as nato leaders wrap up their summit in madrid, president biden says the united states and its allies will stick with ukraine for as long as it takes. and, temperatures in japan are the highest in nearly a 150 years, in nearly 150 years, amid fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe the biden administration has condemned a supreme court ruling which curbs the us government s power to limit carbon emissions from coal fired power stations, calling it a devastating decision. all six members of the conservative majority in the supreme court backed the landmark ruling, which marks a victory for the coal industry. the case was brought on behalf of mostly republican led states which were worried that they d be forced to move away from using coal to cleaner sources of energy. from washington, here s our north america editor sarah smith. in california today, wildfires burning out of control are a vivid reminder of t
time now, beijing has been failing to comply with its obligations. as nato leaders wrap up their summit in madrid, president biden says the united states and its allies will stick with ukraine for as long as it takes. sri lanka s worst economic crisis deepens the island is close to running out of fuel. and temperatures in japan are the highest in nearly 150 years amid fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the us supreme court has issued another landmark ruling this time, limiting the government s ability to regulate emissions from power plants. it marks a victory for the coal industry, but the united nations has described it as a setback in ourfight against climate change . from washington, here s our north america editor sarah smith. in california today, wildfires burning out of control are a vivid reminder of the urgent need to take action on climate change
conservative mps to back him. if he d lost tonight it would have significantly dented his authority. in total, 313 mps voted in favour of the bill and 269 mps voted against it, meaning the government had a majority of 44 votes. no conservatives mps voted against the bill, but 37 did not vote. chris mason is in westminster. a day ofjeopardy and a day of jitters and the government deploying every tool of persuasion and mathematics, so the phone calls and the snatched conversations in the corridors, the more formal meetings, and on the mathematical side making sure everyone who could vote for the government was here in order to vote for the government. to give you an example, the climate minister who was at the climate talks in the middle east, flew all the way back so that he could vote. that is how nervous the government was, despite the result when we finally got it. quite an evening then after quite a day. quite an evening then after quite a da . . , . , ., day. excuse me,
time now, beijing has been failing to comply with its obligations. as nato leaders wrap up their summit in madrid, president biden says the united states and its allies will stick with ukraine for as long as it takes. sri lanka s worst economic crisis deepens the island is close to running out of fuel. and temperatures in japan are the highest in nearly 150 years amid fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the us supreme court has issued another landmark ruling this time, limiting the government s ability to regulate emissions from power plants.
it marks a victory for the coal industry, but the united nations has described it as a setback in ourfight against climate change . from washington, here s our north america editor sarah smith. in california today, wildfires burning out of control are a vivid reminder of the urgent need to take action on climate change. america is a large part of the problem the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after china but also a victim. you can see from the water line above the vast lake how much it has shrunk in recent years, impacting the water supply for millions of people in the south west. president biden came into office pledging to lead a global effort to reduce carbon emissions, promising at the cop summit in glasgow last year to lead by example. will we act and do what is necessary? will we seize the enormous opportunity before us? will we condemn future generations to suffer? future generations may not