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Vital Cop26 climate talks could be derailed by coronavirus
Concern is growing among campaigners that vital UN climate talks will be derailed by the coronavirus outbreak, while government officials are working to find ways round the problem. This year’s UN talks on the climate are…
Fighting Coal Was Supposed to Lift Bloomberg. Here’s Why It Didn’t.
Climate change was supposed to be one of Michael R. Bloomberg’s greatest strengths in the Democratic presidential primary. Where other candidates have plans to reduce fossil fuel use, the billionaire philanthropist has results…
Finance holds climate key but poor countries fear missing out
Finance holds the key to tackling the climate crisis, the UK’s business secretary and the Bank of England governor have declared to warm applause from City grandees and international investors. But developing countries have…
Bloomberg claims India is bigger contributor to climate change than China, the top carbon emitter
Michael Bloomberg said in the Democratic debate that India is a “bigger problem” than China when it comes to the worst contributors to climate change, despite the fact that China is by far the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide…
CLIMATE: Budget request would ax tax credits, slash research
[E&E subscription required to read article.] President Trump has proposed scrapping an electric vehicle subsidy and massively cutting federal clean energy research, despite shifting Republican rhetoric about…
The Energy 202: Trump pumped up claims about oil and gas during State of the Union
President Trump’s State of the Union speech included a celebration of the recent boom of production and employment in the U.S. oil and natural gas sector. Since taking office in 2017, the president claimed, “we are doing numbers that…
Trump links energy boom to economy’s success
President Trump in his State of the Union address last night claimed credit for making the United States the world’s leading oil and natural gas producer but offered no major new energy proposals or environmental protection initiatives…
Johnson sets out his climate crisis vision as Cameron turns down talks role
Boris Johnson has set out his vision for forging a new global consensus on the climate crisis promising “we will crack it”, amid news that he approached former prime minister David Cameron to lead the UK’s preparations for a crucial…
Saving the planet: UK role vital if COP 26 climate talks to succeed
Boris Johnson’s first steps on the international stage after Brexit will be to hail Britain’s role in forging a new global consensus on the climate crisis – although he has not yet said who will lead that charge. The UK will host…
Don’t fuel Donald Trump’s culture war on climate change. Beat it instead.
Australia’s raging infernos, like our Western wildfires and more devastating storms, prefigure a darker climate future for all of us without urgent action. But for President Donald Trump, the climate crisis is just another opportunity…
Democrats’ climate bill blends the old with the new
Democrats have a list of shiny new programs they want to use to slash greenhouse gas emissions, but their latest plan also relies on decades of existing environmental law to push the federal government’s climate efforts to the limit…
The Heat: World Economic Forum
World leaders, entrepreneurs and activists are in Davos, Switzerland this week discussing the global economy, the impact of the China-US trade deal and climate change. US President Donald Trump held a news conference Wednesday…
Billionaire climate candidates struggle to win over environmentalists
Tom Steyer and Mike Bloomberg can make the case that they’ve done more over the last decade to fight climate change than anyone else running for president, something that would seem to give them a leg up in a Democratic primary…
Climate-focused Democrats hope for November reward
House Democrats know that their “comprehensive” climate plans are unlikely to see the light of day in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Senate and face vetoes by a president who has at times rejected the scientific consensus on global warming…
Could sand spread on sea ice help keep the Arctic cool?
Think of the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean as a reflective heat shield vital to a stable climate. Then consider that about 95 percent of multiyear ice, the older ice that’s crucial to this heat shield, has vanished in the last four decades….
Supreme Court weighs lawsuit pitting climate scientist against skeptics
The Supreme Court on Friday will consider whether to take up a prominent climatologist’s defamation suit against a venerated conservative magazine, in a case that pits climate scientists against the free speech rights of global warming skeptics…
The Energy 202: Some environmentalists aren’t thrilled about a potential Bloomberg 2020 run
Many environmentalists have celebrated Michael Bloomberg as a philanthropist who has generously bankrolled the fight against climate change, spending hundreds of millions of dollars of his own fortune on trying to close coal-fired power plants. But they’re not as excited about…
Senate defections show just how far Democrats would have to go on climate change
A SENATE REALITY CHECK FOR DEMOCRATS: The defection of three red-state Senate Democrats on a vote Thursday to block the Trump EPA’s gutting of the Obama Clean Power plan shows that Democrats still have work to do — a lot — to pass…
Climate crisis will not be discussed at G7 next year, says Trump official
The climate crisis will not be formally discussed at the G7 summit in June next year, Donald Trump’s acting White House chief of staff said on Thursday. “Climate change will not be on the agenda,” Mick Mulvaney told reporters, without elaborating…
How U.S. fossil fuels are tied to Ukraine and impeachment
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Ukraine, now at the center of a rapidly accelerating impeachment inquiry against President Trump, has been central to the president’s efforts to increase U.S. exports of fossil fuels…
The Senate’s big energy bill looked dead, but the coronavirus may revive it
The Senate’s once-stalled bipartisan energy bill could see a new path emerge as Congress looks to reboot an economy hit hard by the pandemic. The legislation, potentially the most comprehensive update to energy law in more than…
Democrats fight Green New Deal attacks on stimulus
Environmentalists and some of their Democratic allies in Congress see economic stimulus discussions stemming from the novel coronavirus as a major opportunity to push their green priorities. But their efforts are running headfirst…
As they race to boost the economy, lawmakers encounter push for a greener stimulus
As Congress and the White House struggle to adopt legislation to limit the economic carnage from the coronavirus pandemic, lawmakers have been urged to reshape the economy toward lower carbon emissions that…
Cop26: Boris Johnson urged to resist calls to postpone climate talks
Nicholas Stern, one of the most prominent global experts on the climate crisis, has urged Boris Johnson to resist calls to postpone vital UN climate talks this year, despite the coronavirus outbreak. Ministers and officials have privately…
Climate science skeptics grasp for power in changing GOP
Skeptics of mainstream climate science and hard-line conservatives think they still have a hold on the GOP, despite a recent rhetorical evolution among congressional Republicans. It’s part of a battle for the soul of the party…
CAMPAIGN 2020 Next up: Michigan. Will climate matter to primary voters?
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Michigan Democrats are increasingly worried about climate change…
What is the European Green Deal and will it really cost €1tn?
The European Green Deal aims to transform the 27-country bloc from a high- to a low-carbon economy, without reducing prosperity and while improving people’s quality of life, through cleaner air and water, better health and a thriving…
Many Hill Democrats push back on Sanders’ green plans
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to ban hydraulic fracturing, end all fossil fuel extraction on public lands and do away with nuclear power if he’s elected president — all ideas that aren’t likely to fly with moderates on Capitol Hill. Sanders’ plan…
House Republicans call on Trump to promote fossil fuel exports to curb climate change
House Republicans led by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are pushing the White House to promote U.S. fossil fuel exports as a way to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. McCarthy and the GOP…
Mike Bloomberg’s climate plans show how he’s betting big on Texas for Super Tuesday
Mike Bloomberg casts himself to voters as a champion on climate change. But the former New York mayor is also betting big on Texas on Super Tuesday — and staking out positions in line with voters in the Lone Star state who are reaping…
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