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White House climate adviser resigns after past pot use blocked security clearance
A White House climate adviser resigned Wednesday after failing to receive a permanent security clearance, becoming the latest member of the Trump administration to leave amid scrutiny of the background checks of presidential advisers…
CARBON CAPTURE: Cheers and jeers as Trump signs CCS credits into law
[E&E subscription required to read article.] President Trump signed a spending bill into law today that drew cheers from carbon capture supporters and protests from clean-tech advocates…
Is Trump Remaking America?
James Naughtie looks at a revolution that is altering the face of America, in ways that may last far beyond Donald Trump’s presidency.
ENERGY POLICY: Critics slam Perry after FERC blocks his ‘crazy Hail Mary’
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission dealt what some called a resounding defeat to Energy Secretary Rick Perry yesterday, and in taking their victory lap, opponents have directed strong criticism at the man in charge of the Department of Energy…
Trump-appointed regulators reject plan to rescue coal and nuclear plants
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday unanimously rejected a proposal by Energy Secretary Rick Perry that would have propped up nuclear and coal power plants struggling in competitive electricity markets…
Rick Perry’s Plan to Rescue Struggling Coal and Nuclear Plants Is Rejected
Federal regulators on Monday rejected a proposal by Energy Secretary Rick Perry to subsidize struggling coal and nuclear plants, in a major blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to revive America’s declining coal industry…
Pulitzer-winning environmental writer Robert Semple retiring
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Robert Semple Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer who led a crusade against mining near Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s…
China: World’s largest carbon market poised to start slowly
[E&E subscription required to read article.] China is set to introduce its equivalent of U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan next week, even as the Trump administration prepares to discard its electricity rule…
France’s Macron takes lead in climate change battle, with the U.S. absent
The United States may have withdrawn from the Paris climate change accord, but on Tuesday dozens of world leaders and philanthropists met to find solutions to the swiftly warming planet…
Making Our Planet Great, Again, Requires Fast Action
As the youngest leader in his nation’s democratic history, French President Emmanuel Macron understands that climate change is the single most important issue facing his generation…
ENERGY MARKETS: FERC requests more time on Perry grid proposal
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Kevin McIntyre asked the Department of Energy yesterday for 30 more days…
Energy Regulatory Chairman Expected to Join Dec. 7
Kevin McIntyre, the fifth member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and incoming chairman, is expected to be sworn in on Dec. 7, agency spokesman Craig Cano told Bloomberg…
Tillerson exit might bring climate disbelief to State
If CIA Director Mike Pompeo replaces Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as the top U.S. diplomat, he could bring a careerlong skepticism of climate science with him to Foggy Bottom…
This Obama climate pact has Trump’s stamp of approval
[E&E subscription required to read article.] The Trump administration appears to be quietly accepting an Obama-era international climate change deal…
Technology could help Trump keep his ‘clean coal’ promise
President Trump’s pledge to keep coal alive in a cleaner form hinges on his administration helping deploy a big rollout of long-elusive and expensive technology that captures carbon emissions…
After ditching Paris, Trump’s team has another big international climate decision to make
While it’s not the Paris climate agreement, hopes are rising that the Trump administration will not walk away from another international climate accord, one designed to limit emissions of super-polluting gases from air conditioners and refrigerators…
Negotiations: In shadow of Paris, Montreal could have big climate impact
[E&E subscription required to read article.] A global agreement to limit chemicals found in equipment like air conditioners was set in motion Friday, accelerating international action on climate change…
Treaty to Phase Out ‘Greenhouse Gases on Steroids’ to Enter Force
Hydrofluorocarbons. It’s a mouthful of a name for a chemical that keeps the turkey frozen in our refrigerators and also heats up the planet. Now, a landmark international agreement…
Trump team looks for alternative approaches to Paris pact
George David Banks said the US was considering reviving the Major Economies Meeting (MEM). The Bush-era forum allowed the US to remain in climate discussions even when outside the formal process…
Adviser speaks for Trump and is trailed by a pack
[E&E subscription required to read article.] BONN, Germany — White House energy adviser George David Banks is a curiosity here at the international climate talks for being the voice of a Disney villain…
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…
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