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2070. It’s the most distant net-zero target of any G20 nation, but, as one climate activist in Kolkata, India, told Sky News: “At least it’s a start, although I’ll be dead by then.”

Trump mocks ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden for appearing to fall asleep at climate conference  New York Post India Wants to Reach Net-Zero Emissions by 2070  Bloomberg Biden appears to fall asleep during climate speech despite claiming it’s ‘greatest threat’ to US security  Fox News

From the outside—and sometimes from the inside also—annual U.N. climate conferences known as COPs can seem like a bunch of aimless talk. For more than three decades, the U.N. has held these conferences, and the world is still on track

Eight years after refusing to consider a similar appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear the biggest gun rights case in more than a decade, with the newly conservative majority in position to make it easier for millions

The pandemic has brought to light a harsh reality that many who have endured poverty, especially with children, already knew: our current systems fail those who find themselves in difficult economic circumstances. People fall through the cracks, and families with

Over 100 countries vow to end deforestation at climate talks  Associated Press COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030  BBC News Start your day here: World leaders pledge to end deforestation; it’s Election Day in Va., N.J and N.Y.; Pfizer

Global Leaders Pledge to End Deforestation by 2030  The New York Times More than 100 world leaders will agree to end deforestation by 2030 at COP26  CNN Over 100 world leaders commit to reversing deforestation by 2030  Axios Tackling deforestation must be at

Biden set to go after methane emissions on day 2 of Glasgow climate change conference  Yahoo News COP26: US to tackle methane leaks from oil and gas wells  BBC News Biden Administration Moves to Limit Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas  The New York

Trump, the billionaire family and the bull semen baron who divides them  POLITICO

SANTA FE, N.M. — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to “reevaluate its values and practices” to ensure no one is harmed again. David