An iceberg melts in Kulusuk, Greenland near the arctic circle. | John McConnico/AP
Climate campaigners on Thursday pointed to a study showing that Earth is hotter than it’s ever been during the entire epoch of human civilization as the latest proof of the need to treat human-caused global heating like the dire emergency that it is.
On Wednesday, the peer-reviewed scientific journal
Nature published a report revealing that an analysis of ocean surface temperatures found that the planet is hotter now than at any other time in the past 12,000 years and that it may actually be warmer than at any point during the last 125,000 years.
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CHARLESTON U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, criticizing executive orders from President Joe Biden that could negatively affect West Virginia, from the energy industry to schools.
Capito criticized a series of executive orders Biden issued Wednesday to address climate change. One of these orders halts all new oil and natural gas leases on federal property and offshore, as well as a review of all current permits and leases.
“This is an economic energy and national security disaster,” Capito said. “In my view, this order moves America from energy independence back to relying on foreign sources of fuel.
WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday criticizing executive orders from President Joe Biden t
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CHARLESTON U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, criticizing executive orders from President Joe Biden she said could negatively affect West Virginia, from the energy industry down to schools.
Capito criticized a series of executive orders issued by Biden on Wednesday to address climate change. One of these orders halts all new oil and natural gas leases on federal property and offshore, as well as a review of all current permits and leases.
“This is an economic energy and national security disaster,” Capito said. “In my view, this order moves America from energy independence back to relying on foreign sources of fuel. And a lot of times these are the countries that have much laxer environmental policies than we have right here in the United States.”
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Spoiler: He ll need a lot of help from Congress.
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President Joe Biden speaking the White House before signing a flurry of executive orders on climate change Wednesday.
As part of his sweep of executive orders on climate change Wednesday, President Joe Biden directed his federal agencies to âeliminate fossil fuel subsidies as consistent with applicable law.âÂ
The mandate made good on a campaign promise to cut off the bountiful federal benefits oil, gas and coal companies have received for generations, topping $15 billion a year alone in direct subsidies and tax incentives to fossil fuel producers.Â