Published by the Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Trujillo represented Interior at COP27 of the UNFCCC in Egypt to showcase the administration’s approach to tackling the climate and drought crises. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/assistant-secretary-trujillo-showcases-all-government-approach-tackling-climate-change
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The worst drought in 40 years is pushing Somalia to the brink. If it triggers a rare famine declaration, the militant group Al Shabab will also be to blame. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/world/africa/somalia-famine-al-shabab-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment During the U.N. climate conference in Egypt, world leaders pressed the Egyptian president to release Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been on a hunger strike for more than seven months. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/world/middleeast/egypt-alaa-abd-el-fattah-hunger-strike.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At climate talks in Egypt, President Biden apologized for his predecessor’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/biden-cop27-climate-speech.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (Nov. 11, 2022) – Today at COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is strengthening its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution. If finalized, these critical, commonsense standards will protect workers and communities, maintain and […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president is expected to hail the new U.S. climate law on Friday at the COP27 summit in Egypt. Other countries want to talk money. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/climate/biden-cop27-climate-reparations.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Plus Europe makes climate pledges and Kenya discloses details of a Chinese railroad contract. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/briefing/midterms-elections-cop27-us-asia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A hunger strike in prison by Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prominent dissident, has overshadowed the U.N. climate summit that Egypt is hosting. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/climate/cop27-egypt-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattah.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Desperate for cash as the fallout from the Ukraine war batters its economy, Egypt has been conserving natural gas at home to sell to Europe. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/world/middleeast/egypt-climate-cop27-natural-gas.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (Nov. 7th, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing Lemi Shine as an outstanding Safer Choice Formulator Product Manufacturer. Lemi Shine has prioritized educating consumers about how products that are safer for human health and the environment can also be affordable and perform […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Alaa Abd El Fattah, an activist and software developer, has been imprisoned for most of the last nine years over his condemnations of Egypt’s authoritarian government. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/climate/alaa-abd-el-fattah-cop27-hunger-strike-egypt.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Humanitarian groups say Somalia’s leaders are resisting a formal declaration of famine that could unlock aid and save lives. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/world/africa/somalia-famine-hunger.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The COP27 meeting next week allows a debt-wracked African country to champion climate needs of poorer nations. But it also puts Egypt under scrutiny. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/05/world/middleeast/egypt-cop27.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The United States will try to reassert global leadership at global talks in Egypt. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/climate/united-states-climate-summit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The nations least responsible for climate change are being hit the hardest. They’ll be demanding compensation at the climate summit starting Sunday in Egypt. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/climate/cop27-loss-and-damage.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Gabon knows its oil won’t last forever, so officials are turning to the Central African nation’s rainforest for revenue — while also promising to preserve it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/03/climate/gabon-logging-oil-economy.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced 26 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners across 14 states and the District of Columbia, recognizing their achievements in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals. The Safer Choice program helps consumers […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With the world still struggling to get global warming under control, diplomats will gather in Egypt for United Nations climate talks. Here are some key facts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/cop27-climate-change-summit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment From a single wave off the coast of Africa to a $52 billion sea wall a decade later. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/nyregion/hurricane-sandy-timeline.html
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Launched in northwest Zimbabwe in August, the survey is undertaken by the five KAZA partner countries—Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—and with support from WWF and other partners. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/kaza-s-first-ever-coordinated-aerial-elephant-survey-launched