WASHINGTON — Environmental activists annoyed by the government’s slow pace of action climate changeGathering in front of the White House on Saturday afternoon President Biden and Congress will quickly pass a climate bill that has been stalled in the Senate since December. The demonstration at the White House was one of dozens of “Fight for …
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Raising climate awareness under an authoritarian government is lonely and dangerous. But Arshak Makichyan, a young activist from Russia, deeply believed in this. For years, he stood alone in Moscow’s squares, carrying banners to protest climate inaction, speaking at conferences and building a social media following. He was detained several times by the police. It …
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GLASGOW – Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate activist, said at the United Nations climate summit on Thursday that she and her colleagues do not believe in the promises made by ministers, companies and banks this week to act aggressively on climate change. But they want. “Actually, I’m here to beg you to prove us wrong,” …
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Activists traveling to Glasgow from around the world to participate in global climate talks and protest on the sidelines They expressed disappointment, which they saw as empty promises from world leaders. Yet many found a new unity and a renewed sense of purpose in their ranks as they came together to demand urgent action and …
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Protest organizers had hoped to draw large crowds onto the streets of Glasgow on Saturday to demand urgent action against a climate crisis that has already flooded cities. delete cities from the map, deforestation and fueling storms, heat waves and droughts worldwide. Over the past week, world leaders and diplomats from hundreds of countries met …
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GLASGOW – Week started with more than one 130 presidents and prime ministers She poses for a group photo in a centuries-old Baroque museum made of red sandstone. There were less than 10 women. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reminded that the median age for hosting the climate summit is over 60. The week ended …
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Roshan Mishra remembers standing inside the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Australia looking into the eyes of a woman. wooden goddess believed to be the same artifact that disappeared from a local temple in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, where he lived nearly 50 years ago. Mishra, director of the Taragaon Museum in …
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When President Biden announced in June that the United States would receive 500 million Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines for poorer countries, there was a big loophole in his plan: To fund it, management quietly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars countries had already been promised to help put bullets in people’s arms. Mr. Biden didn’t make …
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A global network of activists called on Tuesday to postpone the international climate talks scheduled for November in Scotland, arguing that delegates from the most vulnerable countries could not attend due to the pandemic. Climate Action Network said in a statement He said travel restrictions, rising coronavirus caseloads and low vaccination levels in the world’s …
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GRÜNHEIDE, Germany – Surrounded by a pine forest east of Berlin, the vast pale gray factory with its own exit on the highway was supposed to be producing shiny new Teslas by now. Instead, it became a manifestation of what happened when Silicon Valley ambition clashed with German procedure. The $7 billion factory, which will …
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GRÜNHEIDE, Germany – Surrounded by a pine forest east of Berlin, the vast pale gray factory with its own exit on the highway was supposed to be producing shiny new Teslas by now. Instead, it became a manifestation of what happened when Silicon Valley ambition clashed with German procedure. The $7 billion factory, which will …
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The Biden administration has yet to nominate a leader for the $7 billion President’s Contingency Plan for AIDS Relief, which sets priorities for AIDS treatment worldwide; especially scary For those with HIV Pepfar is the latest cabinet-level Dr. It is led by a global AIDS coordinator hired by Deborah Birx. Dr. Birx served from April …
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