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Category: Policy

Keystone XL Pipeline Given Presidential Permit to Circumvent Federal Court Ruling

03/31/2019 Don Wallace

President Trump on March 29 signed a presidential permit to renew construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline with a facility in Montana, in…

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Posted in: Energy, Policy Filed under: Keystone XL, Litigation, National Policy

KCMO Ordinance To Provide for Purchase of Electricity from 100% Renewables

03/29/2019 Don Wallace

The City of KCMO staff has come to an agreement with KCP&L and will be asking the City Council to…

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Posted in: Energy, Policy Filed under: Local Policy, Renewables

Another UN Global Climate Report, ‘Another Strong Wake-Up Call’ Over Global Warming

03/28/2019 Don Wallace

The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a major UN report released on Thursday,…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, Science

Ocasio-Cortez Rejects Those Who Mock the Green New Deal as an Elitist Fantasy

03/27/2019 Don Wallace

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez provides an impassioned response during a committee hearing to Republicans push-back on her climate change policy, the…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Green New Deal, National Policy

Senate Majority Leader Brought the Green New Deal to Vote in Senate—More Congressional Action Seen

Don Wallace

The U.S. Senate rejected on Tuesday, March 26, a resolution for a Green New Deal, the non-binding resolution with aspirational climate goals. Prior…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Green New Deal, National Policy

Senate to Vote as Soon as Tuesday on Motion to Proceed on Green New Deal

03/26/2019 Don Wallace

The Senate will vote as soon as Tuesday on a motion to proceed on the Green New Deal, a broad…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Green New Deal, National Policy

Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly Finds Environment Worsening But Not Hopeless

03/20/2019 Don Wallace

The sixth Global Environment Outlook, released on March 13 at the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, provides…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy, Food, Policy, Recycling Filed under: International Policy

The UN Secretary General Takes Hope from the Voices of Young Climate Action Activists

03/15/2019 Don Wallace

In the wake of Friday’s demonstrations by schoolchildren across the world against climate change inaction, the UN Secretary-General has said he understands…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Climate Action, International Policy

UN Deputy Secretary-General Urges Conference to Make 2019 the Year of ‘Transformative Solutions’ to Avert Disastrous Climate Change

03/14/2019 Don Wallace

It is within our power to make 2019 the “year of transformative solutions” and “avoid the disastrous effects of climate…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy

Damage by Human Activity to Planet Puts Human Health at Risk, UN Environment Programme Warns

Don Wallace

Human activity is damaging the planet so badly, exacerbated by climate change, that it will increasingly put our health at risk,…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Human Health, Human Security, International Policy

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