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CARBON TAX: Conservative climate plan could shield oil companies
[E&E subscription required to read article.] A provision in a high-profile carbon tax plan could insulate companies that release greenhouse gases from lawsuits…
WESTERN WATER: Dams: ‘Relics’ or vital to an ‘all of the above’ fix?
[E&E subscription required to read article.] As the West struggles with climate change, drought and rapid growth, talk about the region’s water crisis boils down to a complicated question: Build more dams and infrastructure, or ramp up conservation?…
EPA: Pruitt rebuffs G-7 on climate
[E&E subscription required to read article.] The Trump administration bucked Group of Seven allies today, refusing to endorse climate action in a statement on environmental priorities…
Trump’s reasons for leaving the Paris climate agreement just don’t add up
President Trump railed against the Paris climate agreement in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, but it was hard to reconcile his description of the climate accord with the real one. “As of today, the United States will cease all implementation of the nonbinding Paris accord…
The Paris agreement: Whither the world after America’s retreat?
IN THE end, not even the pope’s pleas were enough to persuade Donald Trump to go back on his campaign promise to leave the Paris agreement. The arguments of his advisers, such as strategist Steve Bannon and the head of America’s Environmental Protection Agency…
PARIS AGREEMENT: Spicer: Trump wants a ‘fair deal’ on climate
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Did the White House drop a hint yesterday about the president’s direction on the Paris Agreement?…
Australia urges Trump not to quit Paris climate pact
The Turnbull government has told senior members of the Trump administration that Australia is committed to the Paris climate change agreement and has signalled to the White House it wants the US President not to quit the international pact…
Paris Signatories ponder future of climate change accord without US
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Whatever Trump Decides on Climate Pact, Rest of World Likely to Move Forward
Donald Trump made it clear on the campaign trail that he would not honor the commitment made by the U.S. in the Paris Agreement. The pact, adopted in December 2015 at the Paris climate conference known as COP21, is the world’s first legally binding global deal to combat climate change…
Donald Trump’s Paris climate change call will define his presidency
Donald Trump’s imminent decision to either quit or remain in the Paris international climate change deal will be his most defining foreign policy call so far. It will demonstrate the extent of the US President’s populist nationalism or pragmatic realism…
Can the Paris Climate Deal Survive a Trump-Style Renegotiation?
As President Trump ponders whether the United States should stay in or leave the Paris climate agreement, many of his closest allies and advisers have been urging him to keep the country in but “renegotiate” the deal to better reflect his energy policies…
Budget takeaways: A few more nuggets from Trump’s first detailed budget proposal
“With at least a half dozen key GOP Senators already pushing for full ARPA-E funding, maybe the Administration just didn’t want to waste the ink,” Paul Bledsoe, a senior fellow on energy at the Progressive Policy Institute who works with ARPA-E backers, tells Axios…
DOE: Key Republican senator bucks Trump cuts
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the powerful Republican chairwoman of the committee with jurisdiction over the Department of Energy, went to bat today for a number of the agency’s programs facing steep cuts…
In the Trump White House, the momentum has turned against the Paris climate agreement
Foes of the Paris climate agreement have gained the upper hand in the ongoing debate at the White House over whether the United States should pull out of the historic pact, although President Trump has yet to make a final decision, according to participants…
APPROPRIATIONS: Omnibus winners and losers
Coming in at 1,665 pages, the fiscal 2017 omnibus package that Congress hopes to clear this week could be the biggest bill lawmakers move this year. The House Rules Committee is meeting to discuss it later today, with the full House likely to vote as soon as tomorrow…
PARIS AGREEMENT: ‘We’re gonna have to do the same meeting again’ — with Trump
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Top administration officials failed to reconcile their differences over the Paris climate agreement yesterday, making an additional meeting likely over which President Trump may preside, according to a source…
Court Gives Trump Small Victory in Push Against Clean Power Plan
A federal court said on Friday it would halt consideration of a major lawsuit over former President Barack Obama’s signature policy aimed at tackling global warming, handing the Trump administration a modest and perhaps temporary victory…
PARIS AGREEMENT: Republicans ramp up their offensive
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Congressional Republicans have sent President Trump the strongest signal yet of what they want him to do with the Paris Agreement…
STATE DEPARTMENT: Leaked document details Trump’s plan for broad cuts
[E&E subscription required to read article.] A memo detailing how the Trump administration would cut the U.S. government’s financial assistance to developing countries shows the office at the forefront of the State Department’s climate work would see 94.5 percent of its budget slashed…
Why Oil Companies Are Fighting for the Paris Climate Deal
[National Journal subscription required to read article.] In a rare split with political conservatives, the industry sees the agreement as good for business and believes it will shape the climate agenda for years to come…
Why It’s Hard to Change Minds about Climate Change
CBS journalist Lesley Stahl interviewed President Trump this weekend. She asked him about climate change. Here’s what happened next…
Nikki Haley Resigns, Citing ‘Intense Time’
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Nikki Haley today announced her intention to leave her role as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, marking yet another departure of a top administration official…
Trump Admin Shrugs Off Warnings in U.N. Climate Report
[E&E subscription required to read article.] The White House responded to a dire climate report released this weekend with an oft-repeated talking point: The nation’s emissions have dropped since 2005…
Exxon and Chevron Join Industry Climate Change Group
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Climate Summit: 5 Things to Watch at This Week’s San Francisco Gathering
[E&E subscription required to read article.] SAN FRANCISCO — The summit that kicks off here tomorrow has been billed as the next big moment in the global struggle to contain global warming…
They Defied Trump on Climate Change. Now, It’s Their Moment of Truth.
Hours after President Trump announced last year that the United States would exit the Paris climate deal, a broad group of governors, mayors and business executives declared that they would uphold the agreement anyway…
Greens Courted McCain on Climate
After Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Chafee (R-R.I.) died in office in 1999, green groups went searching for another top Republican to take charge on environmental issues. They set their sights on John McCain…
POLITICS: Former Trump Adviser Opens GOP Climate Shop
A former Trump White House official is launching a new venture to combat climate change. George David Banks, who was President Trump’s international energy adviser and an aide to Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), is teaming up…
Gas Exports on Trump’s Agenda for Europe
[E&E subscription required to read article.] When European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meets with President Trump next week, “energy security” will share the agenda with controversial topics like trade and counterterrorism…
Feinstein shifts on fracking as Dems struggle with messaging
Sen. Dianne Feinstein supports a fracking ban in California, signaling a shift to the left as she fights to fend off a liberal challenger. “I’m not for fracking, particularly with respect to California,” the California Democrat told E&E News…
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