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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces a joint statement with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and European Council President Charles Michel at the P.M.'s official residence in Tokyo on May 12, 2022. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Photo/AP)

For $300 billion the EU can ditch Russian energy

The European Union’s executive arm moved on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, to jump−start plans for the 27−nation bloc to abandon Russian energy amid the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, proposing a nearly 300 billion−euro ($315 billion) package that includes more efficient use of fuels and faster rollout of renewable power.

News, Politics | May 18th 2022

Dan Porterfield, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, speaks during the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference, on Monday, May 9, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Buying Russian oil helps fund war against Ukraine: Pelosi

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made energy independence more important than ever during a climate conference in South Florida on Monday, May 9, 2022.

News, US News, Politics | May 10th 2022

U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, attends a press conference after the meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

West funnels arms into Ukraine as war drags on

Canada's defence minister joined top military and defence leaders from 40 countries at Germany's Ramstein air base to work out ways to sustain military help for Ukraine.

News, US News, Politics | April 27th 2022

Demonstrators take part in an Extinction Rebellion protest on Westminster Bridge in London, on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Climate activists arrested at U.K. oil tanker climate protest

Six people have been arrested after climate change activists climbed onto an oil tanker in central London to protest investments in fossil fuel, British police said on Saturday, April 16, 2022.

News | April 18th 2022

Is the U.S. toying with whooping cranes’ endangered status?

“Whoopers” are the world's rarest cranes. There are about 500 birds in the natural flock, which was down to 15 in 1941.

News, US News | April 13th 2022

Catherine McKenna, Turning the Paris Climate Agreement into Action,

Catherine McKenna to chair UN panel probing companies' climate efforts

The head of the United Nations announced the appointment on Thursday, March 31, 2022, of an expert panel led by Canada's former environment minister to scrutinize whether companies' efforts to curb climate change are credible or mere “ greenwashing.”

News | April 1st 2022

UN nuclear watchdog chief in Ukraine to organize technical safety support

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's director-general arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, for talks with senior government officials on delivering “urgent technical assistance” to ensure the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities, the agency said.

News, Politics | March 29th 2022