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COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries, but agreement considered difficult

COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries

BAKU, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Developing countries need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to cope with climate change, economists told U.N. talks in Baku, where early efforts to reach a finance deal risk being overshadowed by diplomatic disputes.
 
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Biden administration finalized a regulation to curb methane leaks; could be difficult for Trump administration to dismantle

Biden just finalized a major climate rule. This one could be tricky for Trump to dismantle

The Environmental Protection Agency just finalized one of the Biden administration’s only outstanding climate rules, aimed at cracking down on leaks of methane — a potent planet-warming gas with an outsized impact on the climate.

The rule, proposed nearly a year ago, was mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act, which could make it more difficult for the second Trump administration to dismantle.

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Canadian teenager's critical condition with presumptive bird flu raises concern about virus' possible wider impact

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“This case is very concerning for a number of reasons,” says Rick Bright, an American immunologist and vaccine researcher and a U.S. government health official from 2016 to 2020. “It’s in an otherwise healthy teenager. Like a similar case in Missouri, there’s no clear source for infection and no direct farm connection.”

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U.S. Medical boards almost never discipline doctors who peddle false COVID claims-- research

Medical boards almost never discipline doctors who peddle false COVID claims, legal researcher says

Less than 1% of all state medical-board disciplinary actions against physicians in the five most populous US states were for spreading misinformation about topics such as vaccines and therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with 29% for negligence, according to an analysis from the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Law.

Yet two public health experts argue that, because of First Amendment rights and other factors, that's how it should be. ...

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