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.
MADRID — Michael Bloomberg plans to visit the United Nations climate conference here this week and make history in the process — as the former New York City mayor would become the first active U.S. presidential candidate to attend the annual end-of-year confab.
More than half the world's countries plan to use carbon markets to help meet their emission targets under the Paris Agreement — a trend that could reduce the global cost of fighting climate change.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's message to foreign partners who feel jilted by the United States' impending departure from the Paris Agreement was simple.
The United Nations' climate talks kick off today in Madrid under something of a cloud.
Internal EPA emails show that Administrator Andrew Wheeler was personally involved in efforts to discredit last year's National Climate Assessment, a sweeping report by staff at EPA and other agencies that punctuated the ominous impacts of rising temperatures.