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FILE PHOTO: Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden s nominee for National Climate Adviser, speaks after Biden announced her nomination among another round of nominees and appointees for his administration in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House national climate adviser Gina McCarthy said on Tuesday that existing nuclear power plants are going to be needed in the Biden administration’s effort to hit goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“In many areas continuation of the existing nuclear, as long as it’s environmentally sound and it’s permitted, is going to be absolutely essential” because it will provide time to develop renewable energy into a bigger part of the energy mix, McCarthy said at a Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy virtual event.
Nations Must Drop Fossil Fuels, Fast, World Energy Body Warns
A landmark report from the International Energy Agency says countries need to move faster and more aggressively to cut planet-warming pollution.
Steam rising from the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant near Bergheim, Germany.Credit.Lukas Schulze/Getty Images
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Nations around the world would need to immediately stop approving new coal-fired power plants and new oil and gas fields and quickly phase out gasoline-powered vehicles if they want to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change, the world’s leading energy agency said Tuesday.
Partnership with Surf Life Saving NSW focuses on leadership, creating a positive environment for vital volunteers Australia relies on almost six million.
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PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa’s failure to tackle toxic levels of air pollution produced by burning coal is a violation its post-Apartheid constitution, activists and a U.N. rights expert said in court on Monday. General view of the coal-based Kriel Power Station owned by state power utility Eskom in Mpumalanga, near Kriel, South Africa, February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
Campaigners are suing the South African government in the High Court, hoping to force tougher action against heavy polluters such as state power company Eskom and liquid fuel producer Sasol. The campaigners say tougher action is required to enforce a constitutional guarantee of the right to an environment not harmful to health.
Police arrest woman in drugs raid at house in Coalville
She was detained on suspicion of the possession of class A drugs
Police at house in Ravenstone Road in Coalville (Image: Stephen Marriott)
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Police arrested a woman in a drugs raid on a house today (May 17).