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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on Monday announced the launch of the Middle East Green Initiative, a prospective $10.4 billion investment fund for clean energy and reduced carbon emissions. 

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Tuesday was reportedly “accosted” by protesters wanting to rearrange the United States’ economy to end what many allege is a human-made “climate crisis.”

EAGLE PASS, Texas — A Texas rancher provided video he took showing mounds of trash and discarded clothing left on his land from migrants traveling on foot. The video was taken as the rancher conducted a game survey. The rancher says the litter problem grows daily as migrants cross through his property to meet smugglers on a nearby highway.

Animal rights activists from an Extinction Rebellion splinter group have scaled a British government building to unfurl a banner reading, “Invest in a plant-based future”, demanding the UK convert to veganism and the end of subsidies for animal agriculture which they claim “is killing our planet”.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will jet to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, next week with an entourage of 22 people, burning more tons of carbon dioxide than several people consume in a single year.

On the eve of the COP26 climate summit debacle comes a convenient study: the “consensus” on man-made climate change has apparently rocketed to “greater than 99 per cent.”

(AFP) — Indigenous residents of low-lying islands off northern Australia filed a landmark lawsuit Tuesday aimed at forcing the government to protect them from climate change through deeper cuts to carbon emissions.

President Joe Biden’s administration released a report this month that claims climate change is causing the mass migration of people being forced from their homes and communities.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) says Texas can help solve the supply chain crisis hurting Americans if President Joe Biden would just “leave Texas alone and let us do our thing.”

Media darling Greta Thunberg has agreed that she’s “just saying blah blah blah” on climate change in a BBC interview, arguing “that’s the role of an activist”.

The U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Monday that atmospheric greenhouse gases reached a “new record” in 2020 despite markedly decreased human activity due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Insulate Britain brought Central London to a standstill on Monday morning, with radicals glueing themselves to the roads to halt traffic.

WHITEHAVEN, England (AP) – In the patchwork of hills, lakes, and sea that makes up England’s northwest corner, most people see beauty. Dave Cradduck sees broken dreams.

A National Health Service (NHS) board has been accused of virtue signalling at the cost of lives as health chiefs reduced in-person doctor appointments in order to cut traffic during the upcoming United Nations COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow.

Any failure by the Cop26 summit in Glasgow to deliver an agreement on future trans-national climate controls could plunge the world into chaos, sparking migration crises alongside food shortages, political disorder and war,  the U.N.’s top climate official warned Sunday.

LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles issued a warning to the world days before leaders gather in the U.K. for crucial United Nations climate talks, saying there is a “dangerously narrow” window to tackle global warning.

Canterbury Archbishop Justin Welby has appealed to world leaders not to lose their “nerve” in fighting climate change in the leadup to the U.N. COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

As Joe Biden and 13 cabinet members head to the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, coal mines are making a comeback in the U.S.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was scheduled to participate in door knocking Saturday for former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), but changed her plans following a barrage of criticism from Republicans for leaving Michigan while one of its cities is grappling with water contamination.

Anonymous Rescuers have saved three dogs that were trapped near the erupting Cumbre Vieja volcano located in the Canary Islands. Before the dogs were rescued by a group calling itself the “A Team,” the dogs were brought food and water by drone and an audacious plan to rescue them using drones was hatched by concerned citizens.

UK PM Boris Johnson spouts green crap on a daily basis to promote the upcoming COP26 debacle but I don’t think he believes a word of it.

Britain’s supposedly “libertarian” prime minister is reportedly considering hitting consumers with a charge every time they use disposable paper coffee cups and wooden cutlery.

A document inadvertently published by the British government before being hastily deleted reveals some lessons officials learnt from the coronavirus pandemic, including “deep set reverence” for government authority, apparently regardless of political affiliation.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) administration would ban new oil drilling within 3,200 feet of schools, homes, and other “sensitive” community locations under a proposed regulation revealed on Thursday.

The Chinese government on Tuesday launched a major effort to ramp up coal production and stabilize coal prices ahead of an anticipated surge in electric power demand this winter.

Democrat-run Chicago ranks number one on Orkin’s “Top 50 Rattiest Cities List,” marking the seventh consecutive year Chicago has topped the rankings and the third successive year under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s watch.

Climate expert Bjorn Lomborg writes in the Wall Street Journal Thursday that many journalists and media outlets engage in a dangerous form of climate alarmism, pushing implausible worst-case scenarios to induce panic.

If more people took trains, Joe Biden argued, it would save millions of barrels of oil and would reduce pollution.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will not attend Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s climate summit next month.

The District of Columbia chapter of the Sunrise Movement, a radical group of climate change activists, announced Wednesday that it would not participate in a local voting rights rally because of the involvement of “Zionist” groups.

Conservatives pushed back on Energy Sec. Jennifer Granholm’s remarks about the U.S. slacking “moral authority” over China on climate.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom extended a declaration of a drought emergency to every county in the state on Tuesday, and encouraged California to adopt a voluntary 15% reduction in water use, as one of the worst droughts in history continued.

The world must slash the output of gas, coal, and oil in the next ten years or global warming will reach dangerous levels, a U.N.-backed study released Wednesday demanded, before lamenting nobody appears to be heeding its continued advice on the matter as fossil fuel production is set to soar over next decade.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday flew gas guzzling Air Force Two from Los Angeles to Nevada in order to “tackle the climate crisis.”

Former President Barack Obama is teaming up with celebrities for YouTube Originals’ “Dear Earth” special meant to “celebrate Mother Earth.” The special will also feature left-wing pop star Billie Eilish, South Korean K-pop group Blackpink, Jaden Smith, the Muppets, and SpongeBob SquarePants, among others.

Far-left NBC News is spreading the blatant lie that building more homes in California will cause more droughts and wildfires.