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DOE program may save — or thwart — Biden's energy plan
A Department of Energy program considered critical to President Biden's clean energy agenda is changing focus — and may open the administration to political attack, analysts say.
A Department of Energy program considered critical to President Biden's clean energy agenda is changing focus — and may open the administration to political attack, analysts say.
The Federal Reserve announced yesterday the creation of a first-of-its-kind committee to deepen the central bank's understanding of the risks that climate change poses to the financial system.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last night dropped his demand that a power-sharing deal with Democrats include an assurance they wouldn't move to kill the legislative filibuster.
Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to green America's electricity supply by 2035. In Sonia Aggarwal, he's found someone with a map for how to get there.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would attempt to pass President Biden's climate agenda with a simple majority and urged the president to declare climate change a national emergency.
As an environmental advocate on Capitol Hill and across the country, Marissa Knodel has argued that fossil fuels are better left in the ground and that the U.S. government should stop selling off new offshore drilling rights.
President Biden plans to host a high-level Earth Day summit, delivering on a campaign pledge and challenging his climate policy team to ready ambitious and credible commitments that can stand up to global scrutiny.
President Biden's pace-breaking agenda to restore the federal government's central role in climate change includes helping states and municipalities prepare for the damage and displacement caused by extreme events.
One of Capitol Hill's top backers of a clean electricity standard said yesterday the policy is unlikely to pass a key procedural hurdle for inclusion in any upcoming legislative efforts through reconciliation.
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