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
The Environmental Protection Agency threw out Coloradoโs entire haze reduction plan, in what critics called โillegalโ and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trumpโs return to office.
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technology.
