HOUSE
Top Dem questions legality of climate denier at NOAA
House Science, Space and Technology Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) today questioned the appointment of a climate change science denier to a key position at NOAA.
Nick Sobczyk
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Nick covers Capitol Hill and climate change for E&E News. Since joining the company as an intern in 2016, he has reported on the Department of Defense, infrastructure, permitting rollbacks under the Trump administration and American Indian issues. He holds a degree in government and creative writing from Hamilton College.
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TRANSITION
Biden names John Kerry climate envoy
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate longtime adviser Antony Blinken to be secretary of State and name former Secretary of State John Kerry his special presidential envoy for climate — a pair of picks with massive implications for climate diplomacy.
FINANCE
Regulator proposes tossing banks' fossil fuel pledges
A federal regulator today unveiled a proposal aimed at nixing blanket pledges by major banks to stop financing fossil fuel projects.
CLIMATE
Lawmakers scale back ambition as divided government looms
Lawmakers are unlikely to take the kind of aggressive action on climate change next year that environmentalists are calling for, but unchecked agenda items and new political dynamics could leave plenty of room for energy and climate work in the 117th Congress.
HOUSE
Democrats blast Trump for climate assessment delay
Democrats today blasted the Trump administration for delaying the National Climate Assessment and putting a climate science denier in charge of the federal report.