iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Feb 24, 2021 12:38pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden held their first bilateral meeting virtually on Tuesday. (Photo via Twitter/@JustinTrudeau)
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden held their first virtual meeting on Tuesday, which included a discussion on how the two countries can work together to combat climate change. The two leaders vowed to coordinate efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
“We’re launching a high-level, climate-ambition ministerial to align our policies and our goals to achieve net zero emissions by 2050,” Biden said in a speech following the meeting.
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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Feb 22, 2021 12:59pm Oil tanker
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Israel is currently looking for the ship responsible for an oil spill which caused tar to wash up on its Mediterranean shoreline. Nine ships were about 50 kilometres off Israel’s shore on Feb. 11 when the oil spill happened.
“There is a more than reasonable chance that we will be able to locate the specific ship,” the environmental protection minister, Gila Gamliel, told Ynet TV.
If responsibility is attributed, Israel could pursue legal action, in which one option includes suing “insurance companies for compensation to help deal with the ecological fallout.” The Guardian has more.