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Could Ukraine war help end west’s reliance on hydrocarbons?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have a profound impact on the world’s race to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, climate experts have warned – but it may not all be negative…
Energy déjà vu
Different crisis, same convo. Policymakers, politicians and parties are clinging to entrenched positions in an election year despite massive changes in the world order and global markets wrought by…
‘Groundhog Day’: Biden, GOP revive decades-old energy fight
With the price of gasoline heading north of $4 a gallon, Democrats’ reluctance to call for more oil drilling was becoming increasingly unpopular. So, they started talking about the thousands of permits to drill on public land that oil companies weren’t even using…
Inflation is at a 40-year high. Is clean energy the solution?
Over the past several months, Americans have learned how bad a “good” economy can feel. On the one hand, wages are up and the country’s economy is growing at its fastest clip since 1984…
Manchin’s energy and deficit-reduction bill can fight inflation — and Russia
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last week highlighted two of the greatest foreign and domestic challenges facing the United States. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has undermined decades of peace in…
E.U. presents plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year, stops short of boycott
The European Commission on Tuesday presented a plan to cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year, steeply reducing – but not severing – energy ties to Moscow…
White House reaches out to Venezuela, a longtime foe, amid Russia crisis
The Biden White House inched closer Monday to modest rapprochement with oil-rich Venezuela, a bitter foe due to the oppressive policies of President Nicolas Maduro…
Amid war, Biden reluctant to unleash clean energy rhetoric
Republicans are calling for more oil drilling. Europe says it’s doubling down on clean energy. But as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues into its second week, President Biden has stayed mum about how..
Ukraine war prompts European reappraisal of its energy supplies
ladimir Putin is using Russia’s hold over fossil fuel supplies to Europe as “a political and economic weapon” in the war in Ukraine, the world’s foremost energy adviser has said, presenting western governments…
On Two Continents, War and Politics Complicate Attempts to Slow Warming
War and politics are complicating the efforts of the two biggest polluters in history — the United States and Europe — to slow down global warming, just as scientists warn of intensifying hazards…
SOTU: What Biden said — and didn’t say — on climate
President Biden used his first State of the Union address to reset his administration after a year of inflation and crises at home and abroad that has left him with nearly record-low approval ratings…
Biden to call for global unity on Ukraine in first State of the Union speech
President Joe Biden will call on America and the world to remain united in confronting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, during his first State of the Union speech that will be heavily devoted…
Biden wanted to use the State of the Union speech to pivot to his agenda. Then Russia started a land war.
President Biden’s team has revised his first State of the Union to portray Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as a major crisis facing the West, according to a person familiar with the text, shifting the tenor of the speech…
Oil and gas facilities could profit from plugging methane leaks, IEA says
Plugging methane from leaky oil and gas facilities would be free of cost almost everywhere in the world, and in many cases would produce a significant profit, at today’s soaring gas prices…
Democrats hit the road to promote green projects
President Biden recalled yesterday that Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur handed him a note just after his first joint address to Congress last year, touting the virtues of the Great Lakes that are an economic driver in her district…
UK urged not to abandon climate goals amid net zero row
Senior figures in climate diplomacy, including the key architect of the Paris climate agreement, have urged the UK government to maintain its commitments to climate action, amid escalating…
E.U.-U.S. meeting today has big implications for climate, energy
Top officials on the E.U.-U.S. Energy Council are set to meet today in Washington, as the United States warns that Russia could invade Ukraine within days…
Will climate action this year matter in the midterms?
Congressional Democrats think they’ve found a way to head off the trouncing they’re expected to receive in the midterm elections: Pass their aggressive climate change agenda…
Not what the Biden administration wanted to hear from Xi
China’s Xi Jinping told fellow Communist Party leaders the country’s strategy on climate change will “ensure the normal life of the masses,” raising additional questions as to how aggressive…
Why the Russia crisis matters for U.S. energy
The Biden administration said yesterday that it’s working to find alternative supplies of energy for western Europe should Russia cut off the region’s flow of natural gas and oil over growing tensions surrounding Ukraine…
Why the defeat of Manchin’s energy bill could be a loss for the climate
On Tuesday, when Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced he was pulling his proposal to expand energy development across the country from a must-pass government operations bill, many environmental…
Washington’s latest energy drama: ‘Permitting reform’
Boring and technocratic as it sounds, “permitting reform” may be just about the most significant barrier facing the clean energy revolution Joe Biden wants to bring to America. Yesterday, Congress began debating it in earnest…
Manchin’s permitting reveal
The Progressive Policy Institute is out with a new report this morning that offers some support for Manchin’s efforts and disputes some of the criticism from progressives who argue the permitting changes would…
Why Republicans support Kigali
The Senate could ratify a major climate treaty by the end of the week. And it’s being pushed across the finish line by conservative Republicans and industry. The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol has long been a standout in…
Clean energy bosses urge permit reforms to meet US climate goals
Senator Joe Manchin to unveil bill revamping regulatory approvals for pipelines and power systems. A lobbying group has estimated that clean energy installations could be 100 gigawatts less without permitting…
Why Democrats Must Support Biden in 2024
Despite good news for Joe Biden lately, many Democrats continue to be deeply worried about his chances of reelection. These concerns are understandable given that Biden, already the oldest president in history, will be…
California hits the gas on electric cars
California regulators approved a rule today banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The move could accelerate the electric vehicle transition and reshape the nation’s auto market, but meeting that deadline will bring…
Streamline power line permitting to achieve IRA climate goals
One of the most important goals of the clean energy and climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden is the decarbonization of the electricity system. The core of this effort is…
Joe Biden’s signature legislation passes the Senate, at last
This has been decades in the making, and it will reshape the decades ahead.” That is how Fred Krupp, a longtime champion of congressional action on climate change as head of the Environmental Defence Fund, a green group…
A look at the policies in the Democrats’ historic climate bill
The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in climate policy in U.S. history, including more than $300 billion to address global warming. It also sets a goal of reducing carbon emissions by…
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