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
Join a May 7 discussion on how the Trump administrationโs open embrace of climate denial in Washington is enabling more denial at the highest levels of government in the U.S. and beyond.
A couple days later, the Trump-linked group hosted EPA chief โ and potential attorney general โ Lee Zeldin at a Washington, D.C. event.
A Q&A with Kai Nagata, a campaigner and researcher who works with Indigenous communities on the front-lines of MAGA-backed oil and gas expansion.
Industry giants have been accused of โenriching shareholdersโ while โfarmers and consumers pay the priceโ.
