incident location was. and, you know, those things take time to process and to interpret. and i know the family has put out their o. there about phone calls that were made with during those hours, but, the definitive stuff is going to come from the phone companies which sometimes takes a little longer than we would like. that makes sense. everybody would like more answers. pat portela, thank you for joining us today. thank you very much. have a good morning. steve: meanwhile the united nations is taking action against climate polluters. china not included yet. howe the united states could actually pay the communist regime for climate damages. we are going to talk about that coming up next. it was a star studded award sweeping gravity defying night at the amas, the recap you have got to see straight ahead on fox & friends for this monday.
A federal court has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s use of a key climate accounting measure a decision that could have major effects on climate change regulations.
Revamping Federal Climate Science
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Sam Hananel
Ari Drennen
Introduction and summary
The United States has been the global leader in climate science for decades. Unfortunately, progress has slowed and in some cases, even moved backward over the past four years, with the Trump administration dismantling core elements of the federal climate science apparatus. As the country and the planet head toward an increasingly unstable climate, the U.S. government needs to get back to the business of being the preeminent source of trusted applied science that supports climate change mitigation and adaptation decision-making of governments and civilian stakeholders.
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Climate pledges announced the Climate Ambition Summit, co-hosted by the UN and the UK on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, overlook the devastating loss and damage already being caused by the climate crisis.
It comes as new analysis by ActionAid finds that by ending G7 fossil fuel subsides by 2026 could create $101 billion to support the world’s poorest countries recover and build resilience to climate disasters.
Harjeet Singh, global climate lead at ActionAid International, says:
“Dismal levels of new support for developing countries to adapt and recover from climate disasters is a glaring gap in the announcements at the ambition summit.