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Commentary: To everyone’s relief, US is back in the driver’s seat on climate change Toggle share menu Advertisement Advertisement Commentary Commentary Commentary: To everyone’s relief, US is back in the driver’s seat on climate change The summit proved to the world that the Biden administration is intent on tackling climate change, says the Energy Studies Institute’s Melissa Low. President Joe Bid...

Baltimore to Use Data Transparency to Gain Public Trust Mayor Brandon Scott is spearheading efforts to increase transparency in city government. Data-driven tools are helping Baltimore residents drill into how the administration is meeting its goals and a range of other topics. August 27, 2021 •  Shutterstock/Peshkova Mayor Brandon M. Scott, who took office in December 2020, is spearheading that charge for a more open city government. On Feb. 3, he announced the 100 Days of Action Tracker ,...

Password * Remember me New to Energy Central? Applying for membership with Energy Central allows you to connect with a network of more than 200,000 global power industry professionals. “We hear people talk about this being existential,” U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry told the Washington Post Wednesday. “For many people on the planet, it already is. But we’re not behaving internationally like it is, in fact, an existential challenge.” The buzz around Biden’s announcement bega...

America’s climate summit propelled the world forward on a path toward limiting the worst of global warming

April 24, 2021 Share The world moved closer to curbing the worst of global warming after this week’s climate summit. But there’s still a long way to go, and the road to a safer future gets even rockier from here. With the world trying to prevent more than another half-degree of warming (0.3 degrees Celsius) or so to achieve the most stringent of goals set by the 2015 Paris climate accord, scientists and politicians alike say this decade is crucial for any chance of getting that done...

00:25 EDT, 23 April 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) - This weeks climate change summit features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions. But in the weird world of national climate pledges, numbers often aren´t quite what they seem. Sometimes a 55% reduction is about equal to 50% to 52%. Sometimes it´s even less. Sometimes it´s way more. As part of the Paris climate agreement process, each nation picks its own national goals for how much greenhouse gas shoul...

9 & 10 News April 23, 2021 AP 11:55 a.m. President Joe Biden has wrapped up his two-day climate summit, saying the climate crisis has created an opportunity to remake the global economy and produce millions of jobs in clean energy and technology “while doing so much good″ to slow climate change. Speaking at the White House as the virtual summit concluded Friday, Biden asked, “Was there anything else you can think of that could create as many good jobs going into the 21st century?″...

As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal Leaders call for urgent action and stress the need for cooperation. But how countries will meet their targets remains unclear. April 22, 2021 President Joe Biden delivers remarks as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate with 40 world leaders at the East Room of the White House April 22, 2021 in ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to supporters, in Detroit. Four historically Black medical schools are getting $6 million to expand coronavirus vaccination efforts in minority communities. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy announced the gifts Tuesday, April 13, 2021, to Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Te...

The Latest: Biden envisions clean energy jobs as summit ends In this image from video, Michael Bloomberg speaks during the White House Climate Leaders Summit, Friday, April 23, 2021. The White House is bringing out the billionaires, the CEOs and the union executives Friday to help sell President Joe Bidens climate-friendly transformation of the U.S. economy at his virtual summit of world leaders. (AP Photo) April 23, 2021 - 9:00 AM WASHINGTON - The Latest on Pres...