“We are going to combat climate change in a way that we have not done before,” said Joe Biden. Washington: US President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders to launch his administration on Wednesday, including a decision to join the Paris climate accord and a masking mandate for …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: November 14, 2020 6:48:54 am A sign outside a polling station in North Carolina in October. Reuters The annual climate change conference was in session in Marrakech, Morocco, when the results of the 2016 US presidential election came in. Donald Trump’s victory, …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 5, 2020 2:30:22 pm Students participate in a climate protest on Capitol Hill. (The New York Times: Ting Shen, file) United States on Wednesday formally abandoned the Paris Climate Agreement, three years after President Donald Trump announced his intention to undo …
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New Delhi: The United States on Wednesday became the first country to formally exit the Paris climate accord, even as Americans eagerly awaited the results of the presidential election. The country’s formal exit from the accord came more than three years after President Donald Trump, a staunch climate change denier, …
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The US president has repeatedly blamed countries like India and China for not doing enough about climate change, labeling them as regions with impossible to breathe air. US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China, India and Russia of failing to take care of their dirty air by justifying the …
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US President Donald Trump has blamed countries like China, Russia and India for increasing global air pollution, claiming that his country has the best environmental figures. Speaking to supporters at an election rally on the key North Carolina state battlefield Thursday, Trump said that the United States under his administration …
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Indian-born Senator Kamala Harris, a vice presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, has pledged to join the Paris climate accord and re-enter the Iran nuclear deal to restore “our place in the world” and regain “confidence. and the support “of America’s Asian and European allies if their party wins the …
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