Items tagged with climate change:
News & Updates:
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BLM greenlights Arctic drilling, claiming “there is no climate crisis.”; Big Tech worried about lack of federal privacy rules; Federal judge upholds SALT cap; Trump administration takes step to make Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac private again; On Tuesday, the WTO said that global trade is expected to grow at the lowest pace since 2009; IHS Markit’s PMI indicates September expansion. -
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday that the House will launch a formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump in response to the ongoing whistleblower complaint; The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report on Wednesday that reviewed and predicted the state of the world’s oceans and ice; Congress is currently acting on the SAFE Banking Act: a bill that would provide protections to financial institutions that serve cannabis businesses; More workers to qualify for overtime; Despite advice from Energy Department, EPA granted full biofuel waivers; U.S. home sales increase more than expected in August. -
Professor Cornelia Colijn discusses the important role of cities in the fight against climate change. She address why they are at the forefront of this effort and why cities favor adaptation solutions rather than mitigatory ones. -
Trump considering executive action over alleged anti-conservative tech bias; China sets yuan’s midpoint at weakest level since 2008; Medicare to cover high-priced cancer treatment; UN climate change report calls for changes to human diet and land use; Initial jobless claims fall by another 8,000. -
In 2014, when Volkswagen’s TDI diesel cars began showing discrepancies in emission readings between lab tests and real-world tests, there were many questions about the underlying cause. Investigations revealed that Volkswagen installed emissions software, known as “defeat devices,” on more than a half-million diesel cars in the U.S. These devices were able to differentiate between test mode and real-world driving. In test mode, the cars were fully compliant with the Environmental Protection Agency’s emissions laws, but the actual emissions while driving were almost 40 times higher than the federal limit.[1]
