Kamala Harris

Statement delivered by Provost Laurie McCauley for Santa J. Ono. President Ono truly wanted to be here with us today. However, he recently tested positive ...

[recent news](https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/ozone-layer-recovery-track-helping-avoid-global-warming-05degc) that the ozone layer is recovering, we have the power to unmake, to remake and to restore a better world. We look forward to our work together in the days ahead. President Ono is in good spirits, resting, and eager to return. In 2021, we committed to achieving carbon neutrality on all three of our campuses, Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint and encompassing Michigan Medicine and Michigan Athletics. President Ono truly wanted to be here with us today. And we are proud to join with you, in leadership, scholarship and service.

The vice president focused less on Michigan-specific topics like the Great Lakes or Line 5, instead outlining broad goals on fighting climate change.

Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel and some other Democrats want the pipeline shut down, arguing rupture would be catastrophic for the straits and the state. Politically, Democrats and Republicans tend to agree on the need to promote the development of electric vehicle technology. Many Republicans side with Enbridge, the company that operates the pipeline, arguing the system is safe and nixing it would lead to petroleum products being transported by methods they believe are less safe, including trucks, rail and ships. The state is proud of its heritage as an automotive titan — Democratic and Republican lawmakers voted to provide hundreds of millions of dollars to Ford, GM and other automotive-related manufacturers to support the multibillion-dollar industry in Michigan. Specifically, pipes run through the Straits of Mackinac, shipping oil and gas east across the U.S. At the same time, much of the innovation and focus in the industry revolves around electric vehicle expansion. [ Great Lakes waters](https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/great-lakes-fish-fisheries-warming-climate/9925762002/) are warming at an unprecedented rate. When you look at which communities are suffering most in terms of extreme weather and therefore need to evacuate, you can see a correlation." You all have everything at stake," Harris said. The pair posed no hardball queries during the roughly 35-minute conversation and the trio focused little on key drivers of environmental policy in Michigan, like the Great Lakes or eradicating PFAS chemicals. More: Environmental Protection Agency, a typical passenger vehicle emits about 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually.

Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked for making a series of familiar nonsensical comments during her latest public appearance in Michigan on Thursday.

Maybe b/c I went to school on a school bus? I love electric school buses! "I love Venn diagrams. I really love Venn diagrams. I love Venn diagrams. I LOVE electric school buses. "Let me just say, I love Venn diagrams. Playin’ the hits!" Raise your hand if you went to school on a school bus!!!'" Steve Guest, communications adviser for Sen. Can you raise your hand if you love a yellow school bus? Maybe because I went to school on a school bus. "Who doesn't love a yellow school bus, right?

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with FOX 2's Roop Raj to discuss issues at the border.

"I wish the United States Congress would stop playing political games with this, and that so-called leaders would stop playing political games with this, and using it as a point of division instead of actually working on the solutions. "And so when we look at the folks who are in the United States Congress right now, I think we should be asking them to take up their responsibility, to pass an immigration bill, so that we can more effectively put the resources at the border and on this issue in a way that most Americans want." When we first came in as an administration, our first bill was to get Congress to put the resources that we need to make sure we have a fair and humane immigration system that includes putting resources at the border to strengthen all that we need to do," Harris said.

During her visit, the VP plans to discuss the actions President Joe Biden's administration is taking to combat climate change. Last year, the Inflation ...

Clean energy would be fostered with tax credits for buying electric vehicles and manufacturing solar panels and wind turbines. [Ann Arbor](https://www.fox2detroit.com/tag/us/mi/washtenaw-county/ann-arbor) on Thursday. (FOX 2) - Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris addressed University of Michigan students in Ann Arbor Thursday as part of a conversation about the impacts ...

'We are at one of the most incredible moments in this movement,' the vice president said at the University of Michigan on Thursday.

The city also is planning a bike discount program with incentives for people to buy bicycles, in addition to investments in more protected bike lanes and crosswalks, Lange said. She told students in attendance they’re going to help shape the future and to keep demanding change. UM, which accounts for about a third of Ann Arbor’s carbon emissions, also is taking steps to purchase more renewable energy in the near term. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, also spoke and said UM’s plans are great news and an example for campuses across the country. City voters in November also OK’d a new climate-action tax expected to raise over $7 million per year for the next 20 years. “The university is doing a lot more.” UM Provost Laurie McCauley spoke Thursday at Rackham on behalf of Ono, who tested positive for COVID-19 and couldn’t attend. Santa Ono, UM’s new president, met with group members last week and later tweeted they’ve played an important role in climate action at UM. can model innovation for the world, Harris suggested. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Michigan’s former governor. ANN ARBOR, MI — U.S. “The existential threat of climate change — it requires a culture-wide response and we are ready to do our part in Ann Arbor with the cooperation of the University of Michigan, with federal partnership and with the administration’s leadership,” he said.

Vice President Kamala Harris was in Ann Arbor Thursday for a talk on the fight against climate change. Speakers preceding the Vice President's appearance ...

She said that money would come through funding bills, in particular the The group also called on Vice President Harris to denounce greenwashing — the corporate practice of pledging support for the environment and addressing climate change, while doing little or even harming the environment in reality. Vice President Kamala Harris was in Ann Arbor Thursday for a talk on the fight against climate change.

"Let me tell you something, Joe Biden is strong and history is going to show that even in just his two years he has accomplished more than most ...

"I am proud to be Joe Biden's vice president," Harris said. We are, because of what we have accomplished under Joe Biden's leadership, going to get lead out of pipes, across America. She was joined by local leaders at the University of Michigan and discussed investment in renewable energy and the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act, that was signed into law late last year.

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed University of Michigan students in Ann Arbor Thursday as part of a conversation about the impacts of climate change.

WASHINGTON—Stressing that there was a “zero-percent chance” she had mishandled sensitive information, Vice President Kamala Harris assured the American ...

“Not to look at, not even to hold—frankly, I couldn’t even tell you where they’re kept,” said Harris, who held a press conference to announce that even if she had had access to classified government documents, she wouldn’t dream in a million years of taking her work home with her, and that most of the binders in her office were empty anyway. Yesterday, I stood outside the White House in the cold for 15 minutes before anyone came to get me.” At press time, Harris admitted that she had once taken home a roll of paper towels. WASHINGTON—Stressing that there was a “zero-percent chance” she had mishandled sensitive information, Vice President Kamala Harris assured the American public Friday that no one had given her a single classified document.

No one likes thinking about climate change. There's a reason every supernatural villain these days is a thinly-veiled allegory to a rapidly warming earth ...

The VP was in the building. Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris found a welcoming crowd at the University of Michigan's Rackham Auditorium on ...

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La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris habló acerca de los esfuerzos de la administración Biden para hacer frente al cambio climático, durante una visita a Ann ...

Cuando miras qué comunidades están sufriendo más en términos de clima extremo y por lo tanto necesitan evacuar, puedes ver una correlación", denotó Harris. Un vehículo normal emite unas 4,6 toneladas métricas de dióxido de carbono al año. La función de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación

Vice President Kamala Harris shared her thoughts on the Biden-Harris Administration's climate initiatives during a visit to the University of Michigan on ...

“One of the most powerful things we can do is build coalitions to remind people that they are not alone and that we are in this together,” Harris added. “Anything you are doing now in terms of your studies or your passions connects to this issue,” Harris said. Those intersections must always be at the center of the communities that are directly impacted.” Jesse Vega-Perkins, who graduated from SEAS in 2022, is the lead author of the study and completed the research while she was a master’s student at the school. has a responsibility to ensure equitable climate outcomes beyond its borders. Our responsibility now is to lead and not waste a minute, because we don’t have a minute to spare.”

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will accompany Harris on her visit to the state.

The Tonopah stop is Harris' first official trip to Arizona as vice president. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Arizona on Jan. Vice President Kamala Harris coming to Arizona for clean energy event