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Sanders looks to 'oil dependence' to fund Green New Deal

Philip Athey, E&E News reporter

Published: Friday, August 23, 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders' version of the Green New Deal, released this week, said it would find trillions of dollars to combat climate change and grow the economy in part by "scaling back military spending on maintaining global oil dependence" but did not explain exactly where those cuts would be.

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SUPREME COURT

Climate fight could doom efforts to make Big Oil pay

Attorneys for Big Oil and the city of Baltimore will square off next week in a Supreme Court battle that could change the trajectory of more than a dozen U.S. climate change lawsuits.

By Jennifer Hijazi in Climatewire Friday, January 15, 2021

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Biden's climate long shot in the Senate

The $2 trillion climate plan promised by President-elect Joe Biden is about to collide with the meat grinder of the Senate.

By Scott Waldman in Climatewire Friday, January 15, 2021

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