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Climate Change: Are we too late?
Europe has been experiencing record breaking heat waves; there are unheard of wildfires in the Arctic region; glacier melts are flooding out entire villages in Greenland; and it’s official: the World Meteorological Organization…
Will US Republicans Feel the Heat from Climate Change?
Francis Rooney is a Republican congressman from a conservative Florida district who opposes federal funding for abortions and supports President Donald Trump’s plans for construction of a wall along the Mexican border. But…
Even a Democratic Landslide in 2020 Won’t Guarantee Major Climate Action
Democratic presidential candidates are jousting over who best can save the planet. But even if one of them wins the White House, the Senate would threaten to scuttle any action to ease the effects of climate change. If Democrats…
The Energy 202: Bernie Sanders announces a $16.3 trillion Green New Deal
Bernie Sanders released a comprehensive plan to address a “climate crisis” on par with the threat America faced during the Second World War, vowing to declare the global buildup of planet-warming gases a national emergency…
Daily on Energy: Trump’s visit to petrochemical plant shows a Democratic ‘blind spot’ on fossil fuels
President Trump is touring a petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon to tout booming U.S. energy production and its ties to the economy of a swing state whose Democratic leadership is more embracing…
Climate Change: Are we too late?
Europe has been experiencing record breaking heat waves; there are unheard of wildfires in the Arctic region; glacier melts are flooding out entire villages in Greenland; and it’s official: the World Meteorological Organization declared…
The Energy 202: Key House Democrats propose eliminating climate-warming emissions by 2050
Key House Democrats are proposing a 2050 deadline to eliminate the country’s climate-warming emissions — a goal more ambitious than seen in past proposals from Democratic leadership in Congress but one that still falls short of…
House Democrats Unveil Climate Goal Short of Ocasio-Cortez’s
Democrats in the House unveiled a target to stave off climate change Tuesday, one that is a far cry from the controversial Green New Deal being championed by New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other…
Daily on Energy: Biden looks to farmland to cut emissions
Presidential candidate Joe Biden released a “plan for rural America” Tuesday that devotes considerable attention to combating carbon emissions from the agriculture sector, encouraging farmers to participate in the fight against…
Trump the Environmentalist?
With swing states worried about climate change and toxic algae, the White House is talking green—while still working to strip away environmental protections…
Climate hawks fear Tom Steyer’s presidential run could backfire
Environmentalists are not enthusiastic about California billionaire Tom Steyer’s late entrance into the presidential race and worry his campaign could backfire. “Eh. There’s no clamor for him to run,” said R.L. Miller, founder of the…
Ahead of 2020, Democrats See Climate ‘Crisis’ Where Republicans See ‘Problem’
Tropical Storm Barry has developed in the Gulf of Mexico with the possibility of upgrading to a hurricane, and wildfires have impacted 855,000 acres in Alaska alone this year so far. Amid these events, there is still an intense…
Trump’s energy talk: Here’s what it means
President Trump attempted to flip the script of critics yesterday, casting himself as an environmental advocate and supporter of renewable energy. But he also provided more ammunition to opponents who say his record doesn’t…
Kamala Harris risks scorn of enviros for failing to craft climate plan
Despite having endorsed the Green New Deal, some activists say Democratic 2020 candidate Kamala Harris risks blunting her rise in the polls after a strong performance in the first Democratic debate if she doesn’t soon propose…
As G-20 reaffirms fight against climate change, Trump again stands apart
OSAKA, Japan — Leaders from the Group of 20 nations renewed their vow to take action to curb climate change on Saturday, as the United States once again stood apart and at odds with the rest of the world. President Trump…
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…
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…
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