that transmit Lyme disease, for example, are dramatically expanding their range in the northern United States. Bats are also on the move, and with them diseases that they transmit,…
Battling Lava and Snowstorms to Keep a Climate Project Alive
ATOP MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — Two and a half miles above the Pacific, with the combined exhalations of a vast swath of humankind and its cars and factories blowing toward…
‘Recession Resilient’ Climate Start-Ups Shine in Tech Downturn
But the stakes are too high to be cynical, climate entrepreneurs and investors said. “There’s a bigger fight to fight,” said Elisa Jagerson, an investor at Wildcat Venture Partners. “Everything…