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☆ Youth activist Jerome Foster is skipping the UN's climate conference in Egypt because of the country's record on LGBTQ rights
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Jerome Foster is protesting the UN climate conference in Egypt, citing LGBTQ abusesThe young climate activist also advises the White House on environmental justice issues. Foster spoke to Insider as part of its Climate Heroes 2022 event. Foster spoke as part of an Insider event moderated by Catherine Boudreau, senior sustainability reporter. The event was part of Insider's series Climate Heroes 2022: Working Toward Solutions, which highlighted various leaders' efforts to address the climate crisis. "We shouldn't be scared to go to a climate conference, where we're trying to fight for the right for our planet, but putting our lives at risk just because we love someone," Foster said.
☆ Pipeline boss says he's turned down $13 million in work because he can't find workers, even after boosting wages 22% and offering $5,000 retention bonuses
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A pipeline company's president told WSJ it's lost $13 million in work because of staff shortages. Boudreau Pipeline Corp. is made up of about 350 people, and the company installs underground sewer, water, and storm drain utilities. In the last two years, the company's wages have increased by 22%, Boudreau told WSJ. In a July 2022 report on small business employment from the National Federation of Independent Business, 49% of small business owners surveyed said they had job openings they couldn't fill. Are you a small business owner with a story to share?
☆ Canada braces for ‘extreme event’ as storm Fiona nears after leaving path of destruction
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Phil-Helsel-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Phil Helsel | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Residents of Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada were bracing for hurricane-force winds and a potential historic storm surge as Hurricane Fiona approached Friday. “It is going to be certainly a historic extreme event for Eastern Canada,” said Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist with the Canadian Hurricane Centre, at a briefing Friday. At 9 p.m. Halifax time, the storm was “accelerating quickly” toward Nova Scotia, Canada’s hurricane center said. Damage in Nova Scotia was estimated at almost $102 million, the CBC reported. In 2003 Canada was hit by Hurricane Juan, a Category 2 storm at landfall that ripped through Nova Scotia.
☆ Fiona bears down on northeast Canada as big, powerful storm
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
A youth rides his bycicle at the seaside in Nagua, Dominican Republic, on September 19, 2022, as Hurricane Fiona passes through the country. Fiona, which started the day as Category 4 storm but weakened to Category 2 strength late Friday, was forecast to make landfall in Nova Scotia early Saturday. The Canadian Hurricane Centre issued a hurricane watch over extensive coastal expanses of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Fiona should reach the area as a "large and powerful post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds." It was centered about 140 miles (220 kilometers) southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, heading north at 46 mph (74 kph).
☆ The climate crisis and the energy transition are exacerbating inequality, putting those least responsible in the worst position
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week focused on inequality. The climate crisis and the energy transition are widening disparities, leaders said. Rich countries must meet pledges to help those least responsible for the crisis, advocates say. These regions combined have contributed less than 1% of historical carbon-dioxide emissions yet are bearing the brunt of climate impacts. Meanwhile, Europe is in the midst of an energy crisis because Russian President Vladimir Putin has scaled back natural-gas supplies to retaliate against Western sanctions.
☆ Live Updates: Climate Week NYC 2022
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | Stephanie Osmanski | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
And it includes the massive public relations machine raking in billions to shield the fossil fuel industry from scrutiny. "Fossil fuel interests need to spend less time averting a PR disaster—and more time averting a planetary one. But it is high time to put fossil fuel producers, investors and enablers on notice." What followed was an appeal for fossil fuel companies to be taxed on windfall profits—that's a higher tax rate on sudden, unexpected spikes in earnings. "Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies.
☆ Live blog: Climate Week NYC 2022
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | Stephanie Osmanski | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Climate Week NYC 2022 - and Insider is thereClimate Week NYC 2022 is underway and Insider's reporters are on the scene. We'll be providing updates throughout the week on some of the most provocative speakers and topics.
☆ The climate crisis has world leaders rethinking nuclear power
  + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Climate change and Russia's invasion of Ukraine has world leaders looking again at nuclear power. Gavin Newsom's plan to keep a nuclear power plant open points to a trend. Nuclear power doesn't emit greenhouse gases and provides 10% of global electricity. Gavin Newsom wants to extend the life of a nuclear plant that was slated to close by 2025. The race to combat the climate crisis and shore up energy supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine is pushing policymakers to reconsider nuclear power.
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