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Democrats won't back 'Green New Deal' in 'sham' vote
Many Senate Democrats plan to vote "present" on a resolution supporting the "Green New Deal," if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) brings the measure to the floor.
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Mark K. Matthews and Nick Sobczyk, E&E News reporters
Many Senate Democrats plan to vote "present" on a resolution supporting the "Green New Deal," if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) brings the measure to the floor.
For the first time in a decade, the grid operator for much of the central United States has put forward a long-range transmission road map calling for tens of billions of dollars in new projects to help states and utilities across the region boost renewables and reach their climate goals.
By Jeffrey Tomich in Energywire
There's a new weapon in legal cases against large emitters: scientific studies that show the links between a carbon source and climate impacts like rising seas. Here's how energy companies are trying to discredit the researchers.
By Maxine Joselow in Climatewire
For the first time in a decade, the grid operator for much of the central United States has put forward a long-range transmission road map calling for tens of billions of dollars in new projects to help states and utilities across the region boost renewables and reach their climate goals.
By Jeffrey Tomich in Energywire
There's a new weapon in legal cases against large emitters: scientific studies that show the links between a carbon source and climate impacts like rising seas. Here's how energy companies are trying to discredit the researchers.
By Maxine Joselow in Climatewire