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Kayaker paddling on highway

Climate devastation is upon us. Congress must act.

Last week, on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida unleashed 150 mile-an-hour winds and slammed into New Orleans, super-fueled to huge size and rain-making power by the Gulf of Mexico whose temperatures are 3 to 5 degrees higher…

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Mail Truck

Federal fleet electrification faces delays

Shortly after his inauguration, President Biden set an ambitious goal to electrify the entire federal fleet. Now, his agencies are drafting a plan to phase out hundreds of thousands of internal-combustion engines…

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CGTN

VIDEO: UN Warns Code Red for Climate Change

‘A code-red for humanity.’ That’s the dire warning from a new United Nations report on climate change. CGTN’s Asieh Namdar spoke to Paul Bledsoe from American University’s Center for Environmental Policy about the report…

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ship in ice

Window closing to stop worst effects of climate change

World leaders are rapidly running out of time to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. And without dramatic action, even less ambitious goals — such as checking climate change at 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels — soon could be out of reach…

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President Joe Biden by electric car

Biden strikes EV deal with carmakers, offers carbon rule

President Biden is set to announce twin policies today aimed at slashing car emissions and accelerating widespread electric vehicle adoption in an effort to tackle climate change and out-compete Chinese manufacturers, according to senior administration officials…

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President Biden walking

Why Biden’s climate agenda has faltered

President Joe Biden ran for office on a pledge to tackle the global climate crisis. Instead, he has seen his legislative ambitions defeated by Congress, the Supreme Court has delivered a hammer blow to the federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse…

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Joe Manchin

How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan

First, he killed a plan that would have forced power plants to clean up their climate-warming pollution. Then, he shattered an effort to help consumers pay for electric vehicles. And, finally, he said he could not support government incentives for solar and…

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Wildfire in California

The climate clock is ticking for Dems

Last week’s Supreme Court defeat for the Biden administration has progressives pushing for Congress to take back the initiative on climate change — and pass laws that would stand the test of time…

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