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.
A major natural gas industry group has come out in support of carbon pricing, following a larger influence movement in the corporate community as states and the federal government get serious about climate policy.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a phalanx of congressional Democrats stormed the United Nations climate conference this week to sell global leaders on a post-Trump world.
Repsol SA yesterday said it would achieve net zero emissions by 2050, marking the most ambitious pledge by any oil and gas company to slash emissions and align with the Paris climate agreement.
President Trump today said climate change "is very important" to him, despite his long-standing denial of science that shows greenhouse gases are warming the planet and his administration's rollbacks of emissions regulations.
It was a moment made for Twitter: Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) stood in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office encircled by cameras, egging on young protesters who had gathered to call for a new economy remade around climate concerns.