Articles for tag: Climate, Energy Policy, Environment, Republicans

CruxBuzz Staff

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Chris Wright Confirmed as Energy Secretary Amid Climate Policy Debate

Chris Wright is now in charge of U.S. energy policy after a Senate vote of 59-38. He’s moving from running Liberty Energy, where he focused on fracking, to managing the Energy Department’s $50 billion budget. Eight Democrats backed his appointment alongside Republicans. This support came despite Wright’s clear stance against climate change action. “There is ...

CruxBuzz Staff

The Alarming Rise of the Brain-Eating Amoeba: The Silent Killer

“The brain-eating amoeba” is an extremely rare and fatal organism. There is hardly a survival rate once infected. The technical name of the amoeba is Naegleria fowleri. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have stated that the cases are very rare, with only three cases being reported per year. The amoeba uses ...

Govind Tekale

A Journey through Historical Records on Climate Change and Political Deceptions

Creating confusion and hindering progress, political misinformation surrounding climate change persists. A clear trail of what scientists and government officials knew about climate change is provided by historical documents and reports. The greenhouse effect and its connection to carbon dioxide from burning coal were discovered by scientists in the late 1800s. The researchers warned about ...

Rahul Somvanshi

Why COP15 Matters For All Life On Earth

The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) -a key UN summit to halt nature loss- begins in Montreal today.  COP15 is the 15th Conference of Parties(COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)- a climate pact signed by150 nation’s at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. It will essential to know ...