Despite the mountain of evidence that proves that greenhouse gas emissions are the culprit, Virginia's Republican Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin, says he has no idea what is causing climate change. He says he's just not smart enough to figure it out. The Independent [quoting Youngkin]: "I don't know what's responsible for climate change, in all candor," Youngkin said when asked by the forum's moderators about whether "the actions of mankind are responsible for climate change."

The international community will resume negotiations on a global plastics convention when representatives meet in Nairobi, Kenya at the UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA) in February. The negotiations received a boost in November when Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Biden administration would join the talks, reversing the position of the Trump administration which had opposed efforts to regulate plastic manufacture and disposal. Reuters: "The U.S., which produce

The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) is an international environmental agreement created to save a wide variety of whales from extinction. Many species had been hunted to near-extinction by industrial whaling practices in the 20th century. The Convention was spearheaded by the United States and signed by 15 of the largest whaling nations in Washington in 1946. Oversight and enforcement is conducted by the International Whaling Commission [IWC], es

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] issued a dire climate change assessment yesterday, detailing how humans have altered the environment at an unprecedented pace and warning that the world risks increasingly catastrophic impacts if we fail to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Washington Post: "The landmark report, compiled by 234 authors relying on more than 14,000 studies from around the globe, bluntly lays out for policymakers and the publi

As we reported in December, Singapore is the first nation in the world to approve the sale of "clean meat," cultured meat products. And, so far, it appears to be going well. Illuminate: "Clean Meat" is one of the names that has been given to the process of using animal cells to grow real meat in a lab, replacing slaughter houses and reducing our carbon footprint. It sounds a bit like science fiction but it's already here and you will see clean meat [also called cultured meat]

Brazil's President, chief climate change sceptic, and Covid-denier, Jair Bolsonaro is asking for $1 Billion annually, in return for which Brazil would reduce Amazon forest clearance by between 30% and 40%. He believes developed nations like the United States should support efforts to maintain the Amazon to battle climate change and protect biodiversity. Developing nations, with few resources to address environmental issues, have often asked for and received assistance from t