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Trump slashes DOE programs Perry likes. What’s going on?
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Yesterday, Energy Secretary Rick Perry touted the national labs as President Trump proposed slashing the Office of Science by more than $1 billion. It was one of several energy…
Bloomberg had success against coal, but faces tougher challenge with oil and gas
Former New York City mayor and climate change crusader Michael Bloomberg faces a tougher challenge in his new goal of fighting oil and gas than he had in his successful efforts shuttering coal plants. Bloomberg announced…
Oil and gas advertising spree signals industry’s dilemma: New campaigns show persistent focus on fossil fuels even with shift towards renewables
[Financial Times subscription required to read article.] It has been nearly 20 years since BP launched its “beyond petroleum” advertising campaign, which included a new sunburst logo and a plethora of videos about…
Inslee faces daunting 2020 challenge: To ‘get Americans excited’ about climate change
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee launched a 2020 run for president Friday making a bet untested in American politics: that a single-issue platform of fighting climate change can win. He kicked off his campaign with a launch video…
No, the Green New Deal doesn’t aim to end air travel, as Florida Sen. Rick Scott says
After U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., unveiled the Green New Deal, Republican critics said it would eventually ground air travel. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., outlined his opposition to the Democrats’ Green New Deal…
United Nations: Trump’s new ambassador sees ‘both sides’ on climate
[E&E subscription required to read article.] In choosing Kelly Knight Craft as U.N. ambassador, President Trump is asserting White House control over the U.S. mission at a time of rising hostility by the administration to climate…
GOP Looks to Turn Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal on Democrats
President Donald Trump calls it “brilliant.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promises to bring it up for a vote. And House Republicans want Speaker Nancy Pelosi to send it to the floor. Republicans are embracing…
7 questions about the Green New Deal
You may have heard a lot recently about the “Green New Deal,” championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and co-sponsored by more than 60 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives…
How the Green New Deal Almost Went Nuclear on Its First Day
As Democrats unveiled their ambitious Green New Deal to fight climate change on Thursday, a controversy erupted over the role of nuclear power that threatened to undermine the whole effort. A fact sheet distributed by…
Democrats unveil proposal for ‘Green New Deal’
[Financial Times subscription required to read article.] Democrats unveil proposal for ‘Green New Deal’ Resolution sets out ambitious programme to cut emissions and create jobs Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, centre, is one of…
That makes 3. Trump is silent on climate in third address
President Trump spoke for more than an hour yesterday and never said the words “climate change” or “global warming” — a rhetorical feat that keeps alive Trump’s streak of ignoring an issue that scientists have described…
‘Green New Deal’ Tests Ocasio-Cortez’s Clout in Democratic House
Hundreds of young activists stormed Nancy Pelosi’s office after Democrats won the House in November, inspired by the new hero of the left, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who briefly joined them in a live-streamed…
2020 hopefuls hesitate to define ‘Green New Deal’
Last November, the “Green New Deal” was barely on the lips of any Democrat running for office. Fast-forward two months, and the phrase is all over the campaign trail. Potential presidential candidates who otherwise…
For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat
President Trump famously declared that in his administration the nation would become tired of all the winning. So on Friday he tried a little losing. After the longest government shutdown in history, Mr. Trump surrendered…
Greens want 2020 Democrats to go beyond vague ‘Green New Deal’ support
Progressives and environmentalists hoping to push climate change to the top of the 2020 agenda are pressuring Democratic candidates not to settle for platitudes about a “Green New Deal,” and instead propose…
Republicans: Where do potential Trump primary opponents stand on climate?
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Any Republican who takes the plunge into the 2020 presidential primary faces some unpleasant math.While President Trump’s overall approval rating sits around 41 percent…
Democrats: Progressives look to enforce climate litmus test
Progressive groups are looking to drive the conversation about climate change as the Democratic presidential primaries spool up, and so far, they’ve had a few successes. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)…
‘Green New Deal’ exposes rifts in the Democratic Party
Progressives have created a frenzy by promising a “Green New Deal” to transition the U.S. away from fossil fuels within a decade. The proposal, backed by the freshman media sensation Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…
New Congress Members See Climate Solutions and Jobs in a Green New Deal
The idea that climate action must be bound up in the drive for economic justice is at least as old as the pledges nations made at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio. But young U.S. activists…
Scott Pruitt never gave up EPA plans to debate climate science, records show
In Scott Pruitt’s final weeks as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, his political advisers were still considering ways to formally raise doubts about climate change science, agency records show…
Biden Joins Other Democrats in Refusing to Take Money From Fossil-Fuel Industry
Before joining rival Democrats on a debate stage this week, Joe Biden joined the crowded field in another capacity: swearing off donations from the fossil fuel industry. The former vice president announced Thursday that he had…
Jay Inslee is putting climate on the 2020 agenda
Jay Inslee is succeeding in raising the profile of climate change, if not in gaining traction in the Democratic presidential primary. Climate change has matched or overtaken healthcare and jobs in some polls as a top issue…
Why the Democratic Party doesn’t want a presidential debate about climate change
The climate crisis has rocketed up the polls and is now a top-tier issue for Democratic primary voters. A CNN survey this week found that three-quarters of Iowa Democratic caucus participants said that their candidate must…
Climate Changed: Democrats’ Climate Embrace Risks Swing Voters They Need in 2020
Democratic voters are using climate as a litmus test for 2020 candidates — who are proposing solutions that would have been viewed as politically unthinkable just four years ago. The candidates are outdoing one another with…
Biden manages not to offend centrists or climate hawks with ‘B-plus’ plan
Joe Biden managed to please both climate change hawks and centrists with his $5 trillion “clean energy revolution” plan introduced Tuesday. Biden assuaged fears from critics to his Left who predicted he’d be too moderate on…
The Energy 202: Democrats slammed Biden on climate change. But what would a ‘middle ground’ even look like?
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote there is “no ‘middle ground’ when it comes to climate policy.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) condemned politicians seeking “a middle-of-the-road approach to save our lives.” Both standard-bearers…
Biden’s 2020 Rivals Attack Him From the Left on Climate Change
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s 2020 rivals and a group of progressive environmental organizations are attacking him as being weak on climate change, a sign of the central role global warming is shaping up to play…
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: After Trump tweet, GM reveals talks for sale of Ohio plant
[E&E subscription required to read this article.] General Motors Co. is in talks to sell an idled auto-assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, to an electric truck maker, GM confirmed yesterday after President Trump claimed in a tweet…
Was Joe Biden a climate change pioneer in Congress? History says yes
Joe Biden may not be the most progressive candidate in the crowded Democratic primary field. But one thing is for certain: Among 2020 presidential candidates, he has the longest legislative record on climate change. In fact…
Pelosi takes easiest path on climate. Will she do more?
The climate bill that House Democrats plan to vote on this week wouldn’t reduce a single ton of greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, it aims to keep the United States in the Paris climate accord by barring President Trump…
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