Jean covers international climate policy for Climatewire. Her special areas of focus include U.N. policy, U.S. foreign policy and stories about how other nations are grappling with climate change. She also does occasional features on domestic issues. She worked previously for Platts, Politico and CQ. She has a master's in journalism from Boston University and graduated with honors from the Western Washington University with a theater arts degree.
President Trump left India yesterday without a substantive agreement on trade. But the visit offered the president and Prime Minister Narendra Modi a chance to highlight a bright spot in the otherwise fraught U.S.-India economic relationship: India's growing demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told a Brazilian newspaper that a severe climate scenario used regularly in scientific assessments is responsible for "fear propaganda."
A bipartisan group of political luminaries tried yesterday to sell Congress on a carbon tax. But it came as lawmakers in both parties are looking at other ways to address climate change.
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased 3.1% between 2017 and 2018, according to figures published yesterday by EPA.
Greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2018 for the first time in half a decade, according to a draft EPA inventory published today in the Federal Register.