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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…
The Heat: UN climate deal
The deal reached in Katowice, Poland sets rules on how every country measures, reports and verifies efforts to cut emissions, implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement. The delegates delayed decisions…
‘We can move forward now’: UN climate talks take significant step
They lacked the drama, excitement and eventual breakthrough that marked the Paris agreement of 2015, but this year’s UN climate talks produced important steps forward…
COP 24: Saudis offer rare insight into move to sideline IPCC
[E&E subscription required to read article.] KATOWICE, Poland — Saudi Arabia is used to being the black sheep of the U.N. climate process…
That was awkward — at world’s biggest climate conference, U.S. promotes fossil fuels
President Trump’s top White House adviser on energy and climate stood before the crowd of some 200 people on Monday and tried to burnish the image of coal, the fossil fuel that powered the industrial revolution…
Trump administration resists global climate efforts at home and overseas
The United States joined a controversial proposal by Saudi Arabia and Russia this weekend to weaken a reference to a key report on the severity of global warming, sharpening battle lines…
‘Green New Deal’ becoming progressive ‘rallying cry’
Progressive Democrats’ pitch for a “Green New Deal” is short on detail but long on a hope it carries a heavy political punch. Proponents of the blueprint — which hypothetically constitutes one of the largest…
France’s protesters are part of a global backlash against climate-change taxes
The single most effective weapon in the fight against climate change is the tax code — imposing costs on those who emit greenhouse gases, economists say. But as French President Emmanuel Macron learned…
What Can We Expect From The Latest Global Climate Talks?
A major meeting on Earth’s climate is underway in Poland. The summit comes in the weeks after several alarming reports on the planet’s health. A United Nations panel has detailed just how devastating even a two-degree increase…
ACTIVISM: Inside the Sunrise Movement (it didn’t happen by accident)
The birth of the Sunrise Movement started with a small grant, a lot of Monster Energy drinks and a little help from the Sierra Club. Now it’s the most talked-about environmental group in Washington…
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…
Biden to challenge Democratic climate hawks with ‘meat and potatoes’ approach
Joe Biden might not be known as the most hardcore climate change hawk, but he is the Democrat best suited to build a broad coalition to address the problem, supporters say. “Biden is going to talk about climate change…
Beyond the Green New Deal: Another climate cause is dividing Democrats
Democrats running for president have debated the Green New Deal for months, but a separate demand from climate advocates to aggressively restrict fossil fuel extraction is exposing new fissures within the field of primary…
Warren sets climate litmus test with call to ban drilling on public lands
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s, D-Mass., promise this week to ban all new oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters on her first day in the Oval Office sets a new litmus test for Democrats running for president in 2020. “Sen. Warren…
Democrats Can Repair Free Enterprise—or Destroy Themselves
The U.S. economy is chugging toward a new record for longest expansion, and middle-class families, finally, are seeing decent wage gains. Yet our political leaders, as if stuck in a time warp, keep peddling a bleak narrative…
Tesla Just Made It Harder to Buy Its Cheapest $35,000 Electric Car
Tesla Inc. is making it more difficult to buy the $35,000 version of the Model 3 sedan that used to be viewed as pivotal to its growth. The electric-car maker announced another series of changes to its lineup and pricing…
The U.S. Is Losing the Global EVs Manufacturing Race
If you were asked to list the top three electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, Tesla would most likely come to mind first, along with perhaps Chevrolet and Nissan after that—two out of three of those being U.S. companies…
CAMPAIGN 2020: Is fracking out of gas as a hot-button Democratic issue?
As the nation’s natural gas production booms, Democrats eyeing the White House may find themselves in a fracking fight. The fossil fuel has been called a “bridge” that could wean the nation off coal and help curb climate change…
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Democrats look to shield tax credit from Trump
[E&E subscription required to read this article.] Democrats this week unveiled a flurry of legislation to extend the electric vehicle tax credit, which President Trump has targeted for elimination…
Democratic Green New Deal Defectors Chart Their Own Climate Path
As the founder of a company that turns industrial emissions into energy, Sean Casten turned a career spent fighting climate change into the centerpiece of his successful campaign for Congress. But don’t expect the first-year…
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