Category: Energy

W.H. Climate Adviser: When the President Says He Hears the Word ‘Climate,’ He Thinks ‘Jobs’
While a Republican climate denier tries to play "gotcha" by singling out the elements of President Biden's big new infrastructure plan which pertain to dealing with global climate change, the White House climate adviser is more than happy to own those provisions.

Biden: ‘We Need a Unified National Response to Climate Change’
After four years of neglect and inaction by the Trump administration, President-elect Biden's pledging a new muscular and "unified" national response to meet the challenges of global climate change.

Progressives Should Welcome Conservatives to the Climate Change Table: The Planet’s Future May Depend on It
A group of concerned Republicans, co-led by former secretaries of state James Baker and George Shultz, has decided to take climate change seriously and offer what they call a market-oriented solution.

The Department of Energy: The Agency Rick Perry Forgot
The truth is that Perry has not been alone in his ignorance: the Department of Energy historically has been a very misunderstood federal agency.

Schumer Calls Trump’s Methane Rule Roll-back ‘Dagger in the Heart of Efforts to Preserve the Planet’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) slammed the Trump administration's intention, announced Thursday, to weaken Obama-era rules governing the emission of climate-changing methane into the atmosphere.

West Virginia Bets Big on Plastics, and on Backing of Trump Administration
The state’s leaders want a federal loan guarantee to build a giant chemical storage plant that could cost as much as $10 billion.

Lawmakers Offer Green New Deal Alternative
Several leading House Democrats have introduced a new plan to deal with climate change and serve as an alternative to the so-called Green New Deal.

The Oil Industry In An Electric Future
The adoption of electric vehicles will have consequences

‘The Green New Deal Is Not Just a Resolution,’ It’s ‘a Revolution’
Big name lawmakers rallied in support of climate change solution.

First Climate Bill Approved in Decade Would Keep US in Paris Accords
Bill now faces difficult future in the Senate.