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Google and Facebook Join Cities in Challenging Trump on Climate

EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. are among dozens of companies that pledged their support for policies combating climate change following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris accord.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 08:47

World pledges to save 'Mother Earth' despite Trump's snub to climate pact

EghtesadOnline: China and Europe pledged on Friday to unite to save what German Chancellor Angela Merkel called "our Mother Earth", standing firmly against President Donald Trump's decision to take the United States out of the Paris climate change pact.
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Publish Date:03/June/2017 | 05:42

Trump pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal: source

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump will follow through on a campaign pledge to pull the United States out of a global pact to fight climate change , a source briefed on the decision told Reuters, a move that should rally his support base at home while deepening a rift with U.S. allies.
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Publish Date:31/May/2017 | 13:40

Trump tells 'confidants' U.S. will leave Paris climate deal: Axios

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump has told "confidants," including the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt, that he plans to leave a landmark international agreement on climate change , Axios news outlet reported on Saturday, citing three sources with direct knowledge.
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Publish Date:28/May/2017 | 04:41

G7 leaders turn gaze to Africa, climate harmony elusive

EghtesadOnline: Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet African heads of state on Saturday, the final day of their annual summit which has been marked by discord over climate change , but unity on tackling terrorism.
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Publish Date:27/May/2017 | 04:44

Trump signs order dismantling Obama-era climate policies

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era climate change regulations, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry and calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.
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Publish Date:29/March/2017 | 08:44

Trump to sign order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to undo a slew of Obama-era climate change regulations that his administration says is hobbling oil drillers and coal miners, a move environmental groups have vowed to take to court.
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Publish Date:28/March/2017 | 17:24

Trump Said to Issue Far-Reaching Reversal of Obama Climate Push

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump is set to sign a sweeping executive order on Tuesday aimed at promoting domestic oil, coal and natural gas by reversing much of his predecessor’s efforts to address climate change .
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 11:07

Davos Elite Focus on Climate Change, Ignoring Trump’s Skepticism

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump has often ridiculed global warming and promised to withdraw the U.S. from the global accord signed in Paris in 2015. Yet despite the change of political weather in Washington, the captains of business and finance gathered in Davos this week will spend a lot of time talking about climate change -- and how to make money from it.
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Publish Date:15/January/2017 | 17:39
A leading economist looks at what the world is doing to slow global warming. His conclusion: not much.

Ignoring Climate Change Just Got More Expensive

EghtesadOnline: If President-elect Donald Trump stops taking climate change into account when making federal energy policy, he’ll do so just as a leading projection of climate-related costs bolts upward.
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Publish Date:24/December/2016 | 13:57

Britain ratifies Paris climate agreement

EghtesadOnline: Britain said on Thursday it had ratified the Paris Agreement, the global deal to combat climate change .
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Publish Date:17/November/2016 | 16:30

Oil demand won't peak before 2040, despite Paris deal: IEA

EghtesadOnline: The International Energy Agency expects global oil consumption to peak no sooner than 2040, leaving its long-term forecasts for supply and demand unchanged despite the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement entering into force.
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Publish Date:16/November/2016 | 10:20

EU braces for 'more businesslike' ties with Trump's America

EghtesadOnline: The European Union must spend more on defense and uphold accords on climate change and Iran's nuclear program, the bloc's foreign ministers said after mulling future ties with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has cast doubt on all three.
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Publish Date:14/November/2016 | 05:40

Trump looking at fast ways to quit global climate deal: source

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump is seeking quick ways of withdrawing from a global agreement to limit climate change , a source on his transition team said, defying widening international backing for the plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Publish Date:13/November/2016 | 04:39
Elon Musk just showed us the grand unification of Tesla: Fast cars, big batteries, and a stunning solar rooftop.

No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming

EghtesadOnline: On Friday evening as the sun descended over the old Hollywood set of “Desperate Housewives,” Elon Musk took to a stage and fired up his presentation about climate change . It was a strange scene, with hundreds of people crowded into the middle of a subtly artificial suburban neighborhood.
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Publish Date:01/November/2016 | 13:19