Global Breaking News - Tuesday, December 31, 2024

President Joe Biden met Thursday with world leaders to discuss efforts to fight climate change. He told the group that the world faces serious danger but also opportunity. And, he said the costs of not stopping the problem were growing. At the meeting, the leaders of China and Russia promised their countries would work to reduce coal and oil based emissions. Biden’s own new commitment is to cut U.S. fossil fuel emissions up to 52 percent by 2030. His action marks a return by the U.S. to climate efforts after four years of withdrawal under President Donald Trump. Biden’s administration wants to create a future United States where factories make batteries for export, the electricity grid is rebuilt and workers close up old-fashioned energy sources, like gas, oil and coal.