Senator John McCain said Wednesday that he wanted 45 new nuclear reactors built in the United States by 2030, a course he called โas difficult as it is necessary.โ McCain told a crowd at Missouri State University that he saw nuclear power as a clean, safe alternative to traditional sources of energy that emit greenhouse gases. He said his ultimate goal was 100 new nuclear plants.
Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.
As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution โ and PR companies help them obscure it.
