[https://nyti.ms/3IxGki5](https://nyti.ms/3IxGki5) >"Critics say the decision is likely to reverberate beyond Europe’s borders and hamper its efforts to lead the global climate negotiations."

"The president is under pressure to bring down gas prices, but any new drilling would be years away. The fees that companies pay would rise sharply."

CNN: Over 100 NYC streets will be car-free for Earth Day. >"More than 100 streets in New York City's five boroughs will go car-free to celebrate Earth Day."

"Amid surging inflation and energy price spikes, the Biden administration on Wednesday announced plans to spend roughly $3.2 billion to retrofit hundreds of thousands of homes in low-income communities with the aim of slashing Americans’ _...Read More_

"Countries aren’t doing nearly enough to protect against the disasters to come as the planet keeps heating up, a major new scientific report concludes."

"A landmark United Nations report has concluded that the risk of devastating wildfires around the world will surge in coming decades as climate change further intensifies what the report described as a “global wildfire crisis."

>"Energy security has gained prominence while the conflict in Ukraine raises concerns over the possible interruption in the supply of oil and natural gas."

"A federal judge on Thursday canceled oil and gas leases of more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, ruling that the Biden administration did not sufficiently take climate change into account when it auctioned the leases late last _...Read More_

Wealthy companies are using the facade of ‘nature-based solutions’ to enact a great carbon land grab.

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6.2% last year compared with 2020, new data released Monday shows.

"As the new year opens, President Biden faces an increasingly narrow path to fulfill his ambitious goal of slashing the greenhouse gases generated by the United States that are helping to warm the planet to dangerous levels."

>"The package includes $400 billion to bolster support for children and families, $555 billion for climate change programs and $166 billion in housing aid."

Agreements on deforestation, methane and coal were welcome news. Less so was some countries’ absence from major initiatives.

>"Historic declaration at Cop26 commits countries to ending major cause of CO2 emissions"

The UK is failing to lead the way with its climate policies, says David Humphreys, while Michael Stone calls for a more realistic way to measure the country’s carbon footprint. Plus letters from Dr Steve Hyer and Drusilla _...Read More_