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Hundreds of environmental activists gathered outside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's home in Park Slope on Tuesday evening to protest the pol's link to fossil fuel donors, and to oppose the inclusion of a controversial natural gas pipeline in the legislature's hotly-debated budget deal.

President Joe Biden is set to convene his Cabinet Tuesday, bringing his top lieutenants together to discuss a wide range of topics for the first Cabinet meeting since he declared his candidacy for reelection and days after Congress passed a bipartisan bill to avert a catastrophic default.The president's going to be convening his Cabinet secretaries tomorrow in the Cabinet Room, as he does from time to time, to discuss the progress we've made in investing in America, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre previewed to reporters.

The Biden administration is soon set to approve ConocoPhillips' Willow Project, a major oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope, according to a congressional source familiar with the details.The decision will be announced next week, the source confirmed.The expected approval is a victory for Alaska's bipartisan congressional delegation and a coalition of Alaska Native tribes and groups who hailed the drilling venture as a much-needed new source of revenue and jobs for the remote region.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer have each set out five key policy pledges.Sir Keir says he would focus on economic growth, the NHS, crime, equal opportunities and clean energy.In January, Rishi Sunak promised to "halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut NHS waiting lists, and stop the boats".

Within about a dozen years, floating wind turbines - as tall as the Eiffel Tower - will stand alongside the cranes and cargo containers at the Port of Long Beach as part of the largest offshore wind turbine facility in any U.S. port.Once assembled in the Port of Long Beach, the 1,100-foot-tall turbines can be towed by sea to locations in Central and Northern California to generate renewable energy for the state.

As a community of people who literally help build new technologies for the world, designers aren't new to VR-based tools.AR/VR headsets have been available for the better part of a decade now, and designers have formed perhaps one of the largest demographics to use these devices for sketching, modeling, rendering, and reviewing designs.

This unique form of carbon capture is the result of a 2021 scientific study of synthesizing starch from CO2.The City Chloroplast skyscraper concept puts this research into practical use, doing the job of a massive plant that absorbs CO2 from the city air on a regular basis.An entry at this year's eVolo Skyscraper Contest, the City Chloroplast is a massive carbon-capture device inspired directly by nature.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, as both countries grapple with China's economic rise and increased belligerence, officials said.Austin met with India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, with both sides emphasizing technology partnerships including defense, clean energy and space.

Rishi Sunak will unveil a new agreement with Japan to foster closer defence, security and cyber ties amid growing concerns about the threat from China.Visiting Tokyo, the Prime Minister will commit to deploying a naval battle fleet in the Indo-Pacific in 2025 and to double UK troop numbers in upcoming joint exercises.

Sir Keir Starmer has often faced calls from supporters and critics alike to clarify what a Labour government would do in office and what its priorities would be.He will face more such calls as the general election nears.As a rule, the Labour leader remains cautious about responding.Critics suspect that is because he has little radical to say.

The SNP has warned new energy minister Andrew Bowie to keep new nuclear power out of Scotland.Energy policy has long been one of the most contentious issues between the UK and Scottish governments, with disagreements around the future of oil and gas and potential new nuclear stations raging in recent years.

Local PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Massachusetts intends to finance up to 40% of a wind power project in far northern Maine, potentially giving the state the partner it needs to make the project a reality.The partnership comes as states in the Northeast are struggling with surging energy costs.The region is heavily dependent on natural gas and feeling a crunch from tightening global energy supplies.

The average member of the 1 percent would save $16,550 under the plan.A person in the bottom 20 percent would save $40.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters as he walks to the floor of the House Chambers at the U.S. Capitol Building on June 6, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images After spending months threatening to tank the economy over the federal deficit, Republicans have unveiled a set of new tax proposals that would cost the government billions of dollars - by handing tens of billions of dollars of tax cuts to the richest 1 percent of Americans, as a new report reveals.

The boss of one of Labour's biggest union donors has branded the party's plan to ban new oil and gas production in the North Sea "a huge mistake".Gary Smith, the GMB union's general secretary, said energy plans should be built around "decent jobs", not bans.Labour has pledged to block all new domestic oil and gas developments and invest in renewables if it wins power.

Some of the biggest names in tech have inked a deal to turn corn stalks and tree trimmings into a barbecue sauce ingredient and then pump the stuff underground to try to fight climate change.That sounds wild, so let's break it down from the start.Alphabet, Meta, Stripe, Shopify, and McKinsey Sustainability launched a new climate initiative called Frontier about a year ago.

On Tuesday, Virginia State Senator Jennifer McClellan won a special election for the state's 4th Congressional district, becoming the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress.She beat conservative pastor Leon Benjamin to fill a seat left vacant by Donald McEachin, who died of colorectal cancer in November of 2022.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A Commons committee has challenged the UK Government to use next week's Budget to fund the Acorn carbon capture and storage programme in the north east of Scotland.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps met his US counterpart and committed the UK to greater energy independence through nuclear and renewables, the Government said.

A certain irony has threaded its way through the endless rulemaking filings, legal challenges, and political vicissitudes of the decades-long fight to stop U.S. fossil fuel power plants from spewing carbon dioxide emissions into the air.A recent example is last year's Supreme Court West Virginia v E.P.A. ruling.

(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.)The link between climate and the private sector was top of the agenda.In my session with investor and philanthropist Tom Steyer and Apple's head of environment, policy, and social initiatives Lisa P. Jackson, we dug into what strikes me as one of the biggest challenges at the intersection of climate action and business right now: how to keep companies investing in climate solutions in the face of economic uncertainty and a looming recession.

Ontario companies can now purchase "credits" to indicate their commitment to green electricity, and the province says proceeds will go into a fund to support the development of new clean energy projects.The government announced last year that it was creating a Clean Energy Credit Registry it said today that Ontario Power Generation is now selling the credits, while the Independent Electricity System Operator will start offering them in the summer.

BERLIN Deployment of new wind and solar power plants needs to be drastically ramped up by the end of the decade to meet the world's climate goals, the International Renewable Energy Agency said Tuesday.In an advance preview of its annual report on the global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy, the agency said renewables accounted for 83% of new power generation last year.

One way to understand the current crisis in France is to know that the country has never had a lame-duck president.Emmanuel Macron is the first head of state to win re-election since the country barred serving three consecutive terms in 2008.In 2027, he's out.Not having to face the voters again can imply a kind of political incapacity, and that is where Macron found himself last week, as his bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 appeared uncertain of passing the country's splintered National Assembly.

WASHINGTON President Biden plans next week to designate nearly a half-million acres of the Spirit Mountain area in southern Nevada as a national monument, according to two people familiar with the matter, protecting some of the most biologically diverse and culturally significant lands in the Mojave Desert.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in the Indian capital on Saturday where he is expected to discuss with the Indian prime minister Russia's war in Ukraine and ways to boost bilateral economic cooperation, officials said.

A wave of green subsidies in the US and EU aims to boost renewable energy sources based on a 1.8C temperature rise.Climate policy announcements from the past three months are becoming more ambitious, and most aim for a rise in global temperatures of no more than 1.8C (3.1F), a new assessment finds.The Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), which describes itself as a climate transition forecasting consortium, has been tracking government and private sector climate policies since a United Nations climate summit in November 2021 and weighs the announcements according to their credibility and ambition.

T he London Stadium is set to have its roof covered with solar panels in a bid to help it go green and generate its own energy.Plans have been revealed to wrap the 2012 Olympics arena now home to West Ham United in a multi-million pound solar membrane to cut carbon emissions and harness the sun's rays.

Illinois was the No. 2 state for green building in 2022, second only to Massachusetts, according to an annual ranking released Tuesday by the U.S. Green Building Council.The state was No. 1 in 2021, and has ranked in the top 10 every year since the rankings began in 2010.Illinois is the only state to have topped the list five times, according to U.S. Green Building Council managing director of U.S. market transformation and development Rhiannon Jacobsen.

By Rachel Ramirez and Laura Paddison | CNN Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by German police at a protest over the expansion of a coal mine in the west German village of Lutzerath, CNN affiliate N-TV reports.Thunberg joined thousands of other activists and protesters taking part in weekend demonstrations against the razing of the German village that would make way for an expansion of the Garzweiler lignite coal mine, which is owned by European energy giant RWE.