Neither the United States nor the rest of the world is cutting greenhouse gas emissions anywhere near that rate. In fact, global greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly in 2019 to hit another record high, according to an estimate last month from the Global Carbon Project. And to boot, President Trump has promised to pull the United States out of the accord by the end of 2020. Nearly every candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for president has called for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by at least the middle of the century. Gómez González had been missing since Jan. 13: His disappearance sent “a shock wave through communities of environmental conservationists in the United States and Mexico.

Source: Washington Post January 30, 2020 13:07 UTC