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Biden’s 100% clean electricity plan may hit CCS wall
President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to reach 100% clean electricity in 15 years may hinge on a technology that has been deployed at few power plants and faced financing challenges…
A youth group helped Biden win. Now they want him to fix climate crisis
The Sunrise Movement helped reach 3.5m voters in swing states and are determined to hold the president-elect to his promises…
Here’s what congressional Republicans are thinking on climate following the election
Republicans in Congress are poised to block some of President-elect Joe Biden’s most aggressive climate policies, such as a carbon tax or clean energy mandate, if Mitch McConnell keeps control of the Senate…
Joe Biden could bring Paris climate goals ‘within striking distance’
The election of Joe Biden as president of the US could reduce global heating by about 0.1C, bringing the goals of the Paris agreement “within striking distance”, if his plans are fulfilled, according to a detailed analysis…
Executive orders: Biden’s best bet on climate
[E&E News subscription required to read this article.] If Democrat Joe Biden moves into the White House next year, the path to action on climate and the environment will likely run through the executive branch…
A Bipartisan Climate Policy? It Could Happen Under a Biden Administration, Washington Veterans Say
Biden’s 40 years of experience reaching across the Senate aisle may help him to craft a stable climate plan, though not the one that progressives hoped for…
Path for Biden’s $2 trillion green revolution narrows with Democrats falling short of expectations in the Senate
The Democrats’ failure to sweep to victory in the Senate election means it will be much harder to get bold climate change policy passed in the coming years, researchers and analysts said on Thursday…
Why a President Biden could fail on clean energy
Democrats seemingly failed to deliver a “green wave” in races across the country, leaving Joe Biden — who was edging out President Trump in vote tallies today — facing daunting odds if elected to achieve sweeping action on energy policy and climate change…
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…
Biden is making the case for deficit spending on climate
President-elect Joe Biden was unveiling his economic team when he made an off-script remark that could reveal as much about his climate plans as any staffing pick. The deficit, Biden said, doesn’t matter. At least for the moment…
The Energy 202: Biden calls climate change an ’emergency.’ Now he’s under pressure to officially declare it one.
Joe Biden often calls climate change an “emergency.” Soon he will have to decide whether to officially declare it one when he takes office.
Early test for Biden: Car emissions rules
As one of his biggest steps to tackle climate change, President-elect Joe Biden is expected to undo President Trump’s rollback of clean car standards and set new auto emissions rules…
Progressives want Biden to sidestep Congress with green ‘national emergency’
Progressive environmentalists are mounting a long-shot bid to get President-elect Joe Biden to go beyond naming a climate czar and declare an environmental national emergency, borrowing a tactic employed by President Donald Trump to fund part of his border wall…
Biden says White House co-operation ‘sincere’
The US President- elect, Joe Biden, says his transition team is getting good cooperation across the board from the Trump administration…
Biden focuses on US climate diplomacy with key role for John Kerry
[Financial Times subscription required to read this article.] The National Security Council will break new ground with the appointment of John Kerry to a dedicated role tackling climate change…
Biden Picks John Kerry, Paris Accord Author, as Climate Czar
Former Secretary of State John Kerry will be named as special presidential envoy for climate by President-elect Joe Biden, according to his transition team…
Biden names John Kerry climate envoy
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate longtime adviser Antony Blinken to be secretary of State and name John Kerry special presidential envoy for climate, the transition team announced today, a pair of picks with massive implications for climate diplomacy…
Biden to name John Kerry as presidential climate envoy
President-elect Joe Biden will name former secretary of state John F. Kerry as a presidential envoy on climate, his transition team announced Monday, signaling his commitment to elevate the issue of climate change under his administration…
Trump boost to nuclear power to live on in Biden administration
President-elect Joe Biden is poised to embrace nuclear power in pursuit of aggressive reductions to carbon emissions and will look to build upon the Trump administration’s support for new smaller forms of the technology…
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