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COP26: The last chance? ‘World leaders must step up to the plate’, ex-UK climate change state minister says

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On this episode, we speak to Lord Barker, the former UK state minister for energy and climate change. He discusses the scale of the challenge ahead in tackling the climate crisis as the UK hosts COP26, the role of the private sector in fighting climate change, the UK’s strides in reducing carbon emissions, Russia’s rapid turn towards a green economy, criticisms on China’s record, and more. … Read More >COP26: The last chance? ‘World leaders must step up to the plate’, ex-UK climate change state minister says

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Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media

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The bigwigs heading to Scotland for the COP26 climate summit – where they ostensibly aim to help save the planet from greenhouse gases – will generate outsized emissions themselves by employing private jets for the trip. … Read More >Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media

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Climate catastrophe threatens the whole world, but politics & West’s weaponization of sanctions could blunt COP26’s effectiveness

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After aliens land in the science-fiction movie “Arrival,” an imminent global war is only barely averted. Not between them and the earthlings, but in a pessimistic twist on the genre, between the great powers already on the planet. … Read More >Climate catastrophe threatens the whole world, but politics & West’s weaponization of sanctions could blunt COP26’s effectiveness

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Australian farmers would have had to gun down their cattle if government imposed methane-emission limits by 2030, deputy PM says

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Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has said the country’s farmers would have to “grab a rifle” and shoot their cattle to curb methane emissions if the government’s ‘Net Zero’ plan did not have a livestock exclusion. … Read More >Australian farmers would have had to gun down their cattle if government imposed methane-emission limits by 2030, deputy PM says

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Climate activists detained after disrupting summit to accuse French govt of championing ‘fossil fuel finance’

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A group of activists called Les Amis de la Terre (Friends of the Earth) has disrupted a speech by the French finance minister, accusing the country’s government of championing “fossil fuel finance” ahead of the COP26 meeting. … Read More >Climate activists detained after disrupting summit to accuse French govt of championing ‘fossil fuel finance’

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Workers picket across US, insider trading in Congress

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Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss a wave of labor strikes across the US, insider trading in Congress, and the Department of Defense’s response to climate change. Author Alex De Waal talks about his latest book, ‘New pandemics, Old politics: Two Hundred Years of War on Disease and its Alternatives’. … Read More >Workers picket across US, insider trading in Congress

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EU’s green energy policy must be based on economic & climate concerns, not political competition – Hungarian FM to RT

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Europe’s clean energy initiatives should be based on a rational long-term strategy, including both the needs of economic development and environmental protection, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told RT. … Read More >EU’s green energy policy must be based on economic & climate concerns, not political competition – Hungarian FM to RT

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Among Europe’s dirtiest: ‘Green’ biomass power plant in Yorkshire burning ‘renewable’ wood emits MORE CO2 than UK’s coal – report

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A supposedly “carbon neutral” Drax biomass power plant is the UK’s leading source of CO2 emissions, and belches out more harmful carbon and particulate matter than some of Europe’s dirtiest coal plants, according to a new report. … Read More >Among Europe’s dirtiest: ‘Green’ biomass power plant in Yorkshire burning ‘renewable’ wood emits MORE CO2 than UK’s coal – report

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2021 Nobel Prize winner Professor Klaus Hasselmann explains why politicians have failed on climate crisis so far

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the 2021 Nobel Prize winner, Professor Klaus Hasselmann. He discusses why the political classes of the world have been unable to formulate a long-term united plan against climate change, and explains the method and data used to separate long-term climate trends through Earth’s history from the carbon-intensive human era since the industrial revolution in his pioneering climate change modelling. … Read More >2021 Nobel Prize winner Professor Klaus Hasselmann explains why politicians have failed on climate crisis so far