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Business News > Mint Authors > Valerie Volcovici

Valerie Volcovici

ARTICLES BY VALERIE VOLCOVICI

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit (AP)

'Polluter must pay', Island nations want China, India to pay for climate damage

2 min read . 09 Nov 2022

US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm (Photo: AFP)

US working on uranium strategy, weighs ban on Russian imports: Granholm

1 min read . 05 May 2022

Biden has set a target to slash greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50% by 2030

US unveils crackdown on methane from oil and gas industry

3 min read . 02 Nov 2021

Washington : President Joe Biden. (AP)

US to join effort to curb climate-warming emissions from shipping

1 min read . 21 Apr 2021

US President Joe Biden (Photo: AFP)

US is back in the Paris climate club

1 min read . 19 Feb 2021

A file photo of a woman wearing a mask for protection against pollution walks on a pedestrian overhead bridge. (AP)

Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two

4 min read . 03 Apr 2020

US President Donald Trump’s energy policy calls into question US support for the 2015 Paris climate change agreement to fight global warming. Photo: AP

Donald Trump to sign energy executive orders on Friday: White House official

1 min read . 23 Apr 2017

The wide-ranging order is the boldest yet in Donald Trump’s broader push to cut environmental regulation to revive the drilling and mining industries, a promise he made repeatedly during the 2016 presidential campaign. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump signs order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies

4 min read . 29 Mar 2017

Speaker Paul Ryan said Republican leaders still planned to bring the healthcare bill to a vote on the House of Representatives floor on Thursday.

Republicans revamp US health bill, boost benefits to older Americans

3 min read . 20 Mar 2017

File photo. Barack Obama used a 1950s-era law called the Outer Continental Shelf Act that allows presidents to limit areas from mineral leasing and drilling. Photo: Reuters

Barack Obama bans new oil, gas drilling off Alaska, part of Atlantic coast

3 min read . 21 Dec 2016

US president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Trump looking at fast ways to quit global climate deal

2 min read . 13 Nov 2016

The Paris climate pact kicked off a rolling start on Thursday in the Pacific region, home to low-lying islands states which are in danger of rising sea levels. Photo: Bloomberg

Paris climate pact focus shifts to action against pollution, global warming

2 min read . 04 Nov 2016

A file photo of an air conditioner production unit. The Rwanda meet from 10-14 October, part of the 1987 Montreal Protocal, will be the third key deal in a month to limit climate change. Photo: Reuters

India under pressure on greenhouse gas emissions ahead of Rwanda climate meet

2 min read . 10 Oct 2016

A file photo of visitors looking at a nuclear power plant station model by Westinghouse at an event. Photo: Reuters

India, Westinghouse in advanced talks to close nuclear deal

1 min read . 02 Jun 2016

“Any regulation that’s outdated, unnecessary, bad for workers or contrary to the national interest will be scrapped and scrapped completely,” Trump told about 7,700 people at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in the capital of oil-rich North Dakota. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump vows to undo Barack Obama’s climate agenda

3 min read . 27 May 2016

Front-runner Donald Trump says he will seal the Republican US presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday’s contest in Indiana. Photo: AP

Eyeing an Indiana victory, Donald Trump says, ‘It’s over’

3 min read . 02 May 2016

China and the United States together account for 38% of global emissions. Photo: AFP

China, US pledge to ratify Paris climate deal this year

3 min read . 23 Apr 2016

The deal would be the first nuclear commercial power project since the US and India agreed in 2008 to cooperate in the civil nuclear arena.

Westinghouse expects to sign India reactor deal in June

2 min read . 31 Mar 2016

Aviation was excluded from the landmark climate accord in Paris in December when countries agreed to limit the rise in global temperatures. Photo: AFP

Clash between countries stymies aviation emissions talks

2 min read . 09 Mar 2016

A screen grab of ICAO website.

UN group agrees to aircraft standards to cut CO2 emissions

2 min read . 09 Feb 2016