With the war in Ukraine disrupting natural supplies to Europe, many countries have been scrambling to replace gas from other countries. There is a liquid that can be loaded onto ships. The gas is turned into gas at huge facilities when the tanker docks in the countries that import it.
According to a new report from Climate Action Tracker, 26 massive facilities have been announced in the EU since the invasion of Ukraine.
Fossil fuel use could be locked in for a long time if more natural gas is used to offset the losses from Russia. According to the report, if the proposed terminals and others under construction come online, they could more than double the emissions from natural gas. It's possible that the commitments governments make in the COP 27 negotiations to rein in the pollution driving global warming will be jeopardized.
The International Energy Agency said there should be no investment in new fossil fuel supplies to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The current chairs of multiple committees that work on climate policy are part of Nancy Pelosi's delegation that arrived in Egypt.
A group of congressional Republicans are going to the talks.
The spending bill passed by Congress puts more than a trillion dollars into infrastructure, including rebuilding roads and bridges to be more resistant to climate change, and putting more electric vehicles on the road.
The future of U.S. spending on climate change is uncertain after Tuesday's election. Government funding of renewable energy and investments in natural gas and other fossil fuels have been argued against by Republicans.
In order to avoid catastrophic global warming later this century, scientists say dependence on fossil fuels needs to plummet.
The Biden administration wants big federal contractors to reveal information about their greenhouse gas emissions and the financial risks they face from climate change.
According to the White House, the U.S. government is the largest buyer of goods and services in the world.
Tracking emissions and setting targets can increase resilience and reduce costs, according to the White House.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at the UN's annual climate conference in Egypt a day before the announcement was made.
The largest federal contractors, those with annual contracts of more than $50 million, would have to disclose emissions from their own operations and from the energy they buy, as well as certain emissions from their customers and suppliers. They would have to give information about their financial risks and set targets for cutting emissions.
Companies with annual contracts of up to $50 million only have to give information about emissions from their own operations. There would be an exemption for companies with small contracts.
Pankaj Bhatia, global director of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, said in a statement that the Administration is providing a valuable model for other stakeholders as it becomes increasingly important for governments and corporations to provide visibility into their climate risks and resilience across their supply chains.
Arthur Wheaton is the director of labor studies at Cornell University's school of industrial and labor relations.
The question is how the administration will enforce these restrictions.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule that would require companies to give information about their climate-related risks. Corporate opposition has been fierce.
Rainn Wilson is best known for his role in the US version of The Office.
He says he now goes by the name Rainnfall.
Wilson says in the video that he wants to draw attention to the effects of climate change in the north. Extreme rain and heat waves arewreaking havoc in the northern part of the world, where temperatures are four times hotter than the global average.
Climate-related names for other celebrities were suggested by Wilson.
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