Stay updated with breaking news from Planet warming. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Air Conditioning, What the Actual F***? goodmenproject.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goodmenproject.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
panama canal? >> that is my main concern. we are climate dependent. this issue of climate change to us is real. >> reporter: climate change is making the tropics hotter and dry spells longer. >> for us, it's concerning. >> reporter: this man is a managing director for shipping giant mersk. he is worried christmas merchandise could be impacted if the drought drags on. things we buy will be more expensive. >> and late. >> reporter: are you seeing climate change impacting your operations around the world? >> everywhere. everywhere you have climate change impacting global commerce. >> reporter: the international shipping industry is part of the problem. responsible for about 3% of planet warming greenhouse gas emissions, about as much as japan. mersk is aiming to cut emissions in half by 2030. do you have a responsibility to address this problem? >> of course. we need to move faster. it's not the time to start wondering what to do. it's the time for action. >> reporter: because in shipping
emergencies is simply too hot an emerging market to be left to nonprofits. this is to say that in the wake of disasters, which we are increasingly seeing, there is power and profit online. that's where we are. now of planet warming at an alarming rate, and a presidential field filled with candidates who don't want to talk about it or think it's a hoax. there's a 50/50 chance one of them will be part of the problem. along with protecting our democracy, this is the most important issue at stake in this election. we are in the narrowest window possible to try to avoid real catastrophe. it's a problem that keeps me up at night. it's exactly why i am bringing my podcast, why is this happening, to feel more theater on philadelphia, where my guest will be the great naomi klein. we're gonna wrestle with these great problems. specifically talk about her phenomenal new book called doppelganger, a trip into the mirror world, which is about the ways in which knowledge gets so reflected in our
the tournament. a second semi-final between england and cohost australia will take place on wednesday. and the world champion will be crowned on sunday in sidney. very exciting. and the stories in the the spotlight this hour, a judge in montana handed a significant victory to a dozen of environmental activists in the first constitutional climate trial. she ruled that montana's continued development of fossil fuels violates the clause in the state constitution that guarantees the citizens to a right and clean healthful environment. the ruling will reverse a recently passed state rule that prohibits agencies from considering planet warming. the activists' attorneys hailed it as a sweeping win. finally caffeine, it can
effect of planet warming and for many of us that can feel quite daunting, what on earth canonise an individual do in the face of these issues? in this case i am just in awe of the things that individuals are taking action in the face of this. people are rescuing coral, they are going out and collecting the coral that we have been growing to rebuild our briefs. even before this event our reef, like reefs around the world, have been suffering. so we have been working to rebuild it. we're taking the coral growing into safekeeping, thought of noah's ark on land into places where we can control temperature and keep them safe so there is an enormous amount of people doing that right now. we also move some of those nurseries where we grow the coral into cooler water. so there are many things that people are doing right now and, we are starting to pilot test some other techniques that
blaming equipment malfunction. desantis sanitation district says a blockage caused an overflow of sewage crews finished their first round of cleanup yesterday. they have not yet said when the beach will be reopened. this morning, north carolina firefighters are racing to contain a massive fire burning in a national forest. the wildfire, which has been burning since wednesday, has now grown to 35,000 acres, and so far it's only been 10% contained . officials hope that a chance of rain today will improve conditions, but anticipated wins could potentially impact the direction of the fire. there are no evacuations and the fire is still under investigation. on this earth day, the planet has just failed a wide ranging health check the world meteorological meteorological organization found that last year smashed syria series of climate records from sea level rise to glacier melts. the planet warming is happening at a rapid rate. this year's birthday
that could change the game in a moment, but a quick look at wall street markets around the world this morning. european markets are higher this morning. asian markets finished mixed. and on wall street stock index futures this hour. looks like they're treading water up a little bit here, you know, stocks finished mixed yesterday. investors awaiting marches consumer price index due in a few hours. the s and p barely moved yesterday. the nasdaq down consumer prices are forecast to cool both monthly and annually. that reading would mark nine months in a row of cpi inflation cooling one window on inflation, gas prices of a penny overnight 3 62 a gallon and today the minutes from the fed's march meeting or due out this morning , giving further insight into the central bank's 25 basis point rate hike decision. alright brand new. the environmental protection agency has just released a proposal to tighten vehicle emission standards. if this goes through this new rule. could increase electric vehicle sales to two thirds of new car sales by 2030 to 2032 in just a decade that would cut planet warming
trucks. now, if implemented, the new rules aim to increase electric vehicle sales to two thirds of the total sales by 2032 that could cut planet warming pollution from cars. in half. cnn's pete mountain joins us now with the details of this really could be a huge shift in the market beat. a mega shift, john. we're talking a very aggressive move by the biden administration here. think about this up until now. it's been all tax credits and incentives trying to lead manufacturers and consumers to water. take the metaphor one step further. these new regulations were really cause manufacturers to jump into the ocean when it comes to electric vehicles. these emissions standards laid out by the e p a today stair step up starting in the 2027 model year , but it really gets interesting in 2032. we're talking less than nine years from now. the goal is to have two thirds 67% of all new vehicle sales be electric
the project would tap as much as 600 million barrels of oil but it would take years for it to make it to market. it's messy politics for president biden pitting his climate promises against the desire to produce energy at home and lower gas prices. the project would relies as much planet warming carbon emissions per year as adding 2 million gas powered cars to the road annually. that's according to a government estimate. >> loss of taste and smell, dizziness. >> cikinick traveled to the white house to protest against it despite its economic benefits. >> we've been held in an economic situation. we chose our health, children's health, ways of life or being able to have plumbing, infrastructure, running water her family has lived in the region for generations. he supports the project. his nonprofit represents 2 dozen