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One here. and its important that this happens, because greenland contributes 8% of the world s fresh water. but what s not so good is that it happens so fast. the melt here is accelerating and its contributing to a rise in global sea levels. over the last 40 years, the speed of this ice retreat has astonished even the scientists we met. the arctic is the engine room of the climate system of the earth. the arctic is in the core, is the center, and controls much of the mechanisms that keep our climate system active. reporter: what lies ahead for this arctic wilderness and the world is unknown. those who call greenland home hope the world is paying attention. do you feel like the world is listening to you? they haven t for a long time. but i do sense that for the last three, four years, things are changing. people starting to pay attention. our thanks to james for that. away from b a s what could be a record black ....
Administration is going to be rescinding that and hitting the brakes on those approvals. and this of course comes just after days in the biggest oil companies in the world are all hit with court judgments and shareholder votes all in the same day. all efforts trying to force those huge companies into a future whether effectively not drilling for oil anymore, let alone and protected arctic wilderness. some of the biggest oil companies in earth now facing serious pressure and serious binding constraints on them that are designed to force them into becoming renewable energy companies. not just rulers anymore. so the protection of the arctic wildlife refuge. coming at a time that s particularly volatile and interesting in terms of what s happening in their accountability on climate stuff. super interesting, super interesting timing. and interesting late, that big news from secretary of the interior, deb haaland comes ....
This evening making more news on a different topic. when interior secretary deb haaland announced the biden administration will not allow drilling to go forward, oil and gas drilling in the arctic national wildlife refuge in alaska. the trump administration had given the green light for drilling in that pristine wilderness. the biden administration is rescinding that, hitting the brakes on those approvals. this, of course, comes just days after some of the biggest oil companies in the world, exxon, chevron, royal dutch shell were all hit with court judgments and shareholder votes on the same day, all efforts to try to force those huge companies into a future where they re effectively not drilling for oil anymore, let alone in protected arctic wilderness. some of the biggest oil companies on earth now facing serious pressure and serious binding constraints on them that are designed to force them into becoming effectively renewable energy companies. not just drillers anymore. so the prot ....
Holland announced the biden administration will not allow drilling to go forward, oil and gas drilling in the arctic national wildlife refuge in alaska. the trump administration had given the green light for drilling in that pristine wilderness. the biden administration is hitting the brakes on those approvals. this of course comes just days after some of the biggest oil companies in the world, exxon, chevron, royal dutch shell were all hit with court judgments and shareholder votes on the same day, all efforts to try to force those huge companies into a future where they re effectively not drilling for oil anymore let alone in protected arctic wilderness. some of the biggest oil companies on earth now facing serious pressure and serious binding constraints on them that are designed to force them into becoming effectively renewable energy companies. not just drillers anymore. so the protection of the arctic national wildlife refuge coming at a time that is particularly volatile and int ....