Analysis by the ABC of the past six financial years of reported emissions, under the national safeguard mechanism, shows a 15 per cent increase in carbon dioxide released by major WA projects, and up 5 per cent on last year's figure.
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“No nation can solve this crisis on our own,” Biden said Thursday from the White House at the opening of the event. “All of us, and particularly those of us who represent the world’s largest economies, we have to step up.”
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Biden Seeks $15 Billion for EV Charging Stations (3:40 p.m.)
The Biden administration proposed Thursday spending $15 billion to install 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations along roads, parking lots and apartment buildings, as part of its infrastructure plan now before Congress.
Some of the money would go toward grants and incentive programs for state and local governments as well as private companies to install the chargers, according to a fact sheet from the White House that spelled out thre program in detail.
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(Bloomberg) President Joe Biden’s climate summit has drawn 40 heads of state including China’s Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin of Russia and Boris Johnson from the U.K. The two-day virtual event kicks off Thursday and will also include corporate executives, union heads, Pope Francis and Bill Gates.
The stakes are high. While Biden is seeking to reestablish the U.S. as a major player on the climate stage, he’s facing skepticism from other nations after President Donald Trump reversed key environmental policies. Meanwhile, the world has dealt with widespread drought, extreme weather, record wildfires and other catastrophic events over the last several years.