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Democrats see Green New Deal yielding gains despite GOP attacks
Democrats are sensing political gains from the Green New Deal heading into Election Day, even as Republicans deride the progressive proposal and some Democratic candidates slink away from it…
The Energy 202: Biden’s oil ‘transition’ comment may not be as damaging as Trump hopes
[Washington Post subscription required to read this article.] To President Trump, it was “perhaps the most shocking admission ever uttered in the history of presidential debates.”…
Exclusive: GM, Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago
Scientists at two of America’s biggest automakers knew as early as the 1960s that car emissions caused climate change, a monthslong investigation by E&E News has found…
EPA attacks Obama’s Flint response in pre-election push
As President Trump seeks to burnish his green credentials before Election Day, he’s poised to zero in on a major crisis from the Obama era with environmental justice implications: water contamination in Flint, Mich…
Democrats run from Green New Deal, fracking bans
Republicans in tight congressional races around the country are working to tie their opponents to the Green New Deal, but Democrats are trying their best to steer clear of the ambitious proposal…
Why the US election could decide battle against climate change
Who occupies the White House for the next four years could play a critical role in the fight against dangerous climate change, experts say. Matt McGrath weighs the likely environmental consequences of the US election…
‘We’ve had so many wins’: why the green movement can overcome climate crisis
Leaded petrol, acid rain, CFCs … the last 50 years of environmental action have shown how civil society can force governments and business to change…
Mario Molina, who discovered ozone destruction, dead at 77
[E&E News subscription required to read this article.] Mario Molina, a chemist whose work on the ozone layer earned him a Nobel Prize in 1995, died yesterday in Mexico City. He was 77…
Biden Considering New White House Office on Climate Change
[Bloomberg subscription required to read this article.] Democrat Joe Biden is considering creating a special White House office led by a climate “czar” to coordinate efforts to fight global warming if he is elected president, according to people familiar with the deliberations…
Biden campaign mulls possible ‘climate czar’ position
Joe Biden’s transition team is considering appointing a climate and energy “czar” to help direct sweeping changes across federal agencies if he wins next month’s election, according to people familiar with the discussions…
The Energy 202: Joe Biden walks political tightrope by saying he does not support the Green New Deal
Joe Biden walked a fine line on the Green New Deal during the first presidential debate – first touting the sweeping climate change plan embraced by liberal activists as a job creator and then disavowing it…
Biden to take a tough line on China, discounting its new climate pledge
Joe Biden won’t be satisfied with China’s huge, new climate change pledge, allies say, and is poised to increase pressure on Beijing not just for its trade practices and military provocations but also for its world-leading carbon emissions…
As wildfires rage, US voters still divided on climate
Wildfires are burning out of control in the western United States, cities are choking on toxic air, and Hurricane Laura battered the Gulf Coast on August 27. So why isn’t the threat of global warming dominating the election contest between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden?
How a Democratic victory might shape climate policy
The 2020 election was always going to be an inflection point for U.S. climate change policy, but a pandemic and a bad economy suggest 2021 might not work out as the Democrats had planned…
Democrats Attempted to Make a Quiet Platform Change. Climate Activists Objected Loudly
Day three of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday featured meetings of the Black and Hispanic caucuses, the run-up to Senator Kamala Harris’s primetime speech, and delicate attempts by the Democratic…
Biden gambles on placing climate change at heart of US energy policy
He served in an Obama administration that oversaw a historic surge in American oil and gas production, as shale went mainstream. Tens of thousands of wells were drilled and energy-bearing rocks fractured from North Dakota to…
Kamala Harris Came Out of California With a Cautious Climate Record
An unlikely consensus developed soon after Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris as his running mate. President Donald Trump and his petroleum-industry allies fell into near perfect agreement with climate activists and…
Kamala Harris brings record on climate change and environmental justice to Biden ticket
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris to be his running mate, elevating the senator from California who has made climate change a political priority and who will be able to trumpet her state’s…
Environmental justice center stage for Biden-Harris ticket
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as his running mate brings significant environmental justice credentials to the ticket, just as awareness and concern about the outsize impact…
Roadblock to Biden climate plans: Centrist Democrats
While Joe Biden is known for his bipartisan deal-making, he must overcome a potentially more significant roadblock to fulfill his pledge of passing aggressive climate change legislation: winning over centrists from fossil-fuel states in his own…
Democrats see Green New Deal yielding gains despite GOP attacks
Democrats are sensing political gains from the Green New Deal heading into Election Day, even as Republicans deride the progressive proposal and some Democratic candidates slink away from it…
The Energy 202: Biden’s oil ‘transition’ comment may not be as damaging as Trump hopes
[Washington Post subscription required to read this article.] To President Trump, it was “perhaps the most shocking admission ever uttered in the history of presidential debates.”…
Exclusive: GM, Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago
Scientists at two of America’s biggest automakers knew as early as the 1960s that car emissions caused climate change, a monthslong investigation by E&E News has found…
EPA attacks Obama’s Flint response in pre-election push
As President Trump seeks to burnish his green credentials before Election Day, he’s poised to zero in on a major crisis from the Obama era with environmental justice implications: water contamination in Flint, Mich…
Democrats run from Green New Deal, fracking bans
Republicans in tight congressional races around the country are working to tie their opponents to the Green New Deal, but Democrats are trying their best to steer clear of the ambitious proposal…
Why the US election could decide battle against climate change
Who occupies the White House for the next four years could play a critical role in the fight against dangerous climate change, experts say. Matt McGrath weighs the likely environmental consequences of the US election…
‘We’ve had so many wins’: why the green movement can overcome climate crisis
Leaded petrol, acid rain, CFCs … the last 50 years of environmental action have shown how civil society can force governments and business to change…
Mario Molina, who discovered ozone destruction, dead at 77
[E&E News subscription required to read this article.] Mario Molina, a chemist whose work on the ozone layer earned him a Nobel Prize in 1995, died yesterday in Mexico City. He was 77…
Biden Considering New White House Office on Climate Change
[Bloomberg subscription required to read this article.] Democrat Joe Biden is considering creating a special White House office led by a climate “czar” to coordinate efforts to fight global warming if he is elected president, according to people familiar with the deliberations…
Biden campaign mulls possible ‘climate czar’ position
Joe Biden’s transition team is considering appointing a climate and energy “czar” to help direct sweeping changes across federal agencies if he wins next month’s election, according to people familiar with the discussions…
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