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April 23rd, 2021 
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Watch live as Biden administration hosts Day 2 of Climate Leaders’ Summit
The final and second day of Joe Biden’s virtual climate summit is now underway, and is expected to see leading Democrats, business executives and union bosses discuss their vision for a transition to a cleaner and more sustainable US economy.
The US president kickstarted proceedings on Thursday by unveiling a new pledge to cut US emissions in half by 2030, but climate activists with Extinction Rebellion remained unimpressed by his “bull****” plans, dumping cow manure near the White House in protest.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has sought to accuse LeBron James of making “racist” remarks, after the NBA star wrote a now-deleted social media post calling for accountability and justice after the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.
In a rambling statement, the former US president – notorious for using dog-whistles and slurs while seeking and holding office – lashed out at the sportsman’s “racist rants”, which he claimed were “divisive, nasty, insulting and demeaning”.
His verbal attack came after Mr James deleted a tweet about the Ohio killing which had captioned a picture of police officer Nicholas Reardon with the words “you’re next”. The Los Angeles Lakers star said that his post – published hours after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year – had been “used to create more hate”.
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Bill Gates thanks Biden for ‘re-establishing America’s leading role on climate’
Bill Gates has thanked Joe Biden “for re-establishing America’s leading role on climate change”.
“This is a promising moment,” the Microsoft co-founder said. “Climate activists and young people especially are bringing amazing energy and attention to this issue. They are demanding action and rightly so.
He claimed that “governments around the world are meeting those demands with ambitious commitments”, in Paris six years ago and in Glasgow later this year.
But existing technology won’t “allow us to meet our ambitious goals”, he said, citing the current costs of zero-carbon technologies and calling for investment in innovation and development of the necessary infrastructure.
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 13:50
Vast increase in young Americans hopefulness for the country’s future, poll suggests
As Joe Biden approaches his 100th day in office, a new Harvard Institute of Politics poll suggests that young Americans are vastly more hopeful about their country’s future than they were four years ago, with the largest changes seen among people of colour.
Some 56 per cent of people polled now say they are hopeful about America’s future – compared with just 31 per cent in autumn 2017.
Four years ago, just 18 per cent of Black Americans surveyed said they were hopeful about America. That figure now sits at 72 per cent, according to the Harvard Public Opinion Project poll.
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 13:44
“For too long this climate conversation has been viewed as a zero-sum game, one of trade-offs – the climate or the economy. No longer,” said US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm.
“Going big on our ambitions means that we’re going to create jobs for millions of people – construction workers, project managers, engineers, technicians, [and] so much more.
“That means we can all do right by our people as we do right by the planet. We can lift up communities that have been knocked down, we can make good on moral debts owed to those bearing the burdens of fossil fuel pollution. This is an exciting moment.”
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 13:38
US energy secretary describes push for climate as ‘our generation’s moonshot’
US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm has said that her department will be announcing “new goals for bold, achievable leaps in next-generation technologies, starting with hydrogen, carbon-capture, industrial fuels and energy storage”.
“We will marshal our 17 national laboratories, our universities, and our private sector to unlock major breakthroughs,” Ms Granholm said.
“We’ve already announced a goal of cutting the price of solar in half yet again by 2030. And next, we’ll start lowering the cost of clean renewable hydrogen by 80 per cent before 2030, making it competitive with natural gas.
“We’re going to slash battery cell prices in half again, and reduce the need for critical materials, making electric vehicles affordable and maybe even cheaper than gasoline vehicles. And we’re going to dramatically reduce the cost of atmospheric carbon capture while ramping up incentives for large-scale efforts across the world as well.
“This is our generation’s moonshot.”
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 13:35
Brenda Mallory, chair of the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality, has said that Joe Biden’s approach to climate is guided by a few core beliefs:
- “That every single person has a fundamental right to drink clean water and breathe clean air”
- “That for too many people we have failed to deliver those protections”, in the US and elsewhere.
“Correcting these historic wrongs is not going to be easy, and requires a long-term commitment. But acknowledging the need for change is a critical first step,” Ms Mallory said.
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 13:24
‘Cities and businesses hold the key to defeating climate change,’ Mike Bloomberg says
“We can’t wait for Cop26 to take action,” 2020 presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg has told the summit.
“We have a chance right here today to demonstrate what strong leadership looks like. Yes, it’s about setting ambitious goals, but it’s also about bringing everyone from every part of the world together and working as a team to meet them. Not just in government, but in the private sector too.”
He added: “If you look at the data, cities and businesses hold the key to defeating climate change. They are responsible for the vast majority of emissions. So helping them and incentivising them to take action really is critical.”
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 13:20
Cop26 ‘critical’ in keeping warming below 1.5C, John Kerry says
US special envoy for climate John Kerry is kicking off proceedings at the climate summit today.
Talking of discussions had “on the margins” of yesterday’s summit, he said: “Many countries emphasised the critical role of Cop26 in Glasgow in keeping 1.5C as the limit of the warming that we face.
“And because we know that we are already at 1.2C, we have a very small margin to play with.”
Mr Kerry said that “words are not enough”, and that finishing a “rulebook” at Glasgow is not enough – “that what is critical is the actions, the outcomes, particularly of the largest emitters in the world”.
He added that delegates from many countries “echoed President Biden’s themes – that action on climate is an opportunity for job creation, and it is important to leave behind communities that are dependent on fossil fuels”.
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 13:15
US can tap into $38bn of existing funds to help communities hit by demise of coal, new report suggests
A new report from a White House-appointed group published today suggests that the US government can tap into $38bn from existing federal funds to revitalise communities hard-hit by the closure of coal mines and coal-fired power plants.
“The coal and power plant workers who built our nation can play a huge role in making America’s clean energy future a reality, and this report outlines just the first steps the Biden Administration is taking to make sure they have those opportunities – right in their communities,” said US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm, a member of the working group.
Reuters reports that the US Energy Department has also announced $109.5m in new funds to jumpstart “next-generation industries” such as carbon capture projects on existing industrial and power plants, and critical mineral extraction from waste streams that will create jobs directly in affected communities.
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 13:04
We’ll be covering the events of today’s climate summit as they happen.
You can watch along here, and at the top of this article.
Watch live as Biden administration hosts Day 2 of Climate Leaders’ Summit
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 12:53
Swipe alt-right: Capitol riot suspect arrested after bragging about it on dating app Bumble
A New York man has been arrested for allegedly taking part in the insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January, after bragging about his involvement on the dating app Bumble.
Robert Chapman, from Carmel in New York State, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in connection to the riot, with the bureau claiming in his charging documents that he had sent a message allegedly boasting that he “made it all the way into Statuary Hall”.
James Crump has this report:
Andy Gregory23 April 2021 12:28
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