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Live updates: Biden to convene world leaders for virtual climate summit, seeking to restore U.S. leadership John Wagner © Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post President Biden delivers remarks on U.S. vaccinations in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex on Wednesday. President Biden on Thursday — Earth Day — is convening dozens of world leaders, including Pope Francis, for a two-day virtual climate summit, with the aim of putting the United S...

Participants include Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among many others.

Activist Greta Thunberg will testify in Congress Thursday during a hearing about the impact of fossil fuels -- an appearance that falls on Earth Day and the day President Joe Biden opens a major virtual climate summit.

Choose wisely: Greta Thunberg warns House lawmakers on their legacies, urges end to fossil fuel subsidies Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON — Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg called tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry a "disgrace" in testimony to Congress at an Earth Day hearing on subsidies.  The 18-year-old activist from Sweden told the House Oversight Committee in the hearing on "The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Action on ...

An Eddie Vedder et al cover of the late Marvin Gaye’s anthem. Its author fell victim to a “family protection” gun. It was a terrible loss to the world but the things for which Marvin Gaye stood did not die. The biggest elephant there’s ever been in any room Just before U.S. President Joe Biden’s two-day virtual summit on the climate crisis got underway, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday shared a video message calling out the “bullshit” of world leaders who she says are f...

Greta Thunberg to testify in Congress on Earth Day POLITICO 2 hrs ago By Anthony Adragna © Ronald Patrick/Getty Images Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks to participants at a climate change protest on Jan.17, 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will testify before Congress at an Earth Day hearing on Thursday, the same day that President Joe Biden will convene world leaders for a virtual conference on climate change. Th...