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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The United States may have withdrawn from the Paris climate change accord, but on Tuesday dozens of world leaders and philanthropists met to find solutions to the swiftly warming planet…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…
Study: Carbon dioxide emissions rising in 2017, driven by China
Global emissions of carbon dioxide are rising after three years of little-to-no growth, according to a new study released Monday, casting doubt from climate scientists that the world can…
What to watch for as Bonn climate talks kick off
BONN JOUR! Starting today, international negotiators gather in Bonn for the COP23 — the first U.N. climate summit to be chaired by a small island nation, Fiji. It’s also the first meeting after President Donald Trump…
As Climate Talks Open, Federal Report Exposes U.S. Credibility Gap
As global climate talks resume this week, the U.S. is straddling a climate credibility gap, with the Trump administration’s policies on one side of an abyss and what the government’s own scientists…
Experts Ponder Why Administration Released Tough Climate Report
Although the Trump administration is busily rolling back Obama era climate policies, it also allowed the release last Friday of a major report that runs counter to the administration’s own position on climate change…
Daily on Energy: Clean energy advocates make their push while Trump’s away
WHILE TRUMP’S AWAY, CLEAN ENERGY MAKES A PLAY FOR ‘ENERGY DOMINANCE’: The conservative clean energy group ClearPath is pressing the idea that the U.S. needs to keep up…
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…
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