Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm said on Thursday it will provide funding to help cover the U.S. contribution to the U.N. climate body's budget, filling a gap left by President Donald Trump.
The United States will be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
President Donald Trump has wasted no time dismantling climate policies and promising a new era of fossil-fuel dominance, withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement on his first day back in office.
Executive orders are regularly used by incoming presidents to kick off their administrations. The orders - the most formal type of “executive actions,” which derive their power from Article II of the Constitution - are official statements from the president about how US federal agencies are to use their resources,
His action has led to some calling the 'planned' US withdrawal 'unfortunate' and others reminding him of climate-driven disasters like the most-recent Los Angeles wildfires.
Pardons for Jan. 6 rioters and hiking flags lowered to half-staff to honor deceased former President Jimmy Carter.
Groups working with businesses on climate action said they see no retreat from climate goals despite Donald Trump's pledge to end what he calls a "green scam."
A TIME analysis found that nearly two-thirds of the executive actions Trump has issued mirror or partially mirror proposals from Project 2025.
A majority of the House Democratic caucus has signed onto a resolution opposing President Trump’s move to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time. In the resolution,
Media Billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy arm set to fund the US’s contribution to the U.N. climate body’s budget after Donald Trump withdrew American contribution to the Paris climate agreement,
So what is the Paris Agreement, what have countries done since it was signed and what does this mean for COP29? What is the Paris Agreement? The Paris Agreement is a legally bindi