One Republican stands between the far right and ESG

The incoming chair of the House Financial Services Committee has distanced himself from Republicans' anti-ESG crusade. Can it last?

By Emma Dumain, Adam Aton | 01/27/2023 06:51 AM EST

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) leads the House Financial Services Committee. He faces pressure from fellow conservatives to undermine ESG investing.Francis Chung/POLITICO

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaking during a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington last week.Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

Meet the top House recipients of oil and gas money

By Scott Waldman | 01/26/2023 06:43 AM EST

An artist's rendering of an Avangrid redevelopment in Salem, Mass., that would support the company's offshore wind projects. Business Wire

One company could sink Massachusetts’ climate goals

By Benjamin Storrow | 01/25/2023 06:41 AM EST

Hasanjit Mundi is shown in 2015 playing basketball behind a truck stop as emissions leave a large stack at the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station in Newburg, Md.

How the White House found EJ areas without using race

By Thomas Frank | 01/24/2023 06:28 AM EST

Tesla cars sit parked in a lot at the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif., in April.

Calif. zero-emission vehicle sales hit record high

By Anne C. Mulkern | 01/23/2023 06:41 AM EST

A customer walks through floodwater while departing a store on Jan. 10 in Aptos, Calif.

Insurance startup aims to pay flood claims within hours

By Avery Ellfeldt | 01/23/2023 06:40 AM EST

John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy for climate, discusses on a podium at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.

Here’s what we know about Kerry’s offset gambit

By Jean Chemnick, Sara Schonhardt | 01/23/2023 06:38 AM EST

Guide Vilhelmine Nathanielsen observes ice while leading a kayak tour to icebergs that calved from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier.

Temps in one of Earth’s coldest corners hit a 1,000-year high

By Chelsea Harvey | 01/20/2023 06:39 AM EST

Waves lap ashore near condo buildings in Sunny Isles, Fla., on Aug. 9, 2021.

Can wild carbon markets be tamed?

By Avery Ellfeldt | 01/20/2023 06:38 AM EST

Luke Iseman speaks into a microphone as he stands next to a man with long hair in a suit jacket.

Startup halts geoengineering operation in Mexico

By Corbin Hiar | 01/19/2023 06:45 AM EST

High-voltage electric transmission lines are silhouetted against the late day sky near a wind farm in Spearville, Kan.

How NEPA guidance could favor climate projects over ecosystems

By Jean Chemnick | 01/19/2023 06:44 AM EST

The cable installation vessel Ulisse is shown off Covell’s Beach in Barnstable, Mass. on Wednesday.

Vineyard Wind construction gains speed as industry struggles

By Benjamin Storrow | 01/19/2023 06:42 AM EST

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