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Pope Francis has sent a message to the participants of the United Nations’ COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, urging immediate action to reduce carbon emissions.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday finalized new fees on oil and gas industry emissions of methane; however, this rule could be an early target for the Trump administration.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose country is hosting the COP29 climate summit this week, lashed out at Western media and climate activists on Tuesday for criticizing his country’s oil and gas industries.

The COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, opened on Monday with a declaration that climate alarmism is still in vogue, even with President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House and a stern lecture for wealthy countries to stop thinking of climate funding for developing nations as “charity.”

Upwards of 50,000 people have flown into oil-rich Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29th annual United Nations climate conference where an aggressive push to limit carbon emissions is expected to dominate proceedings alongside demands for “compensation” to be paid by wealthy, industrial nations to the world’s poorest.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position. Make sure your seat belt is securely fastened and all carry-on luggage is stowed underneath the seat in front of you or in the overhead bins. Thank you.” These are words pampered members of the globalist elites never hear.

Voters in Washington State have approved a referendum known as Initiative 2066, which would block state and local authorities from limiting access to natural gas stoves and appliances, which environmental groups have tried to do.

The survey results come after the CDC announced in April that the U.S. birthrate has dropped to an all-time low.

Spain’s King Felipe VI and top government officials were pelted with mud by a crowd of enraged flood survivors during the first visit by the country’s leaders Sunday to the center of the suffering.

Spain is sending 5,000 more soldiers and 5,000 more police to the eastern region of Valencia after deadly floods this week that killed more than 200 people, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Saturday.

One of Vice President Kamala Harris’s (D) campaign advisers, far-left activist Camila Thorndike, apparently has links to a leftist group that wants to forbid the use of gas stoves.

A report published on Monday by Oxfam claimed that “carbon inequality” – meaning “the emissions of the world’s super-rich 1%” – is “causing economic losses of trillions of dollars, contributing to huge crop losses, and leading to millions of excess deaths.”

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, pitching her as the candidate to “help save the planet” from climate doom — despite the Hollywood star’s own frequent flights and yacht excursions.

Climate groups are crying foul that Azerbaijan, host of the COP29 global climate summit in November, is planning to dramatically increase its production of natural gas over the next decade.

Millions of tons of lithium, the raw material used to power the vast majority of electric vehicles (EVs), have been discovered beneath the ground in Arkansas in a government-led study, researchers announced Monday.

A fringe group of climate scientists have published an apocalyptic report warning that “much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled” by climate change, in the latest attack on low-cost fossil fuels.

The Kamala Harris campaign has tapped eco-loony Camila Thorndike as its “climate engagement director,” a far-left activist who says oil and gas workers are part of the “toxic patriarchy.”

A top climate Harris campaign aide appears to be walking back Vice President Kamala Harris’s unconditional support of fracking, a position she opposed in 2019 when she vowed to ban it.

Pop star Lizzo posted a video of herself over the weekend boarding a private jet on her way to campaign for Kamala Harris — an incongruous and hypocritical image since both Lizzo and Kamala Harris have promoted climate change activism.

Google has struck a deal with Kairos Power to build small modular nuclear reactors to power its AI data centers. The search giant joins Amazon and Microsoft in embracing nuclear energy to feed the insatiable power demands of artificial intelligence.

Amazon is investing heavily in advanced small modular nuclear reactors to meet the rapidly growing power demands of its expanding data centers across the United States. Tech giants are finding the power needs of AI data centers to be insatiable — and nuclear power the only way to keep their servers running.

University of California (UC) San Diego has introduced a mandatory program for all new students, regardless of major: “Climate Change Education.”

Rep Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) claimed during Monday night’s U.S. Senate debate in Michigan that “there is no EV [electric vehicle] mandate,” and she is indifferent to whether Americans drive EVs or gas-powered vehicles.

Bill Nye, “The Science Guy,” said on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” that people should vote for Democrats because climate change is contributing to the intensity of hurricanes and the right “has no plans.”

Climate alarmists have reacted to hurricane season with predictable hysteria, seeing in every storm further confirmation of their worst doomsday fears.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Wednesday that the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization is using an environmental non-governmental organization (NGO), “Green Without Borders,” as a front for its activities.

A Washington woman resorted to calling the police after her decades-long habit of feeding local raccoons spun out of control into an all-out raccoon invasion of her home, authorities said.

Hollywood director Adam McKay has taken the unusual initiative to write a speech for President Joe Biden declaring a “national climate emergency” in light of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The showrunner for Amazon’s woke ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ claims that the J.R.R. Tolkien classic is about “climate change.”

Zillow is now providing homebuyers with “climate change risk data” when they look up house prices on the website, Silicon Valley’s latest attempt to lecture regular people about their environmental obsession.

An astonishing article in Forbes Tuesday asserts that severe measures are needed to effectively combat climate change, including more than doubling the cost of gasoline.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has called for a full-scale investment in AI infrastructure, even as the energy-intensive nature of AI development threatens to undermine global climate goals. Saying the quiet part out loud, Schmidt admitted Silicon Valley’s climate goals were always completely unrealistic, stating: “We’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we’re not organized to do it.”

Hurricane Helene’s damage to the Appalachian Trail is “historic” and may take years to repair, the trail’s conservation organization said.

Michigan Senate Republican candidate Mike Rogers’ latest ad exposes Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s pro-electric vehicle mandate.

Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) successfully flipped the script on “climate change” during Tuesday evening’s vice-presidential debate, as the moderators attempted to resurrect this left-wing talking point, likely unprepared for the way former President Donald Trump’s running mate brought it all back to the American worker and how Vice President Kamala Harris’s policies are leading to a dirtier environment. 

Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) reiterated his final case following his Tuesday night debate with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.