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World leaders voice ‘dissent’ against U.S. climate position
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Nineteen countries with major economies reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Agreement over the weekend, highlighting U.S. isolation a month after President Trump pulled the United States out of the deal…
Feeling That Trump Will ‘Say Anything,’ Europe Is Less Restrained, Too
The Europeans have stopped trying to paper over their differences with President Trump and the United States. Traditionally respectful of American leadership and mindful of the country’s crucial role in European defense and global trade, European leaders normally repress or soften their criticism of United States presidents. Europeans were generally not happy…
Emissions: Staying cool makes Earth warmer. There’s help for that
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Making better machines for keeping you cool could be the best way to prevent the planet from getting too hot, researchers have found…
GOP Gamble: Avoiding Climate Remedies While Sidestepping the Legal Fallout of Inaction
Having ruled in 2007 that greenhouse gas emissions associated with human activity were air pollutants that could be regulated under the federal Clean Air Act, the Supreme Court directed the Environmental Protection Agency to determine if such pollution…
Wind Industry Tacks as Trump Shifts the Political Climate
Three days after Energy Secretary Rick Perry directed his staff to find ways to give a boost to coal and nuclear power, the rival wind industry kicked its lobbying response into action. The American Wind Energy Association would tap allies in Congress willing to weigh in with Perry…
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…
Activists set their sights on next election
[E&E subscription required to read article.] Democrats will bring climate talk back to Congress next year, probing the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks and forcing messaging votes in the House…
CARBON CAPTURE: Heitkamp loss could be a blow to ‘clean coal’ efforts
[E&E subscription required to read article.] The Senate race between North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D) and challenger Rep. Kevin Cramer (R) could upend the future of “clean coal”…
CAMPAIGN 2018: Fracking falls from Dems’ sights as they eye majority
[E&E subscription required to read article.] The last time Democrats controlled the House, “fracking” was better known as a cuss word on the science fiction show “Battlestar Galactica” than an oil drilling process…
Three Campaign Ads That Are Putting Climate Change on the Agenda
Conventional political wisdom says you don’t talk about climate change on the campaign trail. That’s mostly because it’s a deeply polarizing issue. In a recent Pew Research Center survey, 72 percent of registered voters…
Voters Split on Backing Federal Coal, Nuclear Plant Support
The Trump administration has explored options to help prevent struggling coal and nuclear plants from closing, but a new Morning Consult/Politico poll shows registered voters are split over their support for such actions…
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…
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