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Trump is the elephant in the room on climate targets
The US election result next week will influence the world’s global climate change action plans, including Australia. At The Australian Financial Review Energy and Climate Summit last week, an audience member asked…
Kamala Harris Pushed by Greens to Step Up Biden’s Climate Fight
Kamala Harris hasn’t laid out a detailed vision for addressing climate change and energy if she’s elected president — but she’s already getting plenty of advice. Environmentalists and former advisers have outlined their…
Trump hasn’t helped working-class men — but Harris and Walz can
Former President Donald Trump makes many extravagant promises and claims on the campaign trail. But especially for his political base of working-class men, he delivered very little economically when in office…
How the ‘climate voter’ might matter in a down-to-the-wire US election
Despite its enormous implications, the climate crisis has so far mostly been a dormant issue in the US presidential election. Some hope the devastation wrought in quick succession by two major hurricanes will shake up the…
A Shift Among Democrats: Embrace Record Levels of Oil and Gas
JD Vance and Tim Walz on Tuesday both avoided talking about the main cause of global warming that is powering the kind of violent weather that struck the Southeast this week: the burning of fossil fuels…
Economists agree another Trump term would ruin the US economy — will voters listen?
In recent weeks, the U.S. economy has gotten consistently good news. New data shows prices barely rose in August — just .1 percent — with the annual inflation rate now down to 2.2 percent. This allowed the Federal Reserve to lower…
As Hurricane Helene Hits Florida, Trump’s Climate Policy Ducks for Cover
A massive storm, Hurricane Helene, made larger and more destructive due to super-heated ocean temperatures caused by climate change, is due to slam into Florida Thursday. The enormity of this storm (and others like it) is partly the inevitable result…
3 questions answered about Biden’s LNG pause
With less than two months until Election Day, the Biden administration’s pause on liquefied natural gas export approvals remains deeply polarizing. Backers hailed January’s LNG permit freeze from the Department of Energy as a step…
Harris and Trump debate the future of energy
Trump and Harris are expected to lean into their sharply opposing views of climate change and energy policy when they square off at their first ever meeting tonight. While Trump has leaned…
Don’t believe the talking points — Pennsylvania natural gas can be a winner for Harris
Pennsylvania shale natural gas production, the second largest by state in America, has become an unexpectedly important issue in the 2024 presidential campaign…
Now May Be the Time to Experiment With Mother Nature—Carefully!
When Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted in 1991, the volcano propelled huge amounts of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere and cooled the planet by a half a degree Celsius (1degree Fahrenheit) for a couple of years…
How the UK’s Tory fracture may foretell a GOP break with Trump
Despite protestations to the contrary on both sides of the Atlantic, there have been several periods over the last half-century when British and American politics have seemed to align. The most obvious examples are…
Trump’s plan to unleash LNG exports runs through China
Former President Donald Trump plans to ramp up natural gas exports if elected this fall, and a surge in shipments could mean more business with one of the biggest U.S. foes: China…
Global methane emissions rising at fastest rate in decades, scientists warn
Global emissions of methane, a powerful planet-heating gas, are “rising rapidly” at the fastest rate in decades, requiring immediate action to help avert a dangerous escalation in the climate crisis, a new study has warned…
Kamala Harris will not ban fracking if she wins White House, campaign says
Kamala Harris will not seek to ban fracking if she becomes US president, campaign officials have confirmed, with the de facto Democratic nominee expected to focus instead on aggressively promoting the stark contrast on…
Does Harris still want to ban fracking?
Kamala Harris ran for president five years ago on a progressive platform that included the Green New Deal and banning fracking nationwide. But now that she’s even closer to getting to the White House, it’s unclear if…
Youth groups urge Kamala Harris to hold the line on climate change policy
Young climate campaigners are urging Kamala Harris not to soften her position on global warming in a bid to win over swing voters as she campaigns to become the next US president…
‘Kamala is Brat’ — is her energy policy too?
The likely Democratic nominee has endeared herself to young voters, but whether she can deliver what they want on climate is questionable…
How Kamala Harris can beat Donald Trump and unify America
The stunning speed with which Democrats have rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee indicates their profound desire to beat former President Donald Trump in November and prevent a…
For years, Trump fanned the flames of political violence. Then it nearly killed him.
The political career of former President Donald Trump has been marked most notably by attempts to divide the American people against one another. Even when rejected by the voters, as he was in 2020, his instincts…
Republicans consider eliminating many green energy initiatives
“For the first time in about 20 years, electricity demand in the United States is growing very rapidly, principally due to data centers and artificial intelligence,” said Paul Bledsoe, a lecturer at American University Center for…
Trump frets oil price spike after bombing Iran
President Donald Trump is cautioning against oil price hikes and urging his administration to increase domestic oil production in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran over the weekend. Trump signaled Monday that…
Orioles need a new strategy to win again
t’s no surprise the Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde last weekend, because their season so far has been an utter disaster. After averaging 96 wins over the last two seasons, this year, despite playoff expectations…
Both Parties Must Limit Surging Electricity Inflation
Prices are surging in the electricity sector, presenting new headwinds for U.S. consumers and manufacturing alike. Fortunately, Congress has…
Developing world urges rich nations to defy Trump’s ‘climate nihilism’
Developing countries are calling on the rich world to defy the US president, Donald Trump, and bridge the global chasm over climate action, before the goal of limiting global temperatures to safe levels is irretrievably lost…
Can Orioles’ young roster carry team to a World Series?
After the Orioles were swept out of the playoffs without a win for the second straight year, many baseball mavens expected the team to make aggressive off-season trades or free agent signings, especially to help replace…
Trump trade war has Canada rethinking its energy future
Canadian officials were caught in the middle of trade war whiplash at one of the world’s top energy conferences Tuesday, causing them to reexamine their country’s relationship with the United States…
Tariffs risk raising costs of power infrastructure
A wave of U.S. tariffs on construction materials like steel and cement is poised to ratchet up costs for new data centers, power plants, pipelines and other big infrastructure, even as President Donald Trump promises to cut energy costs…
Why the Arctic is important
Losing the Arctic sea ice might make business more profitable for the shipping and mining industries (“Break the ice”, January 25th). But it will cost the rest of the world dearly. Half of the Arctic…
The Biden administration pursued a mistaken policy on LNG exports
“We can now assess the future of natural gas exports based on the facts.” So declared Jennifer Granholm, America’s outgoing energy secretary, in a statement published on December 17th. It accompanied…
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