Environmental Politics

"The oil and gas lobby, looking at resurgent production, has more than held its own in dealings with the Biden administration."

"As U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups and the farm industry are at odds over proposed subsidies aimed at offsetting agriculture’s substantial contribution to global warming."

"The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it."

"The White House today [Tuesday] released a wide-ranging plan to strengthen the work of government scientists and protect them from political meddling."

"The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal. With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price".

"The power plant that buys coal from Sen. Joe Manchin’s family business won’t have a second life powering cryptocurrency mining."

"The Senate plans to vote this week on Republican legislation to enact new, crippling sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany."

"From overseeing 2030 targets to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, Steven Guilbeault has been tasked with one of the largest to-do lists of the entire federal cabinet. The environment minister says he'll act quickly, even if it means not getting exactly what he wants".

"President Biden flew to Colorado on Friday to console residents suffering from swift wildfires that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, while pointing to the devastation as evidence of the urgent need to address natural disasters rooted in the global climate crisis."

"A rare confirmation battle is brewing around the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald J. Trump, to take a similar role in an incoming Republican state administration in Virginia."