John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Wealthy capitalist countries owe climate reparations, developing nations tell COP26
November 10, 2021Developing economies say $1.3 trillion a year is needed for green energy transition and adapting to the climate crisis—and only rich countries have the cash.
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COP26 climate summit only scratching surface of what’s needed, activists charge
November 5, 2021Representing the developing countries on the frontlines of climate change, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said, “We want to exist 100 years from now.”
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U.N. leader to COP26: No half-measures or shallow promises while planet burns
October 29, 2021Secretary-General António Guterres had a clear message to the world leaders gathering in Glasgow.
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Manchin kills Biden’s clean energy plan, leaving states and cities to lead
October 28, 2021Collaborating with the GOP and big coal, Manchin gutted clean electricity measures from Build Back Better. States, municipalities, and tribes have to pick up the slack ahead of COP26.
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COP15 pushes biodiversity crisis to top of agenda before U.N. climate meeting
October 19, 2021“If we don’t fail nature, nature will not fail us,” Xi Jinping told the gathering in Kunming.
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Cooperation with China on climate but conflict elsewhere won’t work
October 15, 2021The urgency of the climate crisis demands cooperation between the world’s two biggest economies.
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$21 trillion for 20 years of war: But no money for human infrastructure?
September 30, 2021The military-industrial-congressional-media complex is killing our future.
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Right wing opposes Critical Race Theory in order to promote hatred
September 20, 2021Their campaign carries with it the danger of destroying democracy in the U.S.
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