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Environment in Northern America

  • Mandatory evacuation order in Florida

    UNITED STATES, 2017/09/09 St. Petersburg, Florida, has been voted to have the nicest white sandy beaches in the United States, and along with the rest of Florida, this thriving tourism destination on Tampa Bay is in for a nightmare at the same time as Hurricane Irma hits at category 3 or 4 strength. The massive hurricane that has been barreling through the Caribbean, is expected to run up the east coast of Florida, which would mean tropical storm conditions along the west coast on Sunday. However, the bay area remains just inside the cone of uncertainty.
  • Sub-national diplomacy trumped on climate change

    UNITED STATES, 2017/07/10 In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, California Governor Jerry Brown chose an unusual form of turmoil — he went to China. He as well made a point of announcing the schedule would include discussions on linking California’s nascent carbon market to China’s emissions trading system, which currently covers several provinces and is due to be expanded country-wide by the end of 2017. For both China and the United States, this type of sub-national diplomacy broke new ground. By proposing to entirely bypass Washington to pursue California’s climate change goals, Governor Brown significantly raised the stakes for sub-national participation in China’s relationship with the outside world. From presently on for China, the United States and other nations, sub-national diplomacy is no substitute for the real thing. In most policy areas, the route to real action still runs through national capitals.
  • Thermometer Rising—Climate Change and Canada’s Economic Future

    CANADA, 2017/03/06 It is my privilege to speak to you about the economic implications of climate change—one of the biggest challenges facing Canada and the world in the 21st century. Let me initial congratulate the Finance and Sustainability Initiative for your leadership in promoting responsible investment for sustainable development. Your work is vital to putting finance at the service of environmental sustainability—helping the private sector to identify the risks and opportunities inherent in climate change and green finance.
  • Alberta Wildfire Economic Pain Singes Beyond Energy Sector

    CANADA, 2016/05/27 The wildfire that has ravaged northern Alberta and cut Canadian crude output by 25 % is set to crimp corporate earnings beyond the oil patch, particularly hitting the rail and hospitality sectors. The fire, which has caused an estimated $50 million a day in lost production for oil sands companies near the evacuated city of Fort McMurray, has as well caused pain to large companies that serve the sector and smaller ones catering to thousands of industry workers.
  • USAID to grant Ethiopia $128M to fight drought

    UNITED STATES, 2016/05/16 U.S Agency for International Improvment(USAID) just announced it would grant Ethiopia $128 million to fight the drought it has been facing over the completed 50 years. This grant should serve to buy food, water, treat malnutrition, and pay mobile health teams, said Thomas Stall, assistant at the humanitarian affairs, conflicts and institution’s democracy office.
  • Tens Of Millions Of Trees In Danger From California Drought

    UNITED STATES, 2016/01/03 California’s forests are home to the planet’s oldest, tallest and most-massive trees. New research from Carnegie’s Greg Asner and his team reveals that up to 58 million large trees in California experienced severe canopy water loss between 2011 and today due to the national’s historic drought. Their results are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition to the persistently low rainfall, high temperatures and outbreaks of the destructive bark beetle increased forest mortality risk. But gaining a large-scale considerate a forest’s responses to the drought, inclunding to ongoing changes in climate, required additional than just a picture of trees that have by presently died.
  • Cuba and US agree to cooperate in environmental protection

    CUBA, 2015/11/27 The good relations between the United States and Cuba are continuing, with the two nations signing an agreement to cooperate on environmental protection. The joint declaration was signed at the Cuban Embassy in Washington on Tuesday. It focuses on sustainable management of natural resources and shared ecosystems, particularly marine biodiversity development, the analysis of the causes and effects of climate change and initiatives to reduce the risks of natural disasters. The Cuban Embassy said that is crucial to reducing vulnerabilities for both nations. The two nations have agreed, under the declaration, to exchange scientific and technological data and resources. They will as well work towards joint scientific research.
  • Can Trudeau change Canada’s poor environmental record?

    CANADA, 2015/10/22 Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has from presently on to set out his environmental schedule, something he will be expected to do before the Paris COP21 climate talks which are due to begin at the end of November. The issue is by presently shaping up as a priority for the incoming government. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said on Tuesday "the world wants a change in tone and priorities on the climate file" from Canada. "We have time before December (for Ottawa and the regions) approaching up with a firm target that Canada will pitch at the talks," he said.
  • Obama unveils his climate change initiative: “no greater challenge to the future of the planet”

    UNITED STATES, 2015/08/07
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    ISRAEL, 2015/06/06 The US national that is home to some of the majority vicious anti-Israel and pro-BDS advocates is turning to Israel to help them develop the world’s most precious resource, water. Israeli tech companies are moving forward with bids to help drought-stricken California develop new plans to obtain additional clean drinking water. David Segal, the Israeli Consul to the southern California region, said that next years of negotiations and agreements with local water companies, Israeli aid to the arid national is finally becoming a reality.