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America needs a climate plan compromise
President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda is making its way through Congress via a budget reconciliation bill — a once-in-a-generation opportunity for America to reassert its leadership in combating the climate crisis…
Democrats’ landmark climate proposal teeters
The Democrats’ central climate plan in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package is hanging by a thread as lawmakers return from a weeklong recess that failed to cool tense deliberations on major aspects of President Biden’s agenda…
Energy crisis tests Biden’s clean electricity agenda
The Biden administration called yesterday for continued use of natural gas, illustrating the challenging political spot facing the White House as it navigates between a global energy crisis, protesters on the left and a push for a major clean energy package on Capitol Hill…
Transparency on emissions will be key to gas industry’s future, experts say
U.S. controls on planet-warming emissions, investor pressure on climate risks, and strict climate policies in end-user markets could force U.S. oil and gas companies to find new ways to market themselves in the energy transition…
One policy accounts for a lot of the decarbonization in Joe Biden’s climate plans
Take a road trip to Indianapolis, home to a certain two-and-a-half-mile race track, and you will find yourself in good company. A survey carried out before the pandemic found that about 85% of local commuters drive to work, alone…
European energy problems give Russia an advantage
Just a mere tease from Russian President Vladimir Putin this week that the Kremlin is thinking about “a possible increase” of natural gas supply to the desperate European market…
Moderates love Dems’ climate agenda. What changed from 2009?
Moderate Democrats are standing with their colleagues as they call for aggressive climate change policies, a marked contrast from over a decade ago when a deeply divided party failed to deliver on a cap-and-trade proposal….
One man, one planet: how the COP climate talks will put the fate of the Earth in Boris Johnson’s hands
The prime minister who wanted to be “world king” really will enjoy awesome global influence at Glasgow. But there have been alarming signs that he’s not concentrating…
Radio: Electric vehicles’ share of market rapidly growing
We’ve told you about the auto industry’s struggles of late — microchip shortages, supply chain issues — but in spite of all that, electric car sales keep growing…
All Democrats must compromise to pass economic plans, just like 1993
With the benefit — and the challenge — of very narrow Democratic majorities in Congress, a first-year president attempts to pass his major economic plan to reanimate the American middle-class…
EV sales have doubled. Is a ‘tidal wave’ coming?
Electric vehicle sales are booming in the U.S., with purchases nearly doubling over a year ago. That trend is chipping away at the long-held narrative that drivers aren’t ready for electric cars, and…
China needs to cut coal at home too for world to reach Paris climate goal
China made a big splash at the United Nations General Assembly, with President Xi Jinping announcing the country would stop building new coal plants abroad, which, if fulfilled, would cut off all international public support for…
Questions surround China’s commitment to scrap building coal plants overseas
\China made a big splash at yesterday’s U.N. General Assembly, with President Xi Jinping announcing the country will stop building new coal plants abroad, which, if fulfilled, would cut off all international public support…
As they gather at U.N., world leaders face furious push to act quickly on climate change
As world leaders gather at the United Nations this week, they face no shortage of diverse issues: An ongoing global pandemic, economic strife on numerous continents, and conflict and human rights concerns from Afghanistan to Haiti…
Biden implores world leaders to take action on climate change: ‘We don’t have a lot of time.’
President Biden on Friday announced that the United States and Europe have pledged to work to cut global methane emissions by a third in the coming decade and urged other nations to join their effort to…
As the largest-ever U.S. climate bill inches forward, a lobbying frenzy ensues
The prospect of a $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending bill has sparked a lobbying frenzy in Congress, as lawmakers zero in this week on a measure that could reshape the nation’s energy system…
US and EU pledge 30% cut in methane emissions to limit global heating
The US and the EU made a joint pledge on Friday to cut global methane emissions by almost a third in the next decade, in what climate experts hailed as one of the most significant steps yet towards fulfilling the Paris climate agreement…
What about the climate
The climate crisis , as well as vaccinations, and even the globalization of the earth, have their negatives. Such issues are primarily scientific and can only be addressed with scientific arguments…
US and EU plan agreement to curb methane pollution
The US and EU plan on Friday to commit to cutting methane pollution by 30 per cent over the next decade and are lobbying other large emitters of the potent greenhouse gas to join the effort…
Automakers blast EV tax credit over union provision
Major auto companies are pushing back against an expansive clean energy tax bill that they say punishes manufacturers whose workers are not unionized. The bill, which the House Ways and Means Committee plans to take up tomorrow…
America needs a climate plan compromise
President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda is making its way through Congress via a budget reconciliation bill — a once-in-a-generation opportunity for America to reassert its leadership in combating the climate crisis…
Democrats’ landmark climate proposal teeters
The Democrats’ central climate plan in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package is hanging by a thread as lawmakers return from a weeklong recess that failed to cool tense deliberations on major aspects of President Biden’s agenda…
Energy crisis tests Biden’s clean electricity agenda
The Biden administration called yesterday for continued use of natural gas, illustrating the challenging political spot facing the White House as it navigates between a global energy crisis, protesters on the left and a push for a major clean energy package on Capitol Hill…
Transparency on emissions will be key to gas industry’s future, experts say
U.S. controls on planet-warming emissions, investor pressure on climate risks, and strict climate policies in end-user markets could force U.S. oil and gas companies to find new ways to market themselves in the energy transition…
One policy accounts for a lot of the decarbonization in Joe Biden’s climate plans
Take a road trip to Indianapolis, home to a certain two-and-a-half-mile race track, and you will find yourself in good company. A survey carried out before the pandemic found that about 85% of local commuters drive to work, alone…
European energy problems give Russia an advantage
Just a mere tease from Russian President Vladimir Putin this week that the Kremlin is thinking about “a possible increase” of natural gas supply to the desperate European market…
Moderates love Dems’ climate agenda. What changed from 2009?
Moderate Democrats are standing with their colleagues as they call for aggressive climate change policies, a marked contrast from over a decade ago when a deeply divided party failed to deliver on a cap-and-trade proposal….
One man, one planet: how the COP climate talks will put the fate of the Earth in Boris Johnson’s hands
The prime minister who wanted to be “world king” really will enjoy awesome global influence at Glasgow. But there have been alarming signs that he’s not concentrating…
Radio: Electric vehicles’ share of market rapidly growing
We’ve told you about the auto industry’s struggles of late — microchip shortages, supply chain issues — but in spite of all that, electric car sales keep growing…
All Democrats must compromise to pass economic plans, just like 1993
With the benefit — and the challenge — of very narrow Democratic majorities in Congress, a first-year president attempts to pass his major economic plan to reanimate the American middle-class…
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