Political tensions between the US and Germany over climate change have worsened sharply, with Washington threatening to no longer โtread lightlyโ in negotiations on global warming ahead of the Group of Eight rich nations’ summit next month. In a statement, written in red ink and obtained by the Financial Times, the US says: โWe have tried to ‘tread lightly’ but there is only so far we can go given our fundamental opposition to the German position.โ
Campaigners say itโs โdeeply concerningโ that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal.
Incoming government is spotlighting highly polluting intensive farming practices, which damage water, land and air.
The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundationโs income.
Boosting energy production is one of the top โpublic policy benefits to Canadaโ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
