The recent 2020 UN Environment Adaptation Gap Report stressed that as temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently st.
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Biden added over six climate staffers to his White House team, drawing from the ranks of green groups, environmental justice advocates, and former Democratic administration officials. Here’s background on several of them. Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr., now at Colorado State University, provided a comprehensive analysis of Biden’s proposals to attack the climate crisis. Marianne Lavelle wrote of the opportunities the Senate’s 50-50 split provides on climate legi
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Lower temperatures across the northern hemisphere are causing oil prices to rise, especially in Europe, CTV News reports.
“Europe is the largest consumer of oil products, as we speak,” said Faisal Karmali, with the Popowich Karmali Advisory Group. “We’re probably going to see the price of oil shoot up even further, (to) $55 or $57 (per barrel), given the weather. That will impact short-term energy stocks and, potentially, the royalties coming to Alberta.”
BNN Bloomberg reports that households outside Europe, from Japan to Pakistan, are being asked to reduce their electricity use.