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"Vice President Kamala Harris pledged at a United Nations climate summit on
Saturday that the United States would spend billions more to help developing
nations fight and adapt to climate change, telling world leaders that “we must
do more” to limit global temperature rise.
Her remarks followed an announcement by U.S. officials at the summit the same
day that the federal government would, for the first time, require oil and gas
producers to detect and fix leaks of methane.
It was the most ambitious move to reduce fossil fuel emissions that President
Biden’s administration was expected to unveil at the summit, known as COP28.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that wafts into the atmosphere from
pipelines, drill sites and storage facilities, and dangerously speeds the rate
of global warming.
Ms. Harris did not mention that new regulation in her remarks, which ran just
under five minutes, and came before what was set to be an afternoon of sideline
discussions with Middle Eastern leaders centered on the war between Israel and
Hamas.
But the vice president, who was a late addition to the summit after Mr. Biden
decided to skip it, highlighted what she said was nearly $1 trillion in new
spending approved under the Biden administration for clean energy and climate
efforts. She pushed for world leaders to go even further.
“We must have the ambition to meet this moment, to accelerate our investments
and to lead with courage and conviction,” she said.
While many activists at the summit welcomed the methane announcement, they
criticized the Biden administration for not doing more to end the burning of
fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. The United States has seen a surge in
domestic oil production over the past year, and Mr. Biden has approved some new
drilling leases that have drawn criticism from environmental groups."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
